Extrusion Asia Edition 1-2022

➠ www.ChinaplasOnline.com n At present, the manufacturing industry is in a dilemma of ri- sing raw material prices and soaring freight costs worldwide. The global supply chain has encountered severe challenges, and there have been partial breakdowns. With the proposed goals of achieving carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, China has been geared up to accelerate the green and low-car- bon economic transformation in all industries. As an international plastics and rubber mega exhibition, CHI- NAPLAS 2022, together with over 4,000 high-quality local and overseas exhibitors, will showcase a massive number of cutting- edge innovations and technologies in a 360,000sqm. of show area, to address the challenges and embrace the enormous op- portunities of the new era. Exploring new opportunities towards green economic transformation by leveraging low-carbon technologies “The State Council's Opinions on the Complete and Accurate Implementation of the New Development Concept to Peak Car- bon Dioxide Emissions and Achieve Carbon Neutrality” and the “Action Plan for Carbon Dioxide Peaking before 2030”, issued in October 2021, represent the official promulgation of the top- level scheme to achieve the "dual carbon targets". These will reshape the economic and energy structure, upgrade produc- tion technology, improve betterment of living, and accelerate the high-quality economic development and green industrial transformation in the next four decades. Obviously, the green and low-carbon technological innovations are the keys to such an extensive and profound transformation and reform. To cope with the tightening control of energy con- sumption, enterprises are in great demand for low energy con- sumption and high-efficiency production solutions. Ecological management is evolved from “end-of-pipe” control to “source” control, process optimization, end-of-pipe treatment, and waste recycling. The upgraded ecological management boosts the de- mand for environment-friendly materials such as bioplastics, bio- degradable materials, easy-to-recycle and recycled plastics, and green additives. In addition, fully degradable film blowing ma- chines, winders, and recycling technologies are also desirable by the market. With the rise of new energy, emerging industries such as photovoltaic, wind power, stored energy, electric vehicle, and hydrogen vehicles are gaining momentum and will gene- rate demands for new materials. With the green and low-carbon technology new track opened up, CHINAPLAS 2022 will present a huge and diversified amount of innovative solutions to help different companies to explore the development. "Green" elements will be pervasive in all halls, especially Hall 5.2, which will primarily focus on environmental protection, such as eco-friendly products, green additives, in ad- dition to the Bioplastics Zone and the Recycled Plastics Zone. Unveil the secrets of economic growth in joint quest of "digital and intelligent high-tech development" In the process of pursuing green economic recovery, the gap bet- ween reducing carbon emissions and taking more intelligent ap- proaches must be filled. The evolving green and low carbon development renders digital tech a more pressing need in sup- port of the plastics and rubber industries. Advanced technolo- gies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and big data can be very useful in real-time monitoring and regulatory al- gorithms of energy consumption data. The aims are to reduce raw material consumption, improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and thus promote production in a green and energy-saving way. Digital transformation is an inevitable direction for industries. The development of modern automation, intelligent and digital technologies have been catalyzed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote monitoring and management can help en- gineers to troubleshoot production failures even from thousands of miles away. Sophisticated automated and precision produc- tion equipment assists enterprises in addressing the shortage of manpower and unstable product quality. Automated monitoring and quality control processes can allow continuous production; improve production quality and efficiency, and lower costs. As the digital economic tide sweeps the world, it further highlights the importance and value of automated, information-based, and intelligent production methods with flexible manpower, and un- manned and intelligent production methods. There is a wealth of potentials to be tapped. CHINAPLAS 2022 will gather inno- vative, practical, digital and intelligent solutions such as robots, all electric injection molding technology, automated optical in- spection systems, ERP, MES, IoT, etc., to help companies seize the ample opportunities. CHINAPLAS+: online and offline activities for better business exploration As the entire industry is undergoing digital transformation, CHI- NAPLAS also goes full steam ahead in this endeavor. Despite the impediments posed by the pandemic, the market demand re- mains strong. To better serve high-quality buyers with strong purchasing needs around the world yet are unable to attend the fair in person, CHINAPLAS 2022 proudly introduces CPS+ eMar- ketplace, an online sourcing and business matching platform. The platform will breakthrough the limitation of time and space, with comprehensive content, and offer brand-new functions and experiences, such as niche and specific products and appli- cation classification, "first-launched technologies" and "hot search" tags. The platform is equipped with functions such as in- telligent search, the release of purchasing information, promo- ting targeted and efficient supply throughout the industry chain. It is expected to be officially launched in January 2022. Further- more, the fair will be live-streamed to allow overseas visitors to experience it online with just a click of the mouse. Under the theme of "New Era• New Potential• Innovation for Sustainability", CHINAPLAS 2022 will return to the National Ex- hibition and Convention Center in Hongqiao, Shanghai , during April 25 - 28, 2022 . 43 Extrusion Asia Edition 1/2022