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Chinaplas Is Back, and It's Bigger than Ever Interpack 2023:

Constantia Flexibles
Highlights Its Materials’
Runability

onstantia Flexibles, a lead-
Cing provider of packaging so-
The first fully open show since 2019 will feature almost 4,000 exhibitors lutions, is proud to announce its
over a massive footprint of four million square feet. contribution to the trade fair IN-
n terms of numbers, Chinaplas nev- carbonate with optical properties, TERPACK from May 4-10, 2023,
Ier ceases to amaze. Close to 4,000 bio-based polyamide that can be used in Duesseldorf. The company will
exhibitors are expected at the Shen- for circuit breakers and battery hous- demonstrate the performance of
zhen World Exhibition & Conven- ings, and PLA resin for large-object its materials in collaboration with
tion Center in Guangdong Province 3D printing,” said Leung. 30 renowned international machine
for the first Chinaplas show open to Recycling technology will also have suppliers, highlighting its commit-
overseas visitors since the pre-COV- a high profile. Among the featured ment to delivering quality products
ID days of 2019. Meticulous route exhibits, Leung singled out a rHDPE that meet the needs of its custom-
planning across the 380,000-square- food-grade granulation system, PET ers.
meter (4.1-million-square-foot) ex- bottle-to-bottle grade granulation Constantia Flexibles will highlight
panse will be the order of the day if system, and recycling technology in- its 360-degree material approach
show attendees are to have any hope corporating AI elements and innova- for the Pharma and Consumer busi-
of meeting with even just 2% of the tive recognition technology. ness during the trade fair. “We are
companies present. excited to collaborate with 30 ma-
Speaking at a pre-show physical and Host province Guangdong is a plastics chine suppliers at INTERPACK and
processing powerhouse, accounting
online press conference in Shenz- for 17.6% of China’s overall con- demonstrate the capabilities of our
hen, Ada Leung, general manager at verting industry production volume, materials,” said Marc Rademacher,
show organizer Adsale Exhibition Ser- according to An Fu, chairman of the Executive Vice President Con-
vices, said they were expecting more Guangdong Plastics Industry Associa- sumer Commercial. “Our team has
than 20,000 foreign visitors over the tion. Value-wise, Guangdong Province worked hard to develop high-quality
course of the four-day event that accounts for one-quarter of the na- substrates that deliver exceptional
kicks off April 17 compared with just tional conversion output, highlighting performance, and we look forward
2,363 in 2021. “This will still be only the value-added nature of its process- to sharing our expertise with the
50% of the 2019 level,” she noted. ing operations. Fu noted that of the trade fair audience. With our prod-

In terms of exhibits, show visitors four million electric vehicles manufac- uct range Ecolutions, we can prove
that sustainability and performance
can anticipate seeing some 3,000 tured in China in 2022, three million go hand in hand,” Marc Rademach-
machines at the show, as well as were produced in Guangdong Prov- er adds.
about 1,400 raw material suppliers, ince. This is in addition to the prov-
with highlights including green, low- ince’s traditional leading role in the Visitors will have the opportunity to
carbon, and circular technologies. manufacture of electronic devices and see the materials in action and learn
“Visitors can expect bio-based poly- appliances. about their benefits, such as in-
creased efficiency and recyclability.

PLASTICS NEWS 43
April 2023