Minister of Small
Scale Industries and North East Development, Dr. C.P. Thakur
today visited PLASTINDIA 2003. Several representatives of the
plastic industry briefed him about the progress achieved in
the field and also the problems faced by the plastics industry.
Dr. Thakur went around the exhibition and appreciated the impressive
stalls put up by the exhibitors.
PLASTINDIA 2003
is the fifth in the series of international exhibitions and
conferences organized by Plastindia Foundation. The previous
four exhibitions were held in 1990, 1994, 1997 & 2000. The
exhibition is important for product sourcing, technology exchange
and joint venture.
Major exhibitor
groups represented:
· Raw materials
– petrochemicals, polymers & resins, intermediates, blends
& alloys, composites
· Speciality chemicals,
masterbatches, additives, colourants, fillers & reinforcements
· Processing machinery,
moulds & dies
· Ancillary equipment/instrumentation
· Recycling
· Quality control
and testing equipment
· Post processing
equipment for printing, plating, lamination, surface enhancement
and decoration of plastics
· Semi-finished
and finished plastics products
· Trade promotion
bodies and professional associations
· R&D, education
& training in plastics
· Technical publishers,
standards etc.
About 1200 exhibitors
have participated in the exhibition. 400 stalls have been put
up by foreign exhibitors.
