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CHINAPLAS 2018 – Exhibition Visit Report

he 32nd Edition of Chinaplas – International Exhibition The trade fair had 13 country/regions pavilions including
Ton Plastics and Rubber industries was held from Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan,
the 24th – 27th April, 2018 at National Exhibition and Korea, Switzerland, UK, USA, PR China & Taiwan.
Convention Center, Shanghai, PR China. It is rated as one The organizers had provided the visitors with a detailed
of the largest Plastics & Rubber Trade fair in Asia.
visitor guide which would help the visitor to plan his visit
The fair organizers and co-organizers are as listed below; accurately, apart from the hard copy of the visitor guide,
the mobile application also proved to be very handy. There
i. Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd.
were manned information kiosks in every hall to guide
ii. Beijing Yazhan Exhibition Services Ltd the visitor. For those having VIP passes there were VIP
iii. China National Light Industry Council – China lounges to relax and grab a snack for refreshment along
Plastics Processing Industry Association with a juice or a cup of coffee. There were shuttle buses
to ferry visitors from one hall to the other. The fairground
iv. China Plastics Machinery Industry Association central tower is internally connected to the metro line for
v. Messe Düsseldorf China Ltd. swift movement of the visitors to connect them to various
parts of the city.
vi. The Plastic Trade Association of Shanghai
AIPMA Delegation:

The total number of delegates for Chinaplas was 90, the
travel partner was M/s.U-Tourizmo and the Chairman-
Overseas Delegation Committee is Mr.Mahyur D Shah. The
hotel accommodation for the delegation was at Hotel
Mingde Grand which is a five star property located in
Shanghai City. Airport to hotel transfer and daily hotel
to the fairground were arranged in comfortable coaches.
Overall it was a satisfying experience for the delegates
and Team AIPMA.
Marketing activity at the fairground:
AIPMA was represented in Chinaplas by the team of Office
Bearers - Mr. Hiten Bheda – President, Mr. Chandrakant CMEC has already been signed in as the official space sale
Turakhia – Vice President (West), Mr. V. Anil Reddy – partner for PR China in PVI 2020, the team PVI focused on
Vice President (South), Mr. Haren Sanghavi – Imm. Past activity involving generating prospects from the countries
President, Mr. Ajay Desai – Chairman Plastiworld 2019, other than China.
Mr. Mayhur D. Shah – Chairman Plastivision Arabia 2019, The next edition of Chinaplas 2019 is scheduled to be
Mr. Rituraj Gupta – Chairman Plastivision India 2020, Mr. held from the 21st May to 24th May 2019 in China Import
Kailash Murarka – Chairman Advisory Board PVI 2020, Mr. & Export Fair Complex, Pazhou, Guangzhou, PR China.
Harshad Desai – Chairman Seminars & Conferences.
The exhibition was focused on Machinery & Equipment,
Raw Materials and Auxiliaries.
The total exhibition area measured 320,000 square meters
spread across 13 halls across various levels which had zero,
mezzanine and first level. The total number of exhibitors
was 3400 from 39 countries spread across these halls. The
final official count of visitors at the end of trade fair was
180,701 of which 26.51% were from overseas.

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