Extrusion International 4-2017

19 Extrusion International 4/2017 T-Plas, which will take place from 20 until 23 September, will focus on six application segments that have been earmarked as areas with major potential for the future and therefore qualify for government funding: automotive, biopolymers, lifestyle, medicine and health care, E+E. About 300 exhibitors from 20 nations will present their products and solutions at T-Plas. Official exhibition partnerships registered come from China, Germany, Malaysia, Austria, Singapore and Taiwan. More than 8,000 visitors from the industry are expected at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC). PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL, 6th International Packaging and Printing Exhibition for Asia, will be hosted at the same time. In combination, these events offer exhibitors and visi- tors interesting synergies and a comprehensive overview of the dynamic and closely connected growth industries. Only a short while later, Iran will shift into the focus of the in- ternational plastics and rubber industry. Iran, a country with a population of 75 million, has a solid oil and gas industry that accounts for more than 50% of the country’s exports. IRAN PLAST, hosted for the 11th time this year, has emerged as the most important specialist trade show in Iran. Estab- www.k-globalgate.com lished in 2015, the extensive partnership between the host, Iranian National Petrochemical Company NPC, and Messe Düsseldorf is still going strong. The previous IRAN PLAST, which took place in April 2016, welcomed 920 exhibitors. This year’s event, taking place from 24 until 27 September 2017 at Tehran’s expo centre, will most likely experience a similar attendance. Interest from international exhibitors in this trade show has increased significantly, which is also evi- dent in the fact that those exhibitors who work with Messe Düsseldorf alone come from 21 different countries and have booked a net exhibition space of over 2,800 square metres – almost 40%more than on the previous trade fair. The largest contingent, consisting of about 60 companies, comes from Germany, closely followed by Italy, Austria, France, Switzer- land and Korea. Official national participants are Germany, Finland, France, Austria and Switzerland. “Long night of industries” at KAMPF On June 29, 2017, the „LANGE NACHT DER INDUSTRIE“ (Long night of industries) took place in the Oberberg region. KAMPF Schneid- undWickeltechnik participated in this event for the first time and welcomed about 100 registered visitors. The guests experienced on guided tours the modern train- ing workshop, the technology center and the new assembly hall. In order to give the visitors an idea about slitting and winding, the moderators focused not only on the impress- ing machines, but also on the use of the web-shaped materi- als that KAMPF customers produce on the high-tech slitting and winding machines. Films made of various plastics, as well as aluminum and papers are used not only for packaging of foodstuffs and pharmaceutical products. For example, the usage of films was impressively presented by displaying a hybrid vehicle type BMW i8: in the safety glass, as a display or decorative film, and especially in the electronic compo- nents such as capacitors and the modern lithium batteries. Not imaginable without materials produced on KAMPF ma- chines. www.kampf.de Usage of films explained by hybrid vehicle BMW i8 (Pictures (KAMPF)