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Last time, he was in-between a wrap of the Hyderabad roadshow and flying to Ahmedabad for another one. This time, he is jetting-off to

Columbia. However, Rajeev Chitalia, Chairman - NEC, PLASTINDIA 2018 makes it all look like a cakewalk. And why not, for by his own admission, the 10th edition of the international plastics exhibition, conference and convention to be held between 7th and 12th February, 2018 at The Exhibition Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat is sold out 100 per cent, already!

With a business target in the range of Rs. 5,500 crore, the organisers have left no stone unturned in promoting the show. Over 60 roadshows pan-India and more than 20 across the globe are in the offing. Both, the exhibition machinery and Indian embassies abroad, are doing all they can to up the event’s attractiveness to the right kind of visitors. “The Indian embassy in Columbia has been extremely cooperative. They have put up brochures and other information on their website,” says Rajeev Chitalia. The same can also be said of our embassies in other parts of the world such as Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Nairobi, Kenya and Tanzania, he adds. If at all proof were needed that global confidence has increased, fuelling exhibitor sales and visitor promotions, look no farther than the fact that NEC’s partners, Messe Düsseldorf and Adsale (China), have sold nearly 20 per cent more than what they did the last time. Again, why look outside when within the country itself, most state governments have evinced keen interest in being a part of the exposition.

A large part of the promotional success is due to the organisers’ unwavering focus on ease of doing business. The aim is to help all those visiting the show to conduct business conveniently and successfully. For this purpose, exhibition halls / sections have been bifurcated into categories such as machinery, extrusion, injection, printing, ancillary and raw material. Within each group, there could be further classification; for instance, separate areas have been earmarked for moulds and dyes, processed and finished plastic, and so on. The idea is for visitors to be

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Rajeev ChitaliaChairman - NEC

PLASTINDIA 2018

As PLASTINDIA 2018 draws nearer, preparations on ground have reached fever pitch.

The organisers have pulled out all stops in promoting the exposition, pushing their well-oiled and omnipresent machinery into working 24x7 to increase visibility of PLASTINDIA 2018 across the length and breadth of India as well as the globe. Of the more than 60 roadshows planned pan-India, as many as 27 have already been

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dishes details of the ongoing promotional campaign.

POLYMERS Communiqué gets to be part of the excitement on ground as the exhibition inches closer…

successfully concluded at Nagpur, Nashik, Kolhapur, Jalgaon, Goa, Kota, Ahmedabad, Jodhpur, Indore, Patna, Raipur, Bilaspur/Chhattisgarh, Haridwar, Jamshedpur/Jharkhand, Kolkata, Odisha, Visakhapatnam, Mangalore, Hyderabad, Mysore, Coimbatore, Madurai, Sivakasi, Salem, Erode, Trichy and Pondicherry. A majority of these roadshows have witnessed phenomenal response with

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Q. How do you see the response to the upcoming PLASTINDIA 2018 from your region?

In PLASTINDIA 2015, there were 148 exhibitors who participated from China and they almost filled up the whole of hall 12 at Gandhinagar. Since the promotion of PLASTINDIA 2018 started, we have received continuous enquiries about the show. We are confident that there will be a bigger group from China to participate in PLASTINDIA 2018.

Q. What according to you are the bright spots of the ‘Indian Plastics Industry’?

The large population in India, urbanisation, fast economic development as well as the growing cooperation of India and overseas countries in the years to come will definitely drive further development of the Indian’s plastics industry. The wide application of plastics in different industries e.g. automotive, electronics and electrical appliances, transportation and mobility, daily consumables etc. will support increasing market demand for plastics technology. We foresee India’s plastics industry will develop fast in the next 5 - 10 years. There will also be more cooperation between China and India in areas like mobile technology, infrastructure, railway and transportation. These cooperation projects will all require plastics technology to support.

Q. As the No. 3 exhibition in the world, what do you see as the key benefits that PLASTINDIA 2018 will bring to your exhibitors?

