China International Agrochemical & Corp Protection Exhibition Global Agrochem Industry in transition

China International Agrochemical & Corp Protection Exhibition

Global Agrochem Industry in transition

The first grand Agrochem event of the year, the 18th China International Agrochemical & Corp Protection Exhibition 2017 opened at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) in Shanghai.

The three-day CAC trade show started on 1st March with both exhibitors and visitors as enthusiastic as ever.

"Companies are embracing the spring of agrochem industry," said Shousheng Li, President, China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, when he visited the booths of several industry players on the opening day.

Many delegates spoke about the importance of the subject and the changing scenario. "The zero growth target of agrochem consumption set by Chinese government benefits us because a more regulated market is good for the development of companies that comply with rules," a representative from Nanjing Red Sun Co. Ltd. said.

The organizers expressed their warm welcome to the leaders, guests, exhibitors and visitors who were present in large numbers. They also expressed their sincere gratitude to relative departments supporting CAC for so many years.

Over 1300 companies from 25 countries and regions exhibited their products and equipments this year, marking a 13 percent increase compared to last year. Among them were 145 overseas companies, 12 per cent more than last year.  The total exhibiting space reached 73,000 sq. m., that is an increase of 18 percent.

India pavilion

Among the country pavilions was one from India. There were others from Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan, Australia and Turkey, all of them participating in CAC with their exhibits to conduct their business activities. The exhibition is estimated to have drawn 30,000 professional visitors from more than 100 countries.

An exhibition hall dedicated to equipments, Hall E7, was new to the CAC events this year. It had attracted over 300 exhibitors covering drying, granulation, vacuum, valve, metering, and other processes.

A specialized seminar for equipment business was also held on Day 1 of the event to discuss the technological issues as well as the industry outlook.

Zhejiang province-based Wynca had initiated the development of pesticides specialized for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs), aka drones, that put more efforts on pesticide preparations, and extended the overseas business to a broader geographical coverage. A representative from the company explained how they adapted to the "zero growth" policy.

The state owned Sinochem took full advantage of the synergies of its business along side the industry chain of agrochems, esp. the company's unique strength in research and development, a representative from Sinochem said.

"Value addition of agrochem industry and fertilizer industry increased by 10.8 percent and 3.6 percent in 2016, respectively," said Jungui Zhao, Vice President, China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) at the welcome dinner of the CAC events.

"Investment and export, the traditional driving force of the industry, got weakened, and the industry faced a structural problem instead of one of a cyclical nature," Zhao commented on the chemical industry. The analysis worked on the agrochem industry too.

As is well known, the Global Agrochemical Industry is restructuring and there are continuous mergers and acquisitions and new market formations. CAC followed the development of agrochemical industry and bore the responsibility of building global agrochemical communication platform, by establishing full-scale demonstrating space, promoting global trade, technical communication, technical and capital cooperation, publishing policies and market trend. In the 11th China International Forum on Development of Pesticide Industry, experts from different parts of the world communicated with 500 delegates on industry policies, trends and markets. Spread over three days, many seminars and conferences were held..

CAC Awards

5^th CAC Awards that was organized as part of the event included the categories of top 20 Chinese Pesticides Exporters, 2016 Oversea Market Expansion Award, CAC 2017 Recommended Suppliers and 2016 Excellent Fertilizer Exporters. The results were revealed later in the day. The awards attracted the enrollment of more than 100 enterprises, and more than 100,000 participants took part in voting.

CAC set up Pesticide Zone, Fertilizer Zone and Overseas Pavilion in Hall N1 to N5 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre.

The "Sino-Vietnam Pesticide Administrations and Entrepreneurs Meeting" that took place in the Exposition Center was sponsored by the CAC fair sponsor -- CCPIT Sub-Council of Chemistry Industry. Another get-together was between the Chinese and Vietnamese agro chemical fellows after the 13th (Vietnam) Chemical Exhibition, that aimed to strengthen the two countries' cooperation in the agrochemical field through exchanges.

World Agrochemical Equipment Industry Chain Sharing Conference

With the agrochemical industry's market reform and growth, and in order to better serve the global agrochemical preparations enterprise,

The World Agrochemical Equipment Industry-Chain Sharing Conference, organized by CCPIT Sub-Council of Chemical Industry, and supported by Jiangsu Jinwang Packing

Machinery Co., Ltd. and Changhou Agrochemical Sphere E-business Co., Ltd., opened in the banquet hall in Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel Shanghai.

This conference invited Dr. Qiu Dewen, Deputy Director General, Institute of Plant Protection (IPP) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (CAAS), Li Jianqiang, Deputy Director, Graduate College of China Agricultural University, Zhang Wenjun, Director, Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA), and Wu Zhenyi, Chief Engineer of Central Research Institute of China Chemical Science and Technology (CRICC). Leng Yang, Shanghai Pesticide Research Institute and distinguished guests from other leading research institutes, and senior executives of domestic and world renowned agrochemical and equipment companies such as Dow Chemical, Shenyang Sinochem, Jiangsu Renxin, Guangzhou Longi, as well as overseas experts from Vietnam, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Argentina etc. were other invitees.  Over 300 delegates got an idea on how to grasp opportunities in the new environment and situation, and boost the building of the global agrochemical preparation production equipment industry-chain.

Ma Chunyan, Vice Chairman of CCPIT Sub-Council of Chemical Industry, in her opening speech, hoped that companies would seek mutual support and remedy with respective advantages and build a joint-innovation sharing platform for the agrochemical equipment industry-chain and create more profit space for producers and produce higher quality products for world agriculture.

Fang Guorong, president of Jiangsu Jinwang Packing Machinery Technology Co., Ltd elaborated his idea of “New era of inter-connection, Sharing agrochemical sphere.” He said the agrochemical sphere is bound to become the cooperative and joint-victory platform for agrochemical industries-chain.

The conference concluded with delegates saying that they gained a lot from the presentations by various experts and in-depth discussions.

Future Direction of Pesticide Preparations

At the 9^th World Academic Meeting for the Development of Pesticide Technologies & Applications, LengYang, who was the key speaker said, Chinese administration of pesticides is adapting to global practices. “Chinese pesticide preparations must respond to the call of the era and expedite the structural adjustment and technical innovation, and sharply increase the safely and function level.”

Chinese pesticide producers will face the severest regulation in history, including regulations on food security, water source, atmosphere, soil, ecological protection, and public security. Reviewing the technical development over the past ten years in the world, Leng Yang summarized the trends of pesticide preparations as high conductance, low VOC, low spraying solution, anti-drift, and smart release. Such preparations are both efficient and safe.

In a technical report presented at the meeting, LengYang said that seed treatment agent is one hot spot in pesticide preparation product development, and the future competition will be fiercer. Another hot spot preparation, micro-encapsulate, will enter the era of large scale result transformation.

Bio-pesticide preparations are evidently another field for the future. Non-agricultural products such as sanitary drug, industrial mildew-proof, fishery and live-stock industry parasite-pesticide will account for 15-20% of the pesticide preparations market.