Pune to host national plastic exhibition

Pune to host national plastic exhibition:
Times of India: Plasto 2012, the 6th National techno-polymer exhibition and seminar by the Association for Promotion of Plastics will be organised in the city from December 20 to 23.
Warren Wilder, president Polymers and cracker Business-Reliance lndustries Ltd, launched the Plasto 2012 in Pune. Organisers said that this year, the exhibition will have international participation. “Companies from Japan, China and Taiwan have already registered to participate in the exhibition. More than 250 companies will display their products and around 50,000 visitors from across India are expected to visit the exhibition,” said one of the organisers.
A statement issued in this regard said that the plastic industry expected to grow considerably in the next two years. Plastic component consumption per head is expected to reach 20 kg from the 8 kg per head at present. Besides this, use of plastic components in auto industry, agriculture and other industries is also expected to increase. Plastic component industry will become larger than auto component industry by year 2020, the statement said.
It added that commercial vehicles will use 7 to 8 times more plastic than the current usage , while there is also momentum at the government level to support this industry. The statement said that the government has given permission to establish ‘Plastic Parks’ in various states.