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ChinaGlass2016:new progressThis year’s edition of China Glass – the 27th event – will take place in Shanghai and

will, according to the organizers the Chinese Ceramic Society, host over 800 well-known

companies on an area of over 800,000 square metres. This articles gives us an overview of

who and what we can expect to see at the show.

TThe 27th China In-ternational Glass Industrial Technical

Exhibition (China Glass 2016) organized by Chi-nese Ceramic Society and contracted by Zhonggui Exhibition Co., Ltd. will be held at Shanghai New In-ternational Exhibition Cen-tre on 11-14 April 2016 and will occupy seven halls. The exhibiting area is over 80,000 square meters, and

will host over 800 well-known glass enterprises from 29 countries around the world.

TODAY’S GLASSINDUSTRY’SDIFFICULTIESAt present, the glass indust-ry is having to face multiple pressures, including excess capacity of traditional pro-ducts, slower development of new technical products,

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as well as structural con-tradiction between supply and demand. Following the continuously strengthening resources and environmen-tal constraints, and the costs of labour and other ever increasing factors re-garding production, glass industry development is obviously slowing down, le-ading the flat glass industry to have to face a grim situa-tion at a loss in the whole segment.Although there are so many difficulties, the new and ‘old’ exhibitors at home

and abroad are giving their utmost attention to Chi-na Glass 2016 since bo-oth sales began last July. Alongside a good number of domestic exhibitors, a large number of foreign glass companies are mo-ving to book larger bo-oths than before. Up to 31 December 2015, 564 domestic companies had confirmed their presence at the event. Among them, North Glass has booked a 1,200-square-metre spa-ce, and has become the top presence at the show. Many famous companies applied for booths just be-

fore the last event was over, such as Triumph Interna-tional, Luoyang Float Glass Group, Land Glass, Mingte Glass, Jinjing Group, China Glass Holding, Weihai Blue Star, CSG Glass, Shang-hai SYP Glass, Shandong Guangyao, Flat Glass Group, Shahe Glass Group, HIHO Glass, etc. China Building Material Academy in glass research & design field, Kaixin, Guangyao and Hebei Yingxin in the glass deep processing field, reserved raw spaces of between 100 and 300 square meters as they take part in China Glass for the first time. Mr. Glass Co. of the art glass sector, will

bring their products of in-dependent innovation: un-bleached cameo art glass. Triumph Group’s robot will feature the industrial 4.0 concept with its debut and demonstration at China Glass 2016. Even though the domestic exhibiting area is sold out, there are still many Chinese companies who are negotiating with the organi-zer for booths.

CONFIRMED PARTICIPATIONIn this period, over 200 international exhibitors have confirmed participa-tion in the event, including the most famous industrial companies such as Glaston Group, Bystronic AG, Dip-tech, Kuraray GmbH, Von

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Economic Band, Yangtze River Economic Zone and “Made in China 2025” will greatly push forward tran-sformation and structural adjustment in the Chinese glass industry.China Glass 2016 is ex-pected to not only be an exchange platform to as-sist the glass industry in transforming and develo-ping, but also as a busi-ness opportunity for global glass companies for trade, technology cooperation and exchange.

fessional visitors and exhi-bitors, as well as selecting media companies, integra-ting data resources, so as to promote China Glass in various ways. These inclu-de integrating visitors’ re-sources and inviting them to the event using EDM and SMS. Promotion is further extended via WiFi, and upgrading the show’s website in order to set up a combined service platform of China Glass. 2016 is the beginning of The 13th Five-Year Plan of China’s glass industry following both chance and challenge. Under new norms, the im-plementation of a series of strategies including “One Belt and One Road”, Beijing-Tianji-Hebei

with regards to specializa-tion, high-level internatio-nalization and the largest exhibiting area in Asia. China Glass is the best platform to demonstra-te the newest technology, equipment and products of the glass industry.

THE CHINESE ECONOMYWith the change of China’s economy from the traditio-nal mode to middle- and high-end, the glass industry is continuing to transform and carry out structural adjustment. Since the Chi-nese Government is de-manding the glass industry to reduce excess capacity and decrease energy con-sumption, Chinese enterpri-ses are anxious to have and make good use of energy–saving and consumption re-duction technology. At this year’s exhibition, besides traditional glass-processing technology and equipment and glass products, diversi-fied special glass products, manufacturing technology and machinery, especially new products, technology and equipment relevant to low-carbon economy, ener-gy conservation, emission reduction, new energy and green building materials will be eye-catching points for the public.

UPGRADED SERVICES FOR VISITORS AND EXHIBITORSThe organizers always to upgrade services during the show for the needs of pro-

Ardenne, Bohle GmbH, SEPR, Asahi Group, Fanuc Co., Ltd, Lisec Co., Ltd., OMCO n.v. and Vesuvius Co.,Ltd.

INTERNATIONAL PAVILIONPrepartion of the inter-national pavilions are on-going and their gross area is more or less the same as last year. Leading compa-nies in Europe and the US, including Bottero and In-termac of Italy, H.F. Teich-mann of the US, and Gren-zebach of Germany, have confirmed their presence at this year’s event, while the German pavilion’s net area of almost 800 square me-ters is a record-breaker. All this reflects international manufacturers’ confidence in the Chinese economy and the development of the Chinese glass indust-ry. With the implementa-tion of the “One Belt and One Road” strategy, many companies from countries are starting to take part in China Glass 2016: ENTEC from Kazakhstan, SOYTAS and BEST from Turkey, ARDAKAN and Kaveh from Iran, SGS from Indo-nesia, DURST from Sin-gapore, HEAT from India and Glass Service from the Czech Republic.China Glass 2016 is the 27th event since it was launched in 1986. Thanks to 30 years of development and improvement, China Glass has become one of two largest events in glo-bal glass alongside glasstec

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