International Chemicals Asia Leading Role

On September 15, the 2010 (10th) China International Chemicals Exhibition was grandly opened in Shanghai. Although there are still many uncertainties in the post-crisis era, the exhibition attracted 102 foreign companies from 17 countries and regions. In particular, exhibitors in the Asia region, which are less affected by the financial crisis, have obviously increased their number. The shape of the company's booths has attracted more attention; some European and American companies also hope to take this opportunity to introduce more Chinese products, and the appeal of Asian and Asian products becomes more attractive. people.
China: The cake is tempting Into the W3 pavilion, a car model that fully demonstrates the tremendous role of polyolefins in the lightweighting of automobiles has attracted a flash – this is the largest Korean chemical in the largest foreign exhibitor Manufacturer's booth of LG Chemical Co., Ltd.
According to Sun Xingqi, director of business planning at LG Chemical China Investment Co., Ltd., LG China has become its largest overseas business unit, with sales in China accounting for 40% of LG’s overseas sales. For LG Chem, China is not just a big market. LG Chem hopes to grow together with China and grow together.
He said that China has just included new energy vehicles in emerging strategic industries. To develop new energy vehicles, we must make breakthroughs in the fields of motor, electronic control and batteries. This is a good opportunity for LG Chemicals, which is one step ahead in the development of lithium-ion batteries. He revealed that Volt, a hybrid vehicle of General Motors (GM), will use lithium-ion batteries jointly developed with LG Chemicals this year; LG Chemical also reached an agreement with Chongqing Changan Automobile to supply batteries for hybrid vehicles for Changan Automobile.
Although Hitachi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., which confronted LG Chemicals for the first time, participated in the China International Chemicals Exhibition, it only sent a strong team of 20 people from its headquarters in Japan. Hitotani Kato, the planning manager of Hitachi Chemical Materials Co., Ltd., told reporters that the reason why he chose to exhibit at this time was because China is in a new era of transformation and upgrading. The demand for high-performance new materials is increasing, and the use of electronic chemicals and automobiles is increasing. Environmental-friendly high-tech materials are just the strengths of Hitachi Chemicals, and the new decade of China's western development has just kicked off. The market is gradually expanding from east to west. Therefore, they came from Japan specifically to introduce to Chinese customers their high-performance polyimide resins with patented technology, low-VOC insulation varnish and other products.
Kato said that at present its company's sales in Asia has returned to its normal level in 2007. From a global perspective, the business in Asia, led by China, has recovered the fastest. In order to better meet China's demand for high-performance new materials, they are studying new investment projects in China.
India: The reporters of the new contested land went to the booth of India Transpek Industrial Co., Ltd. three times to want to interview and the person in charge of the company was accepting the negotiators. The attention of the Indian market with China as the “BRIC countries” It is evident.
A visitor told reporters that his company exports products to India every month. It is important for them to understand the information of the Indian petrochemical industry. There are many chemical projects in India, and the downstream market is huge. The potential can not be ignored. Contact with Indian companies through the exhibition is a good way to understand this market.
Representatives of the “India Chemical Weekly” told reporters that from their magazine’s Chinese customer subscriptions and advertising volumes, it can also be seen that many Chinese companies now attach great importance to the Indian market. As representatives of emerging markets, chemical markets in China and India are generally favored by the world, and the Indian market has become a new hot spot for all countries. In order to better advertise themselves in India, Chinese companies began to book booths for the Indian Chemicals Exhibition in half an year or even a year in advance.
Europe: We welcome you Olga E. Ermakova, manager of Russia's Uralchimplast company's foreign trade department, said that they have been exhibiting for the third time in China, but this is the first time that a group has exhibited. Although their company's trade with China only accounts for 5% of its foreign trade, as the sole producer of Russian creatine, in order to allow Chinese customers to better understand them, this time specially produced a Chinese version of promotional materials in order to better communicate .
When the reporter was interviewed by the Russian Pengda Company, representatives of Xinan Chemical also came to the Pengda booth. The two old friends warmly embraced each other as soon as they met. Peng Da's representative told reporters that they are mainly buying organic silicon raw materials from China, producing in Russia, and do not export products to China. They mainly participate in the exhibition to meet old friends and learn about each other's new needs in order to better purchase products from China.
The Netherlands TPT company has played the slogan “Help you open the door to Western Europe”. Nico Bac, the company responsible for business development, told reporters that the quality of Chinese products has been increasing and their competitiveness has been gradually enhanced, and they can fully occupy a place in Western European markets. In his view, Western Europe’s economy is gradually improving, and Western Europe’s demand for Chinese products is also increasing. However, Chinese companies may not be familiar with local needs. For example, different companies may have different concentrations of the same raw material. The regulatory requirements in different regions may be somewhat different. Companies such as TPT, which provide services specifically for chemical companies, enter Western Europe. A shortcut to the market.