ASEAN single market as driving force

ASEAN will soon become a single market. The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) envisions ASEAN as a single market and production base characterised by free flow of goods, services, and investments, as well as freer flow of capital and skills by 2015. ASEAN, through the establishment of the AEC, is committed to enable businesses to fully tap on the potential of the region as an integrated and single investment destination.

Instead of 10 fragmented economies, ASEAN is creating a single market that will allow investors to increase their market reach to a total of 600 million, compared to only a minimum of half a million people or maximum of 240 million if they are to access only the market of one ASEAN country. To start off, the ASEAN economic ministers have drawn up the priorities that all the grouping’s 10 member states should focus on as part of the preparations for the implementation of the AEC in 2015.

For the plastics and rubber industry in the region, the integration of the ASEAN into a single market will pose both a challenge and an opportunity. The demand for automotive parts, packaging, design products and general appliances will drive the needs for production inputs.

“InterPlas Thailand 2014”, the leading international plastics & rubber manufacturing machinery and technologies exhibition in Thailand, is proud to be an arena that offers business opportunities to industrialists in the plastics and rubber industries throughout the region. InterPlas Thailand has been certified by a world-class exhibition organisation called UFI as an “UFI Approved Event” so that is a proof that the event is high standard and a genuinely international event which participants can benefit from. The exhibition will be held from 19 – 22 June 2014, at BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand.

With innovations from 260 brands from 14 countries including Japan, South Korea, China, Germany, Italy, visitors will find here the technologies that represent various segments of plastics and rubber manufacturing, as well as endless number of potential suppliers and partners to strengthen any business.

Featured zones with special features

InterPlas Thailand will provide more than trade exhibition as visitors will also get to attend forums, asks for advices from the specialists, as well as join in activities that will further their experience and enable their productivity development.

The “Chemical & Raw Materials Zone” is a unique venue where leading suppliers will offer their high-performance materials for more efficient plastics production. The “Innovation & Consultancy Centre” brings professional advices from experts from PETROMAT and the Plastic Institute of Thailand. Visitors will also learn new knowledge from the conferences organised by the Plastic Institute of Thailand in collaboration with PTT, SCG & IRPC. The “Japan Plastic Technology” is a special pavilion to promote exclusive Japanese Plastic Technology to specific target of Japanese visitors. The “Composite Thailand” Profile is another zone that will add more value to products with composite materials, technology and know-how and aims to raise awareness on business potentials. Another important zone is the “Taiwan Mould & Die Pavilion” can meet with the mould and die makers of Taiwan and discuss possible business collaboration.

A part of “Manufacturing Expo 2014,” Thailand’s largest manufacturing and supporting industries event, InterPlas Thailand will be held concurrently with other three UFI-approved events: Automotive Manufacturing (for auto parts manufacturing), InterMold Thailand (for mold and die) and Assembly Technology (on industrial automation). For more information, please call Contact Center Tel. + 66 2686 7222, e-mail: contactcenter@reedtradex.co.th, or visit the show’s website: www.interplasthailand.com.