35 EVENT PREVIEW PETplanet Insider Vol. 25 No. 01+02/24 www.petpla.net Three questions for GDXL What recent developments in the PET market have significantly influenced your ongoing R&D initiatives? For the commodities which PET packages generally apply, including beverages, food, personal care and household products, we observe recent trends of consumers looking for healthy, cost-effective and individualised products. There also have been growing concerns about sustainability and corporate responsibility. All these have subsequently driven our development direction for PET packages. As a PET package engineering solutions provider, our R&D focus on optimising PET preform and bottle design, as well as their corresponding mould design and structure to achieve improvements in performance, light-weighting, productivity, as well as saving raw materials and energy costs. These raise the value of the resulting products. We have also been working with our partners on new industrial applications such as multi-layer co-injection and containers with integrated moulded handles, to deliver individualised packaging solutions. As we approach this year’s trade shows in Shanghai, we are eager to learn about your expectations for the event. What specific goals or outcomes are you anticipating for your company? This year we don’t plan to take part in Chinaplas, but will take part in CBST to be held in early March which focuses on various aspects of beverages. We utilise CBST as an ideal platform to enhance relationships with our domestic customers who continuously support us, and to discuss any on-going and potential projects. Besides, compared with the event last year when China had just opened up its borders after the pandemic, this year we expect there would be more foreign visitors participating in the event. This is good news to us, as foreign markets have been our growth driver in recent years, particularly in the South Asia region. Could you please share a preview of what visitors can look forward to in terms of highlights on new products, technologies, or interactive experiences that will be showcased. For CBST, visitors can look forward to the latest industrial developments across the beverage production chain in China from raw material processing, food additives, sterilisation, packaging & labelling, filling & sealing, beverage innovation and marketing. i.e. key aspects on which a beverage business needs to focus. Major stakeholders in the China beverage sector will take part in CBST. Moreover, the event’s organiser, the China Beverage Industry Association, will also host an annual conference and innovation forum during the event to discuss the latest industrial trend and development of the beverage industry in China. On the other hand, Chinaplas covers raw materials, injection and auxiliary equipment across major plastic-related industries including automobile, building, medical, electronics, general packaging, daily life commodity, as well as recycling & circular economy. And it covers various types of plastics, PET is just one of them. Visitors can expect there will be emphasis on innovation on sustainability and applications of artificial intelligence. As the scale of this four-day event is huge, we would advise visitors to plan ahead for any interested targets. www.gdxl.com GDXL Hall N1 | Booth 1E03
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