Chinaplas 2009 The 23rd International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries
Date: 18-21 May 2009
Venue: China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou, PR China
Organizer & Co-organizers
Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd. China Foreign Trade Centre (Group) China National Light Industry Council - China Plastics Processing Industry Association China Plastic Machine Industry Association Guangdong Plastics Industry Association Messe D¨¹sseldorf China Ltd. Shanghai Society of Plastics Industry Beijing Yazhan Exhibition Services Ltd.
Host
China Foreign Trade Guangzhou Exhibition Corporation
Sponsor
European Committee of Machinery Manufacturers for the Plastics and Rubber Industries (EUROMAP)
Overseas Supporter
Association of Japan Plastics Machinery
Chinese Supporters
Anhui Province Plastics Association China United Rubber Corporation Fujian Plastics Industry Association Jiangsu Plastics Processing Industry Association Jiangxi Plastics Industry Association Shandong Plastics Industry Association Shenzhen Plastics & Rubber Association Zhejiang Plastics Industry Association

Scope of Exhibits

• Ancillary equipment
• Blow moulding machines
• Chemicals & raw materials, auxiliaries
• Extruders & extrusion lines
• Injection moulding machines
• IT applications / CAD-CAM
• Machines & equipment for preprocessing & recycling
• Machinery & plant for finishing, decorating, printing & marking
• Machinery for foam, reactive or reinforced resins
• Measuring, control & test equipment
• Moulds & dies
• Parts & components
• Post processing & other processing machines
• Presses
• Semi-finished products
• Welding machines, etc

Show History
Accompanying the growth of China's plastics and rubber industries for over 20 years, Chinaplas has become a distinguished meeting and business platform for these industries and has also largely contributed to their prosperous development. At present, Chinaplas is not only the largest plastics and rubber trade fair in Asia, it is also widely recognized by the industry as the 3rd most influential exhibition in the world. Its significance is surpassed only by K Fair in Germany, the world's premier plastics and rubber trade fair, and NPE in USA, the second largest plastics fair in the world.

UFI Approved Event
Chinaplas has been certified as a ¡°UFI Approved Event¡± by the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI), an internationally-recognized representative body of the international trade fair sector. This endorsement further demonstrates Chinaplas' proven track record as an international event, with professional standards of exhibition and visiting services as well as quality project management.

Award Winning - ¡°The Top Ten Most Influential Chinese Brand Exhibitions in 2006¡±
This award, presented in the second annual ¡°The Star of China Expo Ceremony¡±, indicates Chinaplas' well-acknowledged status in the industry and reflects its high degree of internationalization and the quality of its exhibition services.

Show Scale

	2006	2007	2008	2009 (Estimated)
Total Exhibition Area (sqm)	92,000	102,000	134,500	140,000
No. of Exhibitors	1,420	1,578	1,767	1,900
No. of Participating Countries & Regions	29	36	35	36
No. of Visitors	59,812	61,621	72,161	70,000

Chinaplas 2008 Figures

No. of Machine Exhibits	1,800
Total Area of Chemicals & Raw Materials Zone (sqm)	28,000
No. of Country/Region Pavilions	10
Country / Region Pavilions	Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, PR China, Taiwan Province, UK, USA
Concurrent Technical Seminars	71 sessions
Origin of Buyers	118 countries & regions