The first International Exhibition on Plastics & Polymers in Automotive, Autoplas 2010, will open its doors from 26 – 28 November 2010 in Pune, India.
The Indian automotive industry is growing at about 11.5 % CAGR in the last 5 years. The country is today the largest producer of 2-wheelers and the second largest 2-wheeler worldwide. The production of the local automotive industry is expected to reach 2.5 million passenger cars by 2011 and 4.5 million by 2015. The Pune region is the fastest growing automotive hub in India and currently produces 25 % (1.9 million) of all types of vehicles in the country. Forecasts expect vehicle production in the Pune region to increase to 4 million units and auto components exports to reach USD 8 billion by 2015. Autoplas 2010 is organised by Plexium India.

The programme includes the following technical lectures:

• “New and Innovative Developments for Automotive TPO”, Jerry Eng, Cytec Inds. Inc.
• “Introduction about Arkema Products & Speakers”, “Japanese Automotive Scenario”, “Arkema Automotive Solutions and Latest Trends”, Mandar Amrute, Yasonobu Tsunashima, Dr. Simon Ting, Arkema
• “Lightweighting of Polyolefin Composites by High Performance Reinforcement”, Aster Teo, Milliken Chemical and Textile (India) Co. Pvt. Ltd.
• “Making people profitable”, Sundera Rajan, Thomas International
• “Rapid Prototyping for the Automotive industry”, Nidhi Parikh, Imaginarium
• “Overview of Long Fiber Composites for Automotive Applications”, Mark Bennick, RTP Company
• “BASF solution for Automotive Industry”, S. Krithikumar, BASF
• “Polymer Technologies for efficient Automotive Applications”, Santosh Rathod, Styron Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft mbH
• “New Developments in Automotive PP Compounds”, Ashutosh Verma, KLJ Polymers & Chemicals Ltd.
• “Polypropylene Opportunities in Automotive Industry”, Satyajit Rawat, Reliance Inds. Ltd.
• Unannounced paper and speaker of Polyone Polymers (I) Pvt. Ltd.
• “Technological Advances in Injection Moulding for Automotive”, J. Devlia, Engel Machinery India Pvt. Ltd.
• “Scratch Resistant PP Compound for Automotive Application”, K. G. Chandan, Technovinyl Polymers (I) Ltd.
• “TPVs in Automotive Applications”, Lionel Vaz, Zylog Plastalloys Pvt. Ltd.