- Record figures at AchemAsia 2007
- Ideal setting for the international equipment branches and technology suppliers
- Energy and environmental protection: a challenge for Chinas economy
In 2007 AchemAsia – the seventh International Exhibition-Congress on Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology will take place from 14 to 18 May on the China International Exhibition Centre in Beijing/PR China. 2007 will host the largest exhibition ever since its premičre in the year 1989. Not only does the event in 2007 comprehend more halls than previously. There is also a remarkable trend towards bigger average stand sizes – which is quite controversial to the general worldwide trend of downsizing exhibition booths.
Key topics of the exhibition
The scope of the exhibition is based on the priorities of the Chinese economy: chemical apparatus and plant construction, process technology, petrochemistry, maintenance and quality control, environmental protection, water treatment, pharmaceutical technology, biotechnology, food technology, agrochemistry, laboratory and analytical techniques, packaging and storage techniques.
The target groups are all branches that offer or apply equipment, technologies, complete technical solutions and know-how for the related branches. AchemAsia 2007 is expected to attract some 500 exhibitors from 25 different countries and around 20,000 visitors (2004: 414 exhibitors; 2001: 330 exhibitors). The exhibition will be located in five halls on 8,560 m2 (2004: 6,396 m2).
The exhibitors’ statistics give an idea of the exhibition’s comprehensiveness and scope of companies taking part. Already at first sight the large Chinese participation (217 exhibitors) is striking, with nearly double the size of the next following nation, Germany (128 exhibitors), followed by Great Britain (20 exhibitors), France (18 exhibitors), USA (16 exhibitors), and Italy (11 exhibitors). (Figures as of March 12, 2007). This of course is an indication of the acceptance of the AchemAsia concept in its target market, the PR China. But it is also due to the successful strategic approach of many international companies who have founded a local subsidiary or joint venture in China – which logically has registered at AchemAsia as a domestic company. So AchemAsia is, not at least, a positive example and a reflection of the ongoing globalization process with its increasing international integration of our industry.
China is, probably more than ever before, the global hot spot for the chemical process industries. Being the world’s powerhose for industrial manufacturing, China’s chemical process industry with over 10% plays a key role in the country’s industrial value adding chain. Not surprisingly, the ranking of the chemical industry has continually gone upwards within the respective Five-Year Plans of the past two decades. Against this background AchemAsia 2007 provides the ideal setting for the international equipment branches and technology suppliers for forging new contacts in the fast-track economic region of China.
An all new conference concept
Attendees at AchemAsia will also experience an all new international conference concept, with the congress now being fully integrated in the exhibition area. The congress underwent a substantial refurbishment regarding its content and focus as well. It will now have clearly visible focal topics with high priority for China’s economy in a significantly streamlined outline.
Key topics are:
- Sustainable water management for industries and municipalities (advanced technologies)
- Good manufacturing practice in pharmaceutical industry
- Synfuels and Renewables (clean coal technologies, fossil fuels & syngas conversion)
- Biorefineries (biofuels, enzyme application, utilization of biomass, extraction)
- Chemical process engineering (hydrogen production, separation technologies, supercritical fluids, catalytic processes)
- Bioprocess engineering
Further highlights:
Science & Industry Partnering Event (17-18 May) · Workshop on Safety in Chemical Industry (15 May ) ·Workshop on White Biotechnology & Biosafety (15 May) · Workshop on Sustainable Management of Industrial Parks (14-16 May)
High ranking AchemAsia plenary speakers:
- Humphrey Lau, Site President Novozymes China, Beijing, PRC
- Japie Scholtz, Sasol Technology R&D, Sasolburg, ZA, President of the South African
- Institution of Chemical Engineers (SAIChE)
- Cao Xianghong, SINOPEC, Beijing, PRC, President of Chemical Industry and Engineering
- Society of China (CIESC)
- Philippe Tanguy, Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
- Ren Jianxin Ren, President CHEMCHINA, Beijing, PRC
- Zhang Pei Zhang, Chairman of the Board, Shanghai HUAYI Group, Shanghai, PRC
Organizer’s cooperation network
With nearly 20 years history, AchemAsia is now earning the benefits of the organizer’s DECHEMA (Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany) long-term commitment in China. A solid anchorage in the Chinese chemical community and well-established personal connections is the background for the event’s steadily positive development. DECHEMA is preparing for AchemAsia in close cooperation with an impressive array of Chinese and international partners. With CIESC Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China as the co-organizer and about 30 distinguished professional organizations from Asia and the whole world - the success of AchemAsia 2007 is almost a foregone conclusion. DECHEMA’s Beijing/China office and its Chinese web site www.achemasia.net are powerful publicity tools for visitor acquisition. |