India is a booming market, full of development potentials. To the Chinese plastics technology suppliers, PLASTINDIA provides an excellent platform for them to promote their business and products

Long-time Cooperation Partners…

Adsale and Plastindia Foundation

“PLASTINDIA provides an excellent platform for Chinese suppliers to promote their business and products in India,” says Stanley Chu in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.

Stanley ChuChairman

Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd.Hong Kong

Francesco CarulloArea Sales Manager

Borghi S.p.A.

We have been exhibitors at PLASTINDIA and with every edition, we keep increasing our display area with new machines. And above all, we also get a lot of international enquiries from Africa, Middle East and Far East Asian Countries. PLASTINDIA is an exhibition we will never miss.

in India. They can meet with old and new customers, explore new business counterparts and understand more about the Indian market from the show.

Q. The exhibition venue at Gandhinagar got very good reviews last time. This, being the second edition at Gandhinagar, will further enhance exhibitor delight. What are your thoughts?

Gujarat state is an important manufacturing base in India. It takes up 65% of the whole of India’s plastics industry output. PLASTINDIA held at Gandhinagar in Ahmedabad, Gujarat is, therefore, the right place for exhibitors to open up the Indian market and to find new business opportunities.

PLASTINDIA events are a show well-participated by international exhibitors.

Q. With over 2,00,000 visitors expected, do you see your exhibitors launching new products and technologies during PLASTINDIA 2018?

Chinese exhibitors are sure to bring in more new products and technology in PLASTINDIA 2018. Chinese plastics machinery is famous for high ROI and their performance has been increasing over time. We think this will be one of the attractions of PLASTINDIA 2018.

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NEXT is HERE1,25,000

sq mtrs of total exhibition area

2,000of the world’s

finest exhibitors

600overseas exhibitors from 40 countries

2,00,000visitors from all over the world

I take this opportunity to welcome each and every stakeholder of this vibrant plastics industry to come and avail the unprecedented

business opportunities that PLASTINDIA 2018, the international plastics exhibition, conference and convention, is going to offer you and take you to the next level.

We are almost 2 months away from this most awaited event in the plastics industry all over the world. With you, the luminaries of the plastics industry, I would like to share some unique features of PLASTINDIA 2018 with you.

1. Special industry pavilions such as automotive, medical and healthcare, sports, 3D printing and infrastructure will focus on new innovations and will create opportunities for the next generation of plastic manufacturers and end users.

2. A widespread, special visitors’ promotion programmes are being done at over 60 centres all over India and in more than 20 countries across the globe to get quality business visitors from India and abroad.

3. With support of the Ministry of Commerce and Plexconcil, countries from Latin America, Gulf, South Eastern Asia, Africa, Far East countries and SAARC countries are being covered for bringing more than 600 buyers under ‘The Reverse Buyer Seller Meet’ (RBSM) to encourage exports and joint ventures.

4. Another unique feature of this exhibition is the ‘Online Visitor Registration’ and ‘Mobile App’. Apart from making the registration and entry smooth, it will provide the entire exhibition information on your mobile phone and will save time of the exhibitors and visitors to identify and meet with their desired suppliers and customers, and utilise their time productively at the exposition. With a target of over 2,00,000 visitors, over 50,000+ visitors have already registered themselves online till now.

5. Concurrent events such as Proplast exhibition of finished plastics products, Plasticon Awards and International Conference will present latest innovations, innovators and futuristic ideas in the field of plastics to all the participants, visitors and delegates.

6. Last but not the least, PLASTINDIA exhibition, the third largest plastics exhibition in the world is unique as this is of the plastics industry, for the plastics industry and by the plastics industry.

I am pleased to inform you that extraordinary voluntary efforts are being put up by the NEC, headed by Rajeev Chitaliaji along with all sub committees and ably guided by the NAB, headed by M. P. Tapariaji in making excellent arrangements for more than 2,000 exhibitors and over 2,00,000 visitors and to taking their business to the next level. The NEC and NAB consist of stalwarts and luminaries of the plastics industry.

