Extrusion International 4-2017

18 Extrusion International 4/2017 INDUSTRY NEWS New Service Partner Improves Customer Focus The Austrian company Next Generation Recyclingmaschin- en GmbH (NGR) develops and manufactures plastics recy- cling equipment for industrial and consumer waste. As part of the reopening of the three year-old Customer Care Center in Taicang, NGR is expanding its sales activities in China and Southeast Asia. New sales director and new address. With its move into the German Center Taicang, which will provide better infrastruc- ture for customers and employees, the Chinese NGR sub- sidiary is laying new groundwork for China and the entire Southeast Asia region.The sales office will be led by the new sales director Jeffrey Tan, a native of Singapore. Jeffrey Tan has developed a strong technical background over his years working in the plastics industry, and will take over the ap- pointment books for our customers starting in July. Test runs and engineering support. With Sven Heine, CEO of Anhui Green Recycling and Environmental Protection Re- search Center Co., Ltd., NGR has added an authorized part- ner for customer trials and technical support in Hefei. As a recycler of industrial plastic waste, Heine counts on NGR technology and also provides prospects the chance to carry out test series for customized recycling solutions with his company’s S:GRAN 85-70 V HD system. Short response times, years of experience. Technical support will be strengthened by a well-experienced service engineer. And an expanded spare parts warehouse will provide more rapid customer support. “With our service partner, we can get closer to our customers in China and Southeast Asia,” states Regional Director Karl- heinz Berger, who expects sales of NGR recycling machines to grow further thanks to this partnership. With a license to recycle. Concrete objectives on the part of the Chinese government to promote renewable energies and better use of resources are increasingly focusing on en- vironmental protection. The company’s own license for recy- cling plastic waste meets these very high environmental stan- dards. The growing demand for plastics makes the Chinese and Southeast Asian plastics industry an important driver for the global market. www.ngr.at Three strong trade fairs for the plastics industry In September 2017, export-oriented companies from the global plastics and rubber industry will be able to explore some interesting markets: interplastica Kazan in Tatarstan/ Russia, T-Plas in Bangkok and IRAN PLAST in Tehran will of- fer machine manufacturers, rawmaterial producers and pro- cessors excellent opportunities for acquiring a new circle of customers. Messe Düsseldorf, organiser of the K, the global flagship fair for the plastics and rubber industry, will accom- pany its customers these trade fairs, which are part of the Global Gate product portfolio. Based on the interplastica Moscow, which has emerged as the industry’s leading trade show in Russia, the interplas- tica Kazan – International Trade Fair Plastics and Rubber in conjunction with Tatarstan Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Forum – was launched in the economic region of Kazan/Tatarstan in 2015. The autonomous Republic of Tartastan is one of the most widely industrialised and fastest growing regions of Russia. Thanks to the region’s extensive oil and natural gas deposits, the government is currently able to invest substan- tial amounts in related industrial segments. The interplastica Kazan will take place from 6 until 8 September 2017; more than 200 exhibitors are Thailand’s plastics processing industry is considered an im- portant pillar of the country’s economic development – a de- velopment that has been characterised by a steady increase of domestic demand for plastic products at an average an- nual growth rate of 3.3 %. Rated Thailand’s top event for the industry, the T-Plas in Bangkok has a regional focus on the prosperous industrial region of Southeast Asia and as such has become a magnet not only for the processing industry but also for relevant consumer industries. According to the national industrial concept of “Thailand 4.0”, the upcoming NGR recycling-line at Anhui Green Recycling and Environmental Protection Research Center for test runs