The International Rubber and Plastic Exhibition Opened to a New High Scale to Show the Visible New Quality Productivity

April in Shanghai is full of life and flowers. The much-anticipated CHINAPLAS 2024 kicked off today and will be held at the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai) for four days (April 23-26). The scale of the show was unprecedented, with a historic rise in the number of exhibitors to 4,420, an increase of 12% compared to the 2018 Shanghai show, with a total exhibition area of 380,000 square meters.

Recently, new quality productivity has become the "C-position" hot word in the market. Nearly ten emerging industries and future industries related to new quality productivity, including new energy vehicles, emerging hydrogen energy, new materials, innovative medicines, biological manufacturing, commercial aerospace, low-altitude economy, etc., have received widespread attention. Emerging fields are booming, and innovations are emerging. Taking new energy vehicles as an example, in 2023, China's new energy vehicle production and sales increased by 35.8% and 37.9% year-on-year, respectively, and annual exports increased by 67.1%, accounting for more than 60% of the global market.

Behind industrial innovation, strong support from upstream suppliers is crucial, including new rubber and plastic materials, new equipment, and new processes. In the high-tech ocean of "CHINAPLAS 2024", you can see innovative solutions that break the boundaries of downstream applications: Silicone special elastomer for new energy vehicles, lightweight, efficient thermal management, recyclable materials for solid state battery packs, halogen-free flame retardant enhanced PA66 for high voltage connectors, POE for photovoltaic film innovation, silane graft olefin copolymer, light stabilizer, ETFE film to improve the power generation efficiency of photovoltaic modules, solar automatic die head, Medical grade PLA, PEEK 3D consumable extrusion equipment, degradable implanted bone nail injection molding technology, customized recycling solutions for packaging, PHA multi-product special modified materials, high strength and high stiffness materials for aerospace, aviation and rail transit. More than 3,800 mechanical exhibits, more than 1,500 raw material suppliers, 200 global/Asian first technology projects, riveting full of scientific and technological content of the exhibition.