Plastic and rubber trade fair opens in Singapore

Plastic and rubber trade fair opens in Singapore

Benget Simbolon, The Jakarta Post, Singapore

Singaporean Minister for Trade, Industry and Foreign Affairs
Raymond Lim opened on Tuesday the Aseanplas 2002 trade show,
Southeast Asia's leading trade fair for plastics and rubber.

He said that the four-day Aseanplas, which was hosting 345
companies from 22 countries, including one from Indonesia, would
see the introduction of new products and innovations into the
Asian market.

"Featuring the latest machinery, services and state of art
technology this exhibition will be an excellent platform for
suppliers, manufacturers, users and processors in the plastics
and rubber industries to network," Lim said in his opening
speech.

The event is expected to attract between 6,000 and 7,000
visitors.

Aseanplas is being organized by the Asean Federation of
Plastic Industries (AFPI) and Messe Dusseldorf Asia, and
supported by the Singapore Trade Development Board and European
Committee of Machinery Manufacturers for Plastic and Rubber
Industries.

Bambang Purnomo, marketing manager of PT Yanaprima
Hastapersada, the only Indonesian company invited to the
exhibition, told The Jakarta Post that he hoped his company's
participation in the trade fair would help boost its sales and
improve its competitive edge.

Yanaprima produces, among other things, various kinds of
plastic bags and heavy-duty plastic pallets, which can be used
for static and dynamic loads of 15 tons. It also produces work
floors for heavy machines and rice storage.