Chinaplas 2018 attracts record number of visitors
This year’s edition of Chinaplas attracted a record breaking number of visitors, the show’s organisers have announced.
Concluding on 27 April, in total Chinaplas 2018 attracted 180,701 professionals from 150 countries, marking an increase in visitors of 16.4% compared to last year.
Commenting on the show’s success, Ada Leung, general manager of Chinaplas organiser Adsale Exhibition Services, said: “I have never seen such a huge number of visitors before,” she said. “Most of our exhibitors were satisfied with the result.”
The show was held for the first time in the National Exhibition and Convention Centre (NECC), Shanghai. The new venue allowed the organiser to increase its exhibition space, allowing more exhibitors to showcase cutting-edge solutions.
From 2012, Chinaplas has faced an exhibition space storage issue and the move to the new venue is the result of two years’ worth of work.
“In moving to NECC, Chinaplas this year marked a new milestone in her history,” Leung said. “To outsiders, many may think that the successes of Chinaplas came very naturally or easily as the show has been well established in the market. But we all know this is not the case. The achievement of the Chinaplas show is the result of hard work, perseverance, the pursuit for continuous improvement, sensitivity to market needs, creativity and seamless collaboration among internal teams and with our different cooperation partners. The last 24 months were very tough, but we have been rewarded by the positive results,” she said. “Visitors are satisfied with the theme zone arrangement, as they can more easily find clusters of exhibits that address their specific interests.”
Visitors to the show were able to participate in a number of events, including the “3rd Industry 4.0 Conference”, “Tech Talk”, “Medical Plastics Connect” and “CMF Inspiration for Design x Innovation”. More so, the show saw over 120 global product launches from almost 4,000 exhibitors.