I personally urge you to visit PLASTINDIA 2018 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat between 7th and 12th February, 2018 which aims to be the ‘Pulse of PLASTICS’ and empower you to witness, source, transact and plan all your needs of plastics raw material, machinery, ancillary equipment, finished goods and technology at this biggest B2B industrial exhibition of India.

K.K. SeksariaPresident,

Plastindia Foundation

PI 2018: Set to take the Plastics Industry to the Next LevelFrom the President’s Desk

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NEXT is HEREIndia: 3rd

largest plastics consumer in the world by 2020

3X growth in per capita consumption of

plastics in India by 2020

13% CAGR for engineering plastics

till 2020

Goa

Kolkata

at Roadshows

3X growth in per capita consumption of

plastics in India by 2020

13% CAGR for engineering plastics

till 2020

Columbia

Kota

Mark Your DatesRoadshows Planned between

8th & 22nd December, 2017

Hubli

8th December

Kerala

9th December

Chennai

Vadodara

8th December

8th DecemberBangladesh

9th December

Bhavnagar

15th December

Bengaluru

16th December

Jaipur

22nd December

Banaras

15th December

Varanasi

15th December

Rajkot

16th December

the likes of Chief Ministers, Ministers, Members of Parliament, bureaucrats and industrialists in close attendance. However, the Ahmedabad roadshow held on 9th November, 2017 exceeded all expectations with nearly 2,000 people thronging the venue. Turnout at the roadshows in Mangalore, Mysore, Madurai, Sivakasi and Visakhapatnam, too, has been a very good indication of the success that PLASTINDIA 2018 will turn out to be.

With a jaw-dropping Rs. 5,500 crore worth of business riding on PLASTINDIA 2018, the publicity campaign has extended well beyond borders, with Indian embassies in Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Nairobi, Kenya and Tanzania doing their best to improve the trade fair’s attractiveness to the right kind of visitors. Of the more than 20 international roadshows planned as part of this exercise, four have already been organised in Malaysia, Singapore, Kenya/Nairobi and Malawi. Again, each of them has been a grand success with the one in Malaysia, in particular, seeing 100 people present.

Between now and February, many more roadshows are in the pipeline and buzz on ground is only set to reach crescendo.

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Ahmedabad

Raipur

Abhay UpadhyeDirector

MIFA Systems Pvt. Ltd.

PLASTINDIA is a very important exhibition for us. It really gives a great exposure to all strata of people in the industry.

MIFA is taking part in this exhibition since 1994...has been able to generate many leads

and converted them into permanent friends.We eagerly look forward to every PLASTINDIA to

greet and meet friends, exchange notes; while we conduct business.

Survey No 279 (1 & 2 ), Hinjewadi Phase ll, Mulshi, Pune, Maharashtra - 411057 E-mail : contact@applrossence.com

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Join In to Tell the World How You Can Make a Difference

The world’s largest t-shirt made of 100% recycled plastic waste is an endeavour of Plastindia Foundation and signature activity of PLASTINDIA 2018 exhibition, to draw the world’s attention towards how correct waste segregation, waste management and waste recycling can ensure that ‘plastics’ can be the most sustainable solution to resolve some of the most basic necessities of human life.

Project – World’s Largest T-Shirt Made From 100% Recycled Plastic Waste

Reduce l Reuse l ReinventIndia is one of the biggest marketplace

for plastics and there is a huge potential of growth in the coming years. PLASTINDIA provides a

very good platform to Indian and global companies to showcase their

products and expertise.

ECON has officially launched first partially ‘Made in India’ underwater pelletising

system during PLASTINDIA 2015, and it was a highly successful growth story for ECON

India during the last 3 years. ECON is going to showcase the running line of ECON’s underwater pelletising system EUP150 on Steer Omega 25 extruder during PLASTINDIA 2018 show.

Vinu Chavda Director - Sales

Econ Machinery Pvt. Ltd.

