TaipeiPlas 2012 recorded over 15,800 visitors

From Sept. 21 to 25, TaipeiPlas 2012 gathered a record 2,518 international visitors from 111 countries, 2% higher than in the previous edition and in the wake of a global recession. The show also welcomed 13,361 domestic visitors, an impressive 5% growth. These records placed the show among the top three such trade exhibitions in Asia.  

Those from the newly emerging markets accounted for 78% of the internationally-based buyers, a dramatic shift from what was once an area dominated by buyers from the developed world. And eight of these emerging nations (China P.R, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam) even made it to the top-ten list of buyer-nations represented at the show. For decades Taiwan makers have been active in these regions and their products are trusted for quality, reasonable pricing and servicing.  

And to make this show even better the overseas offices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs alongside TAITRA's 58 offices around the world mobilised their resources to extend invitations to target buyers, particularly to those in the newly emerging markets. The show’s organisers, Taiwan's top exhibition outfit TAITRA (the Taiwan External Trade Development Council) and TAMI (The Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry) brought a host of other value-added highlights to benefit both exhibitors and buyers.  

During the show 147 one-on-one trade meetings were held and based upon exit surveys, deals were signed worth an estimated US$67.26 million or NT$ 3.5billion.  Much of this business was generated by the 50 big buyers who were specially invited to show from Vietnam, Indonesia, India, various nations in the Middle East, Turkey, Russia, South Africa, Brazil and P.R. China. Most of these buyers represented firms with annual turnover exceeding US$50 million. 

For the past 26 years, Over the past 26 years TaipeiPlas has won the support of companies in the plastics and rubber industry for being a key trade platform. This year's edition took up three themes, namely: Environmental Awareness (with key forum and innovations on energy saving and cutting carbon emissions), All-in-One System Integration, and Aesthetic Design.  

The next edition of TaipeiPlas is scheduled to take place on September 26 to 30, 2014.