Ceramicx to attend Chinaplas 2010
19 March, 2010
I suppose that the plastics industry can be seen the first of that post-war twentieth century phenomenon – a new industry that grows up under your feet in your own lifetime. Microchips, communications have perhaps gotten a bit casual about this - and at Ceramicx we believe we also have yet to play our full part in the true emergence of infrared technology – but that is another story.
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In terms of plastics - since Bakelite in the 1930’s and the first commodity polymers of the 1940s and 50s the plastics industry has grown from strength to strength worldwide. The USA was the proving ground for many early applications up until the 1980’s and 90’s when Europe got on level terms. And now we have a region that is set to outstrip them all. Which is why I am preparing to take the Ceramicx ‘heat work’ expertise message to a number of Far Eastern destinations in April. My trip will culminate in a two day visit to this year’s Chinaplas, held in Shanghai. April 19-22.
Wherever and whoever you are in today’s plastics manufacturing world, the Far Eastern dimension has already impacted on you – there’s no avoiding it - in terms of price; in terms of quality, competition and all sorts of other issues. And as the Chinese were the first to show us – their hieroglyph for ‘crisis’ is the same picture as that for ‘opportunity’. In other words there are many positives to learn from the increasing role of Plastics China in all world markets.
The Far Eastern team at Enterprise Ireland have been invaluable in helping the Ceramicx preparation for our outward mission – and Ceramicx marketing in plastics thermoforming and other process areas. Alan Buckley, Cathy Houlihan and Xiaojing Yue at Enterprise Ireland have all helped us immensely in the desk research and contact work needed for this project. Markets as specific as resin curing, infrared oven drying, thermoforming and others really are of a different scale and structure in China and the Far East. We have spent a lot of careful time identifying our likely audience – and ways to reach them in China – and at Chinaplas this year.
So check this page in late April for news of our ongoing adventures on the other side of the world!
Slainte
Frank
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p.s. Don't forget to catch up with Ceramicx at the 2010 K Show in Dusseldorf from Wednesday the 27th October.
19 March, 2010
I suppose that the plastics industry can be seen the first of that post-war twentieth century phenomenon – a new industry that grows up under your feet in your own lifetime. Microchips, communications have perhaps gotten a bit casual about this - and at Ceramicx we believe we also have yet to play our full part in the true emergence of infrared technology – but that is another story. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="405" caption="Chinaplas 2010"][/caption]
In terms of plastics - since Bakelite in the 1930’s and the first commodity polymers of the 1940s and 50s the plastics industry has grown from strength to strength worldwide. The USA was the proving ground for many early applications up until the 1980’s and 90’s when Europe got on level terms. And now we have a region that is set to outstrip them all. Which is why I am preparing to take the Ceramicx ‘heat work’ expertise message to a number of Far Eastern destinations in April. My trip will culminate in a two day visit to this year’s Chinaplas, held in Shanghai. April 19-22.
Wherever and whoever you are in today’s plastics manufacturing world, the Far Eastern dimension has already impacted on you – there’s no avoiding it - in terms of price; in terms of quality, competition and all sorts of other issues. And as the Chinese were the first to show us – their hieroglyph for ‘crisis’ is the same picture as that for ‘opportunity’. In other words there are many positives to learn from the increasing role of Plastics China in all world markets.
The Far Eastern team at Enterprise Ireland have been invaluable in helping the Ceramicx preparation for our outward mission – and Ceramicx marketing in plastics thermoforming and other process areas. Alan Buckley, Cathy Houlihan and Xiaojing Yue at Enterprise Ireland have all helped us immensely in the desk research and contact work needed for this project. Markets as specific as resin curing, infrared oven drying, thermoforming and others really are of a different scale and structure in China and the Far East. We have spent a lot of careful time identifying our likely audience – and ways to reach them in China – and at Chinaplas this year.
So check this page in late April for news of our ongoing adventures on the other side of the world!
Slainte
Frank
