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November 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact:
Anne
Meerboth-Maltz
Tel. (312)781-5185
Fax (312) 781-5188
email: ameerboth@mdna.com
Messe Düsseldorf North America
150 North Michigan Avenue
Suite 2920
Chicago, IL 60601
The recent staging of M-PLAS 2009, 4th International Plastics and Rubber Trade Fair for Malaysia, attracted some 200 exhibitors from 20 countries (including country group exhibits from Austria, India, Italy, Malaysia and Singapore) and 4,610 top-quality trade visitors from 49 nations (with 88% coming from Malaysia). Since its debut in 2000, M-PLAS has become the most successful plastics platform for companies to showcase the best in technology, innovations, state-of-the-art machinery and processing solutions for plastics and rubber to processors from across Malaysia.
In his opening speech, Yang Berhormat Dato’ Jacob Dungau Sagan, Malaysia’s Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, stated: “The plastics industry registered a growth of 5.2% in sales in 2008 and exports grew by 4.6% in the same year. In the areas of rubber, the rubber products industry contributed RM 10.5 billion to the Malaysia’s export earnings in 2008 – 4% up from 2007.”
Gernot Ringling, Managing Director of the show organizer Messe Düsseldorf Asia, added: “As most economies and manufacturing sectors are preparing for the economic upturn, vendors of high-end processing machinery and materials will again see an increase demand for their products. This underscores the importance of a prominent presence at and visit to M-PLAS 2009. ASEAN is an important market of over 570 million consumers with a combined GDP of over US$ 1 trillion. The outlook for the plastic and rubber industries in this region looks extremely promising as it offers a tremendous scope for businesses from this region to expand into new growth areas.“
M-PLAS will return to Kuala Lumpur in 2012. For further information on visiting or exhibiting at M-PLAS 2012, contact Messe Düsseldorf North America, 150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2920, Chicago, IL 60601. Telephone: (312) 781-5180; Fax: (312) 781-5188; E-mail:
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Exhibitor Statements:
"As the market leaders for the production of brush making machines, we felt that M-PLAS 2009 was a good opportunity to show and demonstrate the advantage of Boucherie Machines to existing brush makers. This has generated a lot of interest in our machines which will be useful for future business. The exhibition is also good for all technical personal and for people involved in the production side to see and understand our technology."
S.M. Murali, Manager, Marketing South and Southeast Asia, Machines Boucherie India Pvt Ltd
"Our participation at M-PLAS 2009 was a good opportunity to show our machines in Southeast Asia and keep in touch with our existing customers. The exhibition provided us with a platform to connect with people in the industry, some from overseas. It was a good experience for us and we saw possibilities of for future business."
Luca Guizzardi, Area Sales Manager, Borghi S.p.A.
"We have met visitors from our target industries and were satisfied with the quality of visitors in general. Overall, we were pleased with our participation at M-PLAS 2009."
Toh Cheng Wan, Managing Director, Chuan Durn Plastic Industries Pte Ltd
"We are satisfied with the exhibition and met good quality visitors. We even met some interested investors that require our services. Our purpose for participating was to make our market presence felt and we achieved that with M-PLAS 2009. The exhibition gave us the opportunity to meet with existing customers and to also connect with new potentials for more business."
Chua Hock Keng, Managing Director, Enge Plas Automation Sdn Bhd
"This was a good opportunity for us as we were looking to expand our export market. We had genuine enquiries from other countries such as Iran, Sri Lanka, France, Great Britain, Egypt, Cambodia and Vietnam. Some attendees even visited our factory and this show of interest is an indication of possible future business."
Ms Daryl C. Budiongan, Assistant Business Development Manager, Everyday Brush Industries (M) Sdn Bhd
"M-PLAS 2009 was better than anticipated for us and overall it was a good show with good turnover. The visitors were of a superior quality and our participation generated good leads. We were able to show visitors that we can provide the perfect sales experience and are well equipped to serve customers in the region because we have a presence in Asia."
Charles F. von Claparede, Market Specialist, Gala Industries Inc.
"We are satisfied with our participation at M-PLAS 2009. We received several good enquiries on our products and have sold our injection moulding machine at the show to a Malaysian company. We have seen many local as well as international visitors and are satisfied with the quality."
Jason You, Regional Manager, Injection Molding Systems, Overseas Marketing Team,
LS Mtron Ltd
"We felt that it was important for us to take part in M-PLAS 2009 to reinforce our presence in the market. It was also necessary to show the capabilities of our recently launched products to our existing customers and capture the interest of new potentials. These objectives are important for generating future business and we are happy with our participation because they were met."
Tee Guan Huat, Sales Manager, SML Far East Regional Office
"This is the first time we have participated in an exhibition and the response has been good. There were quality visitors to M-PLAS 2009 from around the region and we received genuine enquiries on our products as well as leads."
Kelvin Ng, General Manager, Simeko Ink Industries Sdn Bhd
"Taking part at M-PLAS 2009 has been beneficial for us as we sold one of our machines. We found that the quality of visitors at M-PLAS 2009 was very professional and we managed to receive many quality enquiries. Overall, we are satisfied with our participation at the exhibition."
Ho Yupin, Marketing Manager, WY Machinery Trading (KL) Sdn Bhd
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