PLASTINDIA saw a footfall of 2.46 lakhs

Gandhinagar:

The 10 th PLASTINDIA, one of the largest exhibitions of Plastic Industry, held from February 7 to 12 in Gandhinagar saw a footfall of 2.46 lakh visitors.

Rajeev Chitalia, Chairman, National Executive Council, PLASTINDIA 2018, today said that the colossal meet of stakeholders of the plastics industry set several benchmarks on a single platform, with 550 overseas participants from the 1800 exhibitors from 44 countries.

It showcased future technologies ready for commercialisation today – Low cost pocket ventilator; bionic arm for amputees; footwear that can see! The conference brought to fore more such innovations based on plastics especially in Automotives, Healthcare, Sports & Equipment, Recycling, 3-D Printing and Composites, he added.

21 exhibitors won the Best Stall Awards. There were 4 product groups – raw materials and additives, semi-finished and finished products (PROPLAST), primary processing machinery as well as auxiliary and ancillary equipment – under which the awards were given out. The industry pledged to raise recycling with consumption slated to touch 20MT/year by 2020. It is reported that 62 million tons of waste is generated annually in the country and out of that, around 5.6 million tons is plastic waste. It is imperative hence, to work on innovation and aim for less than 1% of the plastic waste going to the landfills.”

DeshGujarat