Food, clothing and shelter; ‘plastics’ can and will forever be able to provide sustainable, conservative and cost-effective solutions to mankind as long as we understand civic and moral responsibilities to dispose waste correctly.

The T-shirt after display at PLASTINDIA 2018 will be cut into smaller T-shirts and Plastindia Foundation plans to distribute 7000 of these to children from NGO shelters who don’t have access to basic needs; thus, creating an understanding that plastics can sustain living, as long as we know how to use, reuse and reinvent with it.

The giant T-shirt made from 100% recycled plastic waste will weigh around 3000 kgs. and will measure 100 m in height and 70 m (shoulder to shoulder) + sleeves.

This process from plastic waste to recycled yarn, converting yarn to fibre, and fibre to cloth to eventually stitch the world’s largest t-shirt which will be identical to a real-life t-shirt.

The t-shirt will be displayed at a venue in Mumbai and will be adjudicated by competent record audit companies to eventually qualify for the world’s largest t-shirt.

The miniature version (30 ft x 24 ft) will be displayed at the exhibition grounds during PLASTINDIA 2018 as a major photo-op and public display along with an LED screen that will showcase the benefits of recycling and the making of the t-shirt.

Aaoo Kuch Allag Kare

SEGREGATE | SUSTAIN | SAFEGUARD

“Waste Segregation is the first step to sustainability, and recycling of resources

will safeguard the future of our next generation”

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able to plan their schedule before arrival such that they can straightaway meet whosoever they wish without wasting time searching for a particular exhibitor, product or technology. The organisers also want visitors to get the best of multiple countries at one place which is why there are dedicated pavilions i.e. Europe, Taiwan, China etc. Taking it a step further, special consideration is being given to differently-abled visitors in the form of wheelchairs, easy access to the fairgrounds and dedicated areas for the conduct of business.

Rajeev Chitalia is confident of having quality visitors thronging the show, all thanks to the young and dynamic Team NEC 2018 which has been working behind the scenes 24x7 to get things flying on the ground. Lavishing praise on the team, Rajeev Chitalia says, “It isn’t the largest, but it’s

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certainly the youngest team we’ve got. They have been working really hard and their energy levels are unparalleled. Visitor promotions, in their entirety, have been handled by these young leaders and torch-bearers of NEC.” Not to be left out from the credits, he speaks highly of the Publicity Committee which has been making sure that ‘brand’ PLASTINDIA 2018 g e t s the highest

visibility across media and across the length and breadth of India and the world; and of the Hospitality Team which has been busy looking after travel and accommodation of thousands of visitors planning to descend upon the exhibition venue. Rajeev Chitalia realises it’s time to board the international flight…but wait…he was happy to accommodate this word trip in his itinerary…

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specialist in thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounding in the Indian and Sri Lanka markets, through KRAIBURG TPE Pvt. Ltd. in India. To support both markets, the company operates offices in Bengaluru, Delhi, Pune and Ahmedabad.

A Decade of Growth and SuccessAlthough officially registered in 2006, KRAIBURG TPE India regularised its operations only in 2007 when it began doing business in the country through a representative based in Mumbai to liaise with local customers and to establish connections with the

medical and consumer markets in the southern and northern India regions as well.

In 2012, KRAIBURG TPE India took a major step forward in expanding its business when it established its own operations office and warehouse facility in Bengaluru, and even deployed a sales team to Pune and Delhi.

Advancing Excellence in the Indian Market

KRAIBURG TPE is a global competence leader for thermoplastic elastomer compounds, offering custom-engineered and customised solutions for specific needs in the four core markets: automotive, consumer, industry and medical.

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Alap Patel Director

Ambica Engineering & Wire Industries

KRAIBURG TPE Celebrates 10 Years of Success

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Ambica Group has always been participating in PLASTINDIA exhibitions and we continue to remain excited for the forthcoming PLASTINDIA 2018 as well. This event means a lot to our business.

We have built a number of ‘Apps’ to grow our business and we wish to launch these ‘Apps’ during PLASTINDIA 2018.