Show Preview Chinaplas
Show Preview Chinaplas 2012 The 26th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries, CHINAPLAS 2012, which is dedicated to showcasing the worldclass cutting-edge plastics and rubber technologies, will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Centre on April 18-21, 2012. This year again, there will be a special themed zone dedicated to bioplastics but which will be 40% bigger than last year. With the growing global concern with regard to green manufacturing, bioplastics is inevitably the focus in the plastics industry, with enormous potential in the market. As the international platform for advanced technology in the plastics and rubber industries, CHINAPLAS 2012 will introduce the world’s leading bioplastics suppliers and their products, such as PLA, PHA, PBS, PPC, PCL, PVA, TPS, PA and PTT. The renowned exhibitors include Cardia, Danisco, Ecomann, Esun, Hisun, Kingfa, NatureWorks, etc. Highlighting advanced technology and the latest development in bioplastics, the 4th International Conference on Bioplastics and their Applications will be held at the same time as CHINAPLAS 2012. As in 2011, speakers from the leading bioplastics suppliers will share their expertise with the audience. The conference is supported by overseas and Chinese plastics associations. This article contains details of a number of companies exhibiting at Chinaplas 2012. In addition please see the detailed floor map in the centre of the magazine. This detachable ‘Show Guide’ will help you find most of the exhibitors who are showcasing bioplastics-related products and services. Those not mentioned here will be covered in the show review in the next issue. If you visit Chinaplas make sure to visit the booth of bioplastics MAGAZINE in Hall N3 (booth N3L37). Toray Toray Industries, Inc./Toray Plastics (China) Co. Ltd., are becoming ‘a leading global company of advanced materials’ by pursuing technological innovation based on chemistry under the corporate slogan ‘Innovation by Chemistry’. Toray is focusing on ‘Green Innovation Business’ as the future growth opportunity. The company aims to contribute to a ‘Sustainable Low-Carbon Society’ all over the world. At Chinaplas Toray is exhibiting ‘Green Innovation Products’ and advanced materials for applications such as photovoltaic, lithium ion batteries, LED, electric vehicles / hybrid electric vehicles etc. for smart community and automobile industry use. They display bio-based polymers, and will propose a solution to the global environmental issues. For example floor mats made from PLA can be found in a production model car. These unique fibres are made from PLA/ Nylon polymer-alloy improving abrasion quality. In addition Toray has been developing new polymer particles and succeeded in fabricating such a micro-particulate PLA. www.toray.com N3H41 Shenzhen Ecomann Shenzhen Ecomann Biotechnology Co. LTD., is a high-tech enterprise that is engaged in R&D, manufacturing, and sales of PHA and PHA based bio-resins with a current annual capacity of 5,000 tonnes and new capacity of 75,000 tonnes in 2 years. Ecomann’s PHA is EN13432 and OK Compost Home certified and its PHA based bio-resins are available for various applications such as film, sheet, injection moulding and thermoforming. At Chinaplas 2012, Ecomann will not only display PHA based bio-resins and finished products, but also present its development in employing PHA to improve physical and chemical properties of other bio-based polymers. www.ecomann.com N3L17 28 bioplastics MAGAZINE [02/12] Vol. 7
Show Preview Fukutomi FUKUTOMI CO. LTD., has developed a wide range of eco-friendly PLA products. These include PLA cutlery and food packaging which greatly reduce landfill waste. They are 100% non-toxic and certified to international food safety standards. Custom designs are available. PLA golf tees do not need to be picked up when broken. PLA golf tees are more durable than traditional wooden ones. Fukutomi offers tees with customised logo printing. Flower pots made of PLA can be buried with plant seedlings, it is not necessary to remove them from the ground. They offer excellent ventilation with smooth finishing. Fukutomi furthermore offers PLA Pellets made from PLA production scrap. These are suitable for various manufacturing industries and are available in different levels of toughness, transparency and heat resistance www.fukutomi.com N3P01 Wuhan Huali Wuhan Huali Environment Technology Co. LTD., will present ‘ECO-KEEP’ products at the 2012 Chinaplas Exhibition. Eco-keep is the Wuhan Huali brand of disposable housewares and these items are made from PSM ® bioplastics, which use plant starch and other renewable sources as their main components, manufactured by polymer modification and plasticization. At the end of 2010 the first generation of ‘Eco-Keep’ products arrived on the supermarket shelves of the Hubei Province in China. Shortly after their launch these eco-friendly household goods gained a high level of praise from consumers. In June of 2011 ‘Eco-keep’ successfully enter into the procurement system of more than 400 Wal-Mart supermarket stores in China and by 2012, ‘Eco-keep’ will be successfully launched in 2000+ stores in China, including Wal-mart and Carrefour, upgrading the product lines to 16 categories and nearly 100 SKU’s. www.psm.com.cn N3M31 Kingfa Kingfa Sci. & Tech. Co. Ltd., the largest modified plastics manufacturer in China, owns five manufacturing facilities in that country (Guangzhou, Shanghai, Mianyang, Tianjin and Zhuhai) with an annual production capacity over 1,000,000 tonnes of modified plastics. ECOPOND ® biodegradable plastics has become a world leader with independent intellectual property rights. Based on a strong technical background, perfect quality control and a global sales network, Kingfa is expanding the Ecopond biodegradable plastics product range and applications. For strategic development Kingfa built a new manufacturing plant for Ecopond products with an annual capacity of 30,000 tonnes. Ecopond fully biodegradable plastics (FLEX- 162, FLEX-262 and FLEX-64D) comply with all the biodegradability standards including EN 13432, ASTM D6400 and AS 4736 (Australia). Products are ideal for 100% biodegradable shopping bags, trash bags, mulching films, food containers, office supplies and toys, etc. www.kingfa.com.cn N3L31 bioplastics MAGAZINE [02/12] Vol. 7 29
