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Coronavirus causes delays to Chinaplas and Asiamold
The coronavirus outbreak which started in China and has led to business disruption throughout Southeast Asia has forced organisers of major plastics exhibitions to postpone the events. Organisers of the Chinaplas 2020 plastics trade fair, which was due to take place in Shanghai on 21-24 April, have announced its postponement due to coronavirus health restrictions. In a statement published on 5
February, show organiser Adsale said: “We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused due to the show postponement. Health and safety of all show participants are at our top priority, therefore we have to make this decision.”
Adsale said it was closely monitoring
the coronavirus situation and would announce new dates in the future. The annual Chinaplas show is one of the world’s biggest plastics exhibitions and has traditionally alternated
New Arburg
tech MD Guido Frohnhaus has taken over as Managing Director of technology and engineering at Arburg in Lossburg, Germany. His remit includes the
production, R&D, materials administration and technical administra- tion departments. Frohnhaus formerly
was VP of technology at the US subsidiary of the Turck Group and MD of Werner Turck in Halver. �
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growing visitor numbers. Dates have been set for 13-16 April 2021, which puts it three weeks ahead of Italy’s Plast exhibition and five ahead of the US NPE show. The coronavirus outbreak also
Chinaplas 2020 will not take place on 21-24 April in Shanghai as planned
between Shanghai and Guangzhou. The previous event in Shanghai in 2018 attracted 180,000 visitors. Adsale said in January it would
relocate the Guangzhou show to Shenzhen in 2021 to cope with
forced organisers of the Asiamold fair to announce a postponement. The exhi- bition for mould-making, additive manufacturing and forming technolo- gies had been due to take place on 26-28 February at China Import and Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou. The organisers said new dates for the fairs will be announced in due course. Asiamold is organised by the Chinese arm of Messe Frankfurt and is supported by the Formnext event held in Frankfurt. In 2019, Asiamold and the co-located Industrial Automation Fair Guangzhou (SIAF) had 988 exhibitors and attracted 98,000 visitors. �
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SGL Carbon wins contracts in e-car battery market
Wiesbaden, Germany-based composites group SGL Carbon has received a “substantial contract” from a North American automaker for high-volume serial production of carbon and glass fibre-based composite top and bottom layers for battery enclosures. Serial production of the components for the North America customer will start at the end of 2020. The carbon fibres, fabrics and assembled components will all come from the compa- ny’s fully integrated value
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chain. There is also potential for further large volumes for the customer’s shared platform, SGL said. Another new contract for
SGL in Europe from a sports car manufacturer is for serial production of composite bottom layers from mid- 2020. SGL added that it is in talks with other automotive manufacturers to develop and manufacture battery enclosures for their e-car platforms. SGL has also opened a production hall for
2,000 m2 graphite-based automotive
components at its plant in Bonn, Germany. The project involved installing partly new production facilities and a modernised produc- tion set-up. In all, the company has spent about €25m to expand the site. The investment was driven by increasing demand for graphite in the automotive sector. The material is used in
rotors and vanes in vacuum pumps for brake boosters and bearings for exhaust gas management. �
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IMAGE: NECC SHANGHAI
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