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1-day Chinaplas B2B conference well received / Focus on OEMs and sustainable packaging in China / View to challenges the global plastics industry must address / 200 participants attend kick-off Guangzhou
Roughly 200 industry experts, guests and representatives attended the 1-day B2B conference on 19 May in Guangzhou as a prelude to the opening of Chinaplas 2013.
The conference, sponsored and coordinated jointly by Chinese and European partners, focused on “Quality OEM Partnerships and Environmentally Responsible Packaging in China” was well attended not only by the Chinese, but individuals from Portugal, Germany, Italy and Denmark and the Netherlands – many attending as part of a package offering from this publisher, KI/PIE.
The conference, sponsored and coordinated jointly by Chinese and European partners, focused on “Quality OEM Partnerships and Environmentally Responsible Packaging in China” was well attended not only by the Chinese, but individuals from Portugal, Germany, Italy and Denmark and the Netherlands – many attending as part of a package offering from this publisher, KI/PIE.
 Many participants describe B2B conference as ideal platform for exchanging European and Chinese industry information (Photo: Adsale) |
Conference organisers were Adsale (Hong Kong; www.adsale.com.hk), CPRJ (China Plastic & Rubber Journal) and PIE – Plastics Information Europe as well as the German sister publication KI – Kunststoff Information. In the morning, a general forum opened the conference focusing on global industry trends and the market situation.
In the afternoon, two separate forums were run concurrently on specific topics; one discussed OEM partnership in China and abroad, while the other provided an overview of how environmentally sound plastics packaging solutions were developing in China.
In his keynote speech, Stanley Chu, chairman of Chinaplas organiser Adsale, stressed that OEM enterprises are important to improve product quality and enhance production efficiency in China. In addition, he added that green materials and packaging are crucial to sustainable development.
Perhaps the atmosphere for the conference was best summed up in the words of one participant: “The event was an ideal platform for an informative exchange of expertise and knowledge among Europeans and Chinese industry professionals.”
Zheng Kai, secretary General of the national plastics organisation China Synthetic Resin Supply and Sale Association (CSRA), elaborated on the applications of high-end plastics providing some practical examples. He also spoke about the increasing importance of technical plastics and high-performance polymers in China.
The presentations given by PlasticsEurope (Brussels / Belgium; www.plasticseurope.org) and by the German plastics and rubber machinery association VDMA (http://kug.vdma.org) were particularly very well-received by Chinese participants.
In the afternoon, two separate forums were run concurrently on specific topics; one discussed OEM partnership in China and abroad, while the other provided an overview of how environmentally sound plastics packaging solutions were developing in China.
In his keynote speech, Stanley Chu, chairman of Chinaplas organiser Adsale, stressed that OEM enterprises are important to improve product quality and enhance production efficiency in China. In addition, he added that green materials and packaging are crucial to sustainable development.
Perhaps the atmosphere for the conference was best summed up in the words of one participant: “The event was an ideal platform for an informative exchange of expertise and knowledge among Europeans and Chinese industry professionals.”
Zheng Kai, secretary General of the national plastics organisation China Synthetic Resin Supply and Sale Association (CSRA), elaborated on the applications of high-end plastics providing some practical examples. He also spoke about the increasing importance of technical plastics and high-performance polymers in China.
The presentations given by PlasticsEurope (Brussels / Belgium; www.plasticseurope.org) and by the German plastics and rubber machinery association VDMA (http://kug.vdma.org) were particularly very well-received by Chinese participants.
 Stanley Chu (left) and Thorsten Kühlmann relaxed after busy B2B conference but look forward to the long week at Chinaplas (Photo: Adsale) |
Thorsten Kühmann, head of the VDMA industry association introduced the audience to the sustainable initiative, "Blue Competence" as a core element to Chinese-German partnerships.
Representing the executive director of PlasticsEurope, Wilfried Haensel, Markus Lüling, publisher and editor-in-chief of a new German-language trade publication, "K-Profi", spoke about trends, developments and challenges facing both the European and global plastics industries.
Also receiving many kudos from Chinese and European attendees was KI/PIE Asia expert Paul Ip's presentation on developments within the global plastics market from the European perspective.
Presentations on marine littering and BPA in Europe provided the Chinese participants with interesting and innovative solutions being utilised in Europe to combat these issues as well as ways to address these senstive subjects with the public.
In addition to the support provided by the various European and Chinese trade associations, sponsorship came from Bayer MaterialScience, Röchling, Chevron Phillips, PolyOne, Akei, Conair, Datacolor, Factor 4 Solutions, Tsingdao Beer, Bright Dairy & Food and Yili Group all contributed to the organisation and leadership provided before and during the conference.
Representing the executive director of PlasticsEurope, Wilfried Haensel, Markus Lüling, publisher and editor-in-chief of a new German-language trade publication, "K-Profi", spoke about trends, developments and challenges facing both the European and global plastics industries.
Also receiving many kudos from Chinese and European attendees was KI/PIE Asia expert Paul Ip's presentation on developments within the global plastics market from the European perspective.
Presentations on marine littering and BPA in Europe provided the Chinese participants with interesting and innovative solutions being utilised in Europe to combat these issues as well as ways to address these senstive subjects with the public.
In addition to the support provided by the various European and Chinese trade associations, sponsorship came from Bayer MaterialScience, Röchling, Chevron Phillips, PolyOne, Akei, Conair, Datacolor, Factor 4 Solutions, Tsingdao Beer, Bright Dairy & Food and Yili Group all contributed to the organisation and leadership provided before and during the conference.
29.05.2013 Plasteurope.com [225428-0]
Published on 29.05.2013
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