PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2020

7 NEWS PET planet Insider Vol. 21 No. 01+02/20 www.petpla.net drink technology India (dti) final report 9,925 visitors, 201 exhibitors and a total floorspace of 11,400m 2 (30% increase) – these are the figures achieved by dti drink technology India (Messe München), co-located with pacprocess and food pex India (Messe Düsseldorf). Richard Clemens, Managing Director of the VDMA’s Food Processing and Packaging MachineryAssociation, confirms the importance of the event: “Demand amongst Indian con- sumers is growing across all segments of the beverage and liquid food industry and is expected to have risen by around 89 per cent by 2022 according to market researchers. Indian suppliers are therefore importing systems and machinery in order to be able to meet this demand. This represents a great opportunity for international companies wishing to gain a foothold in the Indian market.” At drink technology India, international exhibitors accounted for 12%, with China being the most represented country, followed by other international exhibitors from Germany, Italy, Spain and Turkey. The Packaging Design Innovation & Technology Confer- ence was held for the first time at the trade fair. Companies operating in the consumer goods industry presented inter- esting solutions and thought-provoking impulses relating to packaging design, sustainability, food safety and smart packaging. The supporting program also included the Indian DairyAssociation’s Conference, which showcased packag- ing solutions for the dairy industry, as well as the FSSAI seminar, which highlighted regulations and initiatives as part of India’s “Eat Right Movement”. The Oil Technologists’ Association of India (OTAI) hosted a seminar on oils and fats. Special focus was given to food and non-food-related uses of palm oil. The place2beer and the Buyer Seller Meetings with more than 400 business talks are now firm fixtures of drink technology India. drink technology India alternates every year between Mumbai and New Delhi. The next drink technology India will take place in Mumbai from December 9 to 11, 2020. www.drinktechnology-india.com Chinaplas 2020 focuses on tapping into potential in Asian markets As the global economy faces mounting downward pressure and factors of uncertainties, the global plastics and rubber industries are at crossroads. The challenges are steering investments to become more conservative as companies adjust their strategies. However, growth outlook remains strong for Asian markets that are not new to economic ups and downs, especially the emerging economies in the region. Chinaplas 2020 takes a “local + regional + global” approach and intends to provide a platform of highly cost-effective and technologically advanced solutions that fit the needs of new markets for both upstream and downstream players. Asia currently represents more than a third of the global economy, and its self-reliance continues to strengthen – trade within Asia far exceeds the total of Asia’s trade with other regions such as North America and Eurozone. Attracted by the region’s momentum, foreign investment continues to grow in Asia. China’s Ministry of Commerce announced in November 2019 that China is gaining more foreign investment, not less, despite the sluggish global investment scene. During the first three quarters of 2019, China established more than 30,000 new foreign-invested enter- prises and utilised 683.2 billion yuan of foreign investment – up 6.5% year over year. Chinaplas has deep roots in China but has tasked itself with serving the Asian markets to the fullest. Regardless of their region and business scale, visitors are stated to gain a lot, find suitable products and solutions to tackle business growth challenges, reduce production costs, reach breakthroughs in new product development, and accomplish environmentally friendly and sustainable growth. Chinaplas is scheduled to return to the National Exhibition and Convention Center, in Hongqiao, Shanghai, PR China on April 21-24, 2020. The industry event is expected to present 340,000 square meters of exhibition space, and to bring together 3,900+ global exhibitors (more than 2,500 exhibitors from China) and 180,000+ visitors, 11 country/region pavilions including Germany, Italy, U.S., and Japan, as well as 19 theme zones, centering around innovative solutions in plastics and rubber machinery, materials and processes. www.chinaplasonline.com 30 th International Colloquium Plastics Technology and 70 years of IKV RWTH Aachen University celebrates its 150 th anniversary, IKV will celebrate its 70 th birthday and it will be the 30 th time it stages the International Colloquium Plastics Technology – on 11-12 March 2020 in the Eurogress Aachen, Germany. The day before the Colloquium, on 10 March, IKV will mark its anniversary by holding the International Symposium on Plastics Technology in the VIP area of the Tivoli soccer stadium. While the IKV Colloquium will present the broad range of IKV research and will target primarily the plastics industry with its practice- oriented research, the Symposium will feature papers from scientists from 14 countries, and aims to arouse lively dis- cussion between scientists and industry. The main highlight of the Colloquium will be the plenary papers on the circular economy, digitalisation/Plastics Industry 4.0, and additive manufacturing. The research topics at the Colloquium will be covered in 15 lecture sessions, each consisting of two presentations from IKV scientists plus a keynote paper from an industry expert: Process-setup in injection mould- ing by Human-Machine-Interfaces and AI; Throughput increase and quality assurance in packaging technology; Advanced fluid modelling in rubber processing; Precise, reproducible process control for injection moulding; Simulative optimisation of mixing and die technology in extrusion; New methods for testing and quality assurance of high-performance FRP; New injection moulding products using melts loaded with blowing agents; Integrative simulation methods for optimised injection moulding products; Plasma modified barriers and membranes; Digital shadows for data based material and process characteri- sation; Multi-scale material modelling for predicting part properties; Developments for the resource-efficient production of PET bottles; Process and design optimisation in additive manufacturing; Increasing pre- cision in injection moulding by controlled solidification; and finally Quality features of UD tape-based laminates for forming simulation. www.ikv-colloquium.com www.ikv-symposium.com