Chinaplas 2019 - post show report

CHINAPLAS 2019, world largest annual plastics and rubber exhibition took place between 21st and 24th May in Guangzhou, China. It was the 33rd edition of this show, which rotates every year between Guangzhou and Shanghai. Chinaplas covered 26 halls, featured 3,600 exhibitors from 40 countries and attracted over 160,000 visitors. 

“Chinaplas provided an excellent platform for not only for making our first major contacts in the Chinese market, but also allowed us to find Agents / Distributors in other nearby Asian and SE Asian markets.” Mark Richardson,  Eurograv  

"The Chinaplas event was very helpful for Grafine Ltd. to raise its visibility and profile in the East Asia market and to secure new orders. We highly commend the BPF for the excellent organisation and on-site support, and the DIT for their TAP grant, which is essential for small and micro business such as ourselves to attend these trade shows and secure visibility and orders and to grow our business. I’ll look forward to further opportunities to exhibit with the BPF." Dr. Aravind Vijayaraghavan, Grafine Ltd

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“Thank you so much for the great care and making Chinaplas such a great experience!”  Samanta Skrivere, Ministry of Waste

UK Department for International Trade (DIT) support

Department for International Trade (DIT) supported eight companies from the British Pavilion with the Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) grant of £2,500 towards their stand expenses. The funding was secured by the BPF, an accredited partner to DIT which administers the grant at the key foreign plastics exhibitions. 

After first day of the show, DIT hosted an evening reception for the British exhibitors and invited Chinese industry contacts to facilitate introduction and establish business links between these two. Danial Shaikh, Consul UK International Trade & Investment / Deputy Director - Innovation and Industry gave a welcome speech followed by one minute introduction and overview of their business by each of the British exhibitors.

Pic. DIT reception at Chinaplas 2019. Welcome by Danial Shaikh, DIT

"DIT were pleased to work with BPF in supporting the high quality delegates attending Chinaplas in Guangzhou. The innovation and enthusiasm of the companies was very impressive and our teams across China stand ready to support them in pursuing the business leads that were generated." Danial Shaikh, Consul UK International Trade & Investment / Deputy Director - Innovation and Industry

Pic. DIT evening reception Chinaplas 2019	Pic. Graham Mulholland, DIT;  Xiang He, China Synthetic Resin Association;  Justyna Elliott, BPF; Angela Frederics, BPF

British Pavilion exhibitors were impressed with the high quality of enquiries received at their stands throughout the four days of Chinaplas. Some of them have never been to China and the market visit enabled them to see the scope of opportunites and to meet potential agents or distributors. 

Next edition of Chinaplas will take place in Shanghai on 21-24 April 2020. For more information and to register your interest please e-mail Justyna Elliott at the BPF on [email protected] 

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