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International Plastics News for Asia Magazine - June 2026

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International Plastics News for Asia Description:

Publisher: Ringier-Trade-Media-Ltd

Category: Business

Language: English

Frequency: Bi-Monthly

International Plastics News for Asia is published 6x a year in English with highlights in Chinese. The magazine is uniquely positioned to serve the needs of South East Asia's plastics processing industry, including contract molders and manufacturers with in-plant machinery lines. It provides the latest market information, quality technical features, trade show reviews and videos, and people and company profiles written by industry experts and correspondents across the region. Also included are exclusive content and articles from Ringier's family of plastics industry magazines covering Greater China region, the Middle East and other parts of the world, such as Modern Plastics and Polymers in India, Plastics Engineering in the US, Kunststoffe in Germany, Polymer Materials in Russia, Technologia del Plastico in Latin Amercia – which are the leading magazines in their respective markets. The interactive content allows readers to make direct and immediate contact with advertisers/suppliers and featured companies in the editorial by clicking on the web site and email addresses in each issue, access online content in Ringier’s plastics website in English and Chinese (plastics.industrysourcing.com), and avail of video content through iTunes and Google Play.

In this issue

CHINAPLAS 2026 concluded its highly successful edition with record-breaking figures that include over 5,000 quality exhibitors and 350,180 global visitors who witnessed the latest innovations in the plastics and rubber industry. In this issue’s post-show report, we got the feedback of some of the exhibitors and their innovations for the China market. This month, ASEAN’s premier exhibition for the industrial sector, Manufacturing Expo, will be held with InterPlas Thailand as concurrent event. In this issue, we give you the highlights of the exhibition plus some of the exhibitors and their products. The automotive "plastic-for-steel" lightweighting trend significantly reduces vehicle weight but introduces a critical thermodynamic challenge: the severe thermal expansion mismatch between plastics and metals. To achieve perfect dimensional stability, polymer selection is important. A report explores how kumho-sunny’s advanced low-CLTE (Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion) plastics provide the ultimate solution for metal-matching assemblies. Leaders of Southeast Asian countries gathered in Cebu, Philippines in unity amidst the challenges brought about by lingering Middle East crisis that has triggered disruptions in supply chains, rising oil prices, border tensions and global economy uncertainties. The agreements and initiatives discussed during the summit were covered in our special report.