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M-PLAS 2011 opens its doors today
Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry urges Malaysia's plastics and rubber industries to seize opportunities and innovative solutions

At the opening of M-PLAS 2011 (from left to right): Kong Ping Yee (Executive Director, Malaysian Rubber Products Manufacturers' Association), Callum Chen (Honorary President, Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association), Gernot Ringling (Managing Director, Messe Duesseldorf Asia), YB Dato' Jacob Dungau Sagan (Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry), Lim Kok Boon (President, Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association), Low Yoke Kiew (Director of Marketing & Development Division, Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council), Wee Hong Im (Honorary President, Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association)

"The exhibition is well-timed and well-positioned as it provides industry insights into the latest innovations, technologies and the global trends currently available on plastic and rubber machinery, equipment, products and services," says YB Dato' Jacob Dungau Sagan, Malaysia's Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry in his opening speech at the official opening of M-PLAS 2011, the 5th International Plastics and Rubber Trade Fair for Malaysia.

According to YB Dato' Dungau, the exhibition underlines the importance of Malaysia as a key plastics and rubber manufacturing destination and as a global player for the plastics and rubber sectors in the region, particularly against the backdrop of an export industry of rubber products which accounted for 2 percent of Malaysia's total exports in 2010. "As economic power gradually shifts from west to east and with the continuing rise of China and India, the plastics and rubber industries will have to gear themselves to look for innovative solutions and seize opportunities whenever they present themselves in the new global economic order," YB Dato' Jacob Dungau Sagan says.

10 October 2011

Positive plastics and rubber market development marks lead up to M-PLAS 2011

At M-PLAS 2011 held in Kuala Lumpur from 9 to 12 November, more than 200 exhibitors across all sectors in the plastics and rubber industry will present their latest innovations. Building on its international reputation for showcasting technological solutions for Malaysia's plastics and rubber sectors, M-PLAS has attracted companies from some 20 countries that have already registered to exhibit.

With some 60 percent of the exhibition space occupied by companies based outside Malaysia, these include strongly represented national pavilions and groups from Austria, China, Italy, Malaysia and Singapore. Manufacturers of machinery and equipment are the largest group of exhibitors at M-PLAS 2011, followed by an international display in the following categories: raw materials, auxiliaries, semi-finished products, technical parts and reinforced plastics, and services for the plastics and rubber industries.

Suppliers from Germany, Switzerland, USA as well as Asian manufacturers from China, Japan and Taiwan, will also feature strongly at this fifth edition of the exhibition. Among them are global market leaders and a range of exciting newcomers. The impressive diversity of exhibiting companies at M-PLAS 2011, showcasing everything from robots and automation equipment to odourless reclaimed rubber, includes component and machine manufacturers such as BSW Machinery Handels GmbH, Kiefel GmbH, Kreyenborg GmbH, Maguire Products Asia, Wittmann Battenfeld GmbH, and raw materials producers and processors of plastics and rubber such as Asia International Enterprise (Hong Kong), GT Instruments Sdn Bhd, and Pura Rubber.