China Plastics in Automotive 2012

China Plastics in Automotive 2012
Material & Design Trends in Lightweight & Electric Vehicles
One-day international business conference on April 17, at the Kerry Hotel Pudong in Shanghai
This 2nd annual Plastics News event will examine China’s fast-growing automotive market and plastics’ key role in it. The conference will be held one day prior to Chinaplas 2012. That April 18-21 trade show is expected to draw close to 100,000 visitors to the adjoining Shanghai New International Exhibition Center. The CPA conference, meanwhile, will take a close look at how plastics are facilitating the lightweighting of traditional vehicles, as well as the new electric and hybrid vehicles. The conference targets officials at multinational and domestic automakers, Tier 1 and Tier 2 systems integrators, automotive plastic part suppliers, car designers, and materials and plastics processing equipment suppliers.

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Wrap up: China Plastics in Automotive 2011
The first annual China Plastics in Automotive event was held last May 16 in Guangzhou, and attracted about 140 high-level attendees. The conference took place the day before the Chinaplas 2011 show, which attracted a record 94,000 attendees. The 17-speaker, bilingual PN conference featured leading international and Chinese consultants, suppliers, designers and auto industry executives, who shared their insights on the world’s hottest automotive market.

Click here to view a 25-picture slideshow from the 2011 conference. Or view a PDF of the speaker lineup from that Guangzhou conference.

Ford China Chairman/CEO Joe Hinrichs (left) meets Stanley Chu, chairman of Adsale Exhibitions, organizer of the Chinaplas trade show.	A high-powered panel (L-R): Guangzhou Auto’s Zheng Limiao, Magna's Tom Apostolos, Chang’an Auto’s Du Cao, and Chery Auto’s Shi Rongbo.
ExxonMobil's global VP for polyolefins, John Verity, discussed how plastics can contribute to sustainability in the automotive sector.	Ganesh Khedkar, head of global manufacturing for India's Tata Technologies, spoke of how digital mfg. can boost factory efficiency.                     All Plastics News photos by Ginger Advertising Ltd.

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