H.E. Mr. François Richier, Ambassador of France in India visited the French Pavilion on Plastindia Trade Show – Hall 11 this morning (Friday, Feb 3rd 2012). At his arrival, he was guided by representatives of Messe Düsseldorf both from India and German offices. This has given him the occasion of meeting the eleven French companies, leaders in their sectors, understanding their technologies and innovations and discussing their current or prospective business in India. Organised by Ubifrance, the French Pavilion is the perfect platform for building strong partnerships between France and India, bringing together professionals and specialists from the plastics industry . Exhibiting their latest innovations in the fields of extrusion, marking tools, profiles, instrumentation and other machines and equipment, the French companies were delighted to receive their ambassador and expose their strategy in India.  

  PLASTIPOLIS, a leading plastics innovation cluster from France participates at the Plastindia 2012 trade show being held from 1 st to 6 th February 2012 in New Delhi. Plastipolis brings together around 300 members including leading companies, R&D centres, training centres and institutional investors, working collaboratively, to address specific issues in any part of the plastics industry value chain. The main aim is to facilitate availability of resources to small and medium-sized businesses and promotion of French expertise in the field of plastics engineering on an international level. Plastipolis has set-up different lines of R&D to show strong potential in implementing new ideas and concepts to improve performance in different industry segments. Besides materials, composites, machines and processes, the research work also includes micro-plastics engineering projects for developing products with specialized functions that can be used in various applications like electronics and communications. Eco-plastics engineering is another field of research, integrating a comprehensive developmental approach, to manage design, manufacture and use of these products. The cluster carries out 80 different R&D projects, for a total amount of 180 million Euros. Plastipolis is also involved in 15 other projects with European counterparts. Plastipolis strives to make its mark in the global plastics industry. The cluster encourages innovation and is developing new R&D projects keeping in mind the market needs and the companies’ requirements. Latest management processes and communication channels are being adopted to ensure proper management of cluster activities. New training procedures and advanced operations have been implemented to create innovative products and services delivery. Plastipolis aims to create a strategic approach to R&D and facilitate French plastics engineering firms, working collaboratively, to develop high calibre workforce and infrastructure to deliver good quality and innovative products to accelerate international cooperation. Do not miss the opportunity to meet Plastipolis on the French pavilion, Hall 11 stand B33! For any further information: PLASTIPOLIS Ms Caroline PIN Tel: +33 (0)4 74 12 19 23 Email: caroline.pin@plastipolis.fr Website: www.plastipolis.fr    

UBIFRANCE and the French Trade Commissions in India in collaboration with CLUBTEX, Espacetextile and Up-Tex is organizing a French Pavilion at the Techtextile India tradeshow from 10th to 12th October 2011 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai. On this occasion, 11 leading French textile manufacturing companies will unveil their innovations and meet Indian companies to identify business prospects in this sector.   The second edition of Techtextile India in 2009 showcased 110 exhibitors and around 6300 visitors from 79 countries proving that this event stands to be the most important event in the industry. For its third edition, the tradeshow will once again provide an  excellent trading platform for the global textile industry. To be a part of this third edition, the French Pavilion will see participation from the following companies:   ANDRITZ KUSTERS is one of the world’s leading suppliers of machines and technologies for the nonwoven industry: Its product portfolio comