PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2021

50 TRADE SHOW REVIEW PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 No. 03/21 www.petpla.net Chinaplas open its doors! Dear readers, dear visitors, AUS$1-trillion loss from the pandemic, estimated by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), is an expensive lesson to learn for global economies while recov- ery anticipated remaining lethargic in 2021. The ASEAN region, seeing an economy fell for the first time in 22 years, has had to contend with the impacts of the pandemic since its prologue in March 2020. Despite the uncertain aftermath, the recovery is at the arm’s length. In particular, for the ASEAN-5, is expecting a GDP growth of 5.2% in 2021, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) audit of January 2021. China, known as the world’s factory, is estimated to garner a 2.3% growth year-over-year in 2020; and projected to reach 8.1% in 2021, according to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) updated January 2021 economic outlook. The country rebounded more rapidly and re-opened gradually as early as April 2020. Chinaplas 2021 will be the only international plastics & rubber exhibition this year in the world, totalling 350,000m 2 of exhibition area, with more than 3,600 local and overseas exhibitors and 19 theme zones which showcase 1,100+ plastics and rubber raw material suppliers and over 3,800 advanced machines. In this issue we have also compiled a comprehensive preview of the fair with PET-related information. You will find PETplanet Insider in hall 2, booth Y87. Even if our team cannot be there in person, we would be pleased if you visit our booth, leave your contact details and take the new issue of PETplanet with you to read! Recycling solutions for PET, post-consumer and production waste recycling Erema will be presenting its full range of products and ser- vices. Although, due to Corona, the machine manufacturer will not have a recycling machine on display this time, they will still highlight the entire portfolio for PET recycling, post-consumer recycling and recycling of production waste. Visitors to the trade fair stand will be looked after by the team from Erema’s Shanghai subsidiary. From there, customers and interested parties will be able to talk to people at the company’s head- quarters in Austria in hybrid meetings using video conferencing for customer-specific consultation. Now that China has had the Corona situation well under control for several months, teams of technicians who travelled from Austria were able to visit customers across the country for several weeks before the end of 2020 to start up several recycling machines. In March, a team will set out again and, following a mandatory quarantine period, will begin commis- sioning several more machines. With its proven Vacurema technology, the machine manufacturer offers a wide range of processing options for applications involving direct food contact, such as the inline processes PET to sheet, PET to fibre, PET to strapping and PET to preform. Growing interest is also noticeable in the post-consumer segment. In Europe, the use of post-consumer recyclate has become a major topic in the plastics industry due to legal recycling regulations imposed by the European Union. By providing the technology, Erema is playing a major role in making recyclate suitable for high-quality applications in the cosmetics and food industries, which in turn opens up new sales markets. The FDA confirmed in August 2019 that the recycling process based on an Intar- ema TVEplus RegrindPro machine plus ReFresher module is suitable for the production of milk and juice bottles, as well as meat trays, disposable tableware and cutlery, provided the input material comes from milk and juice bottles. In November 2020, the FDA confirmed an additional input stream and more application uses for the recyclate treated using this process. In addition to all HDPE beverage containers, HDPE closures of HDPE, PP and PET beverage bottles can also be processed. Material containing up to 100 per cent recyclate can be used in the production of containers for direct contact with food of all kinds. Erema will also be part of the Recycling Conference: Chinaplas and CPRJ Plastics Recycling and Circular Econ- omy Conference and Showcase 2021 – subforum: Advanced recycling technologies closing the loop of industry chain Monday, 12 April, 8.30 am - 12.30 pm. Presentation by James Qiu, General Manager of Erema’s Shanghai subsidiary, on the topic: “Plastic recycling technology made by Erema: up to 100% recycled material - from post- consumer waste to high-quality product” www.erema.com EREMA Hall 10 Booth C45 PETPLANET Hall 2 Booth Y87