Posts Tagged 'Chinaplas'

Back to work: both home and away

January 5, 2012 by Frank Wilson

Already it’s an interesting year: The Ceramicx exhibition stand has just been confirmed for Chinaplas 2012, April 18-21. As befits our Irish status, we have been located in the international hall at the mid point between the UK and the USA. Myself and Cáthál will both be in attendance in Shanghai. Ceramicx is looking forward to doing a significant level of business at Chinaplas 2012.

Whatever the commentators might say – and their guess is as good as yours – it is clear as day that the Asian economic juggernaut just keeps on coming. Ceramicx intends to be in the thick of it: Our infrared heating products will also be featured two months earlier in Delhi at Plastindia 2012 on the stand of our Indian partner, Elmec. Ceramicx will continue to affirm a commitment to these important export markets, which are the life blood of our company.

Ten days before Shanghai we will be back from Orlando, Florida where we will have exhibited at the USA’s premier National Plastics Exhibition (NPE) with our US Partner, Weco International. Truth to tell, the US economy is still the largest in the world and US manufacturing has shown a lot of fighting spirit through 2011. Ceramicx intends to do our very best by US industry – supplying innovation and profit-making through infrared heating solutions.

Speaking of size, I now read that Brazil has overtaken the UK as the sixth largest economy in the world. No shame there – the pace of Brazilian expansion has been at a quantum rate and the UK in any case is set to overhaul the French within the next three years

The South American situation is sitting up nicely for our new recruit, Patrick Wilson, who is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, who has travelled extensively and resided in that continent and who is keen to hit the sales and marketing trail once his production and manufacturing apprenticeship has completed.

In the meantime, however, our energies are much closer to home: We have a kiln to fire up; further plans to complete for our alternative energy generation; a new Innovation Partnership to kick start – and many other projects of the day to progress and complete.

Flexibility and balance come to mind already as watchwords for 2012: Successful businesses – from anywhere – will be able to ride the trade winds of global manufacturing only and as long as they have their house in order; have innovation on their side, together with a competitive offering. Those are the features that Ceramicx will be demonstrating to our markets throughout 2012.

Our HeatWorks magazine – fifth edition – will be on its way to our readers this month. If you missed out on our last issue – and want to get onto the circulation or have a story for our Spring 2012 issue – just order up from Ceramicx direct and get yourself on the mailing list.

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Ceramicx infrared heaters in demand at Chinaplas 2010

June 2, 2010 by Ceramicx

International infrared heating systems specialist and manufacturer Ceramicx is working on a surge of demand received over the course of the Chinaplas 2010 exhibition held in Shanghai over April 19-21.

Frank Wilson, Ceramicx MD pictured here outside Chinaplas 2010 with Xu Shan of Ceramicxs Chinese distributorship

Frank Wilson, Ceramicx MD pictured here outside Chinaplas 2010 with Xu Shan of Ceramicx's Chinese distributorship

Founder and Managing Director Frank Wilson – pictured here with Xu Shan of Ceramicx’s Chinese distributorship – dodged the volcano ash travel crisis to spend a very profitable three days at China’s annual plastics exhibition in April.

Wilson says that ‘Ceramicx and its products were very warmly received in China – and at Chinaplas 2010. We were marketing our excellent ceramic and quartz infrared products- and at the right price. In addition, our Irish industrial base and pedigree gives us a very good entrée into the Chinese market. We have comparatively little history there to date – and therefore less supposition and prejudice.’

Wilson points out that the sheer scale of Chinese industrial production has to be witnessed at first hand. ‘In the Shanghai area alone, there are nine thermoforming machinery builders. In the adjacent economic region of China there are also a further nine machinery builders. The volume of production and demand is simply of a different to the rest of the world.’

Ceramicx exports its infrared heaters and heating systems all over the world. The company’s infrared heating systems form the core of many plastics thermoforming machines worldwide and the plastics sector accounts for some 60% of total Ceramicx sales.

Far Eastern markets continue to gain international market share.  ‘There’s no doubt that China represents a massive market for us,’ says Wilson, ‘and, as I discovered in Shanghai, the Chinese plastics industry is raising its performance year on year. Chinese thermoformers and thermoforming machine builders show a very keen demand for components that offer them improved quality and durability. This fits perfectly with Ceramicx’s superior product performance and volume capability.’

Wilson says that he distributed all 80 Ceramicx infrared product samples to interested buyers at the show and also spent time in discussions that are set to establish agencies and distributorships throughout the country.

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Infrared experts Ceramicx prepares for Far Eastern mission

March 24, 2010 by Ceramicx

International heating systems specialist and manufacturer Ceramicx is preparing to take its ‘heat work’ expertise to a number of Far Eastern destinations in April, culminating in a two day visit to this year’s Chinaplas, in Shanghai. April 19-22.

Founder and Managing Director Frank Wilson says that ‘the areas where East meets West are always interesting places – technically, socially, culturally. At Ceramicx we are looking forward to sharing our European-based infrared heating know-how in a number of manufacturing sectors – and particularly in plastics where our infrared systems for thermoformers have a guaranteed quality for both machine builders and plastics processors.’

Frank’s first April stop will be Korea. ‘Korean manufacturing is still very dynamic – driven on by the likes of Samsung, LG and others. As well as infrared, Ceramicx will be offering its process control know-how to these OEMs and their suppliers.’

Next stop for Ceramicx will be China: ‘The Far Eastern team at Enterprise Ireland have been invaluable in helping the Ceramicx preparation for the outward mission,’ says Wilson. ‘Alan Buckley, Cathy Houlihan and Xiaojing Yue at Enterprise Ireland have all helped us immensely in the desk research and contact work needed for this project. Markets as specific as resin curing, infrared oven drying, thermoforming and others really are of a different scale and structure in China and the Far East.  We have spent a lot of careful time identifying our likely audience – and ways to reach them in China – and at Chinaplas this year.

Wilson is clear that a major part of the Ceramicx Far Eastern offering will be the product and component quality and traceability offered by Ceramicx. ‘An advanced process such as infrared heating requires a corresponding guarantee of product quality and assurance – something we believe will have a premium attraction in these markets. As European audiences may know already, we have been working with the University of Limerick on manufacturing systems that not only identify and quality assure infrared heating components – but also make the heating performance of every component supplied available to the customer – online and offline. Wherever they are in the world, all thermoforming machine builders and all our thermoforming processors need the security of this data and also full systems of product traceability.’

Frank Wilson will also use the opportunity of the Far Eastern trip to educate and inform about the potential for infrared heating technology generally. ‘Worldwide, the knowledge gap in industry about infrared and infrared heating is actually very wasteful,’ he says. ‘As far as we can tell – that infrared knowledge gap includes the Far East.  Most new projects for us usually begin with a search for a foothold on some IR expertise within the client company. Then we can create some common ground of understanding – and some solutions.’

After China and Chinaplas, Wilson returns to base via Antwerp where the SPE annual thermoforming conference takes place, from April 22-24.

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Ceramicx to attend Chinaplas 2010

March 19, 2010 by Frank Wilson

I suppose that the plastics industry can be seen the first of that post-war twentieth century phenomenon – a new industry that grows up under your feet in your own lifetime.  Microchips, communications have perhaps gotten a bit casual about this – and at Ceramicx we believe we also have yet to play our full part in the true emergence of infrared technology – but that is another story.

Chinaplas 2010

Chinaplas 2010

In terms of plastics – since Bakelite in the 1930’s and the first commodity polymers of the 1940s and 50s the plastics industry has grown from strength to strength worldwide. The USA was the proving ground for many early applications up until the 1980’s and 90’s when Europe got on level terms. And now we have a region that is set to outstrip them all. Which is why I am preparing to take the Ceramicx ‘heat work’ expertise message to a number of Far Eastern destinations in April. My trip will culminate in a two day visit to this year’s Chinaplas, held in Shanghai. April 19-22.

Wherever and whoever you are in today’s plastics manufacturing world, the Far Eastern dimension has already impacted on you – there’s no avoiding it -  in terms of price; in terms of quality, competition and all sorts of other issues. And as the Chinese were the first to show us – their hieroglyph for ‘crisis’ is the same picture as that for ‘opportunity’. In other words there are many positives to learn from the increasing role of Plastics China in all world markets.

The Far Eastern team at Enterprise Ireland have been invaluable in helping the Ceramicx preparation for our outward mission – and Ceramicx marketing in plastics thermoforming and other process areas. Alan Buckley, Cathy Houlihan and Xiaojing Yue at Enterprise Ireland have all helped us immensely in the desk research and contact work needed for this project.  Markets as specific as resin curing, infrared oven drying, thermoforming and others really are of a different scale and structure in China and the Far East. We have spent a lot of careful time identifying our likely audience – and ways to reach them in China – and at Chinaplas this year.

So check this page in late April for news of our ongoing adventures on the other side of the world!

Slainte

Frank

红外技术

p.s. Don’t forget to catch up with Ceramicx  at the 2010 K Show in Dusseldorf from Wednesday the 27th October.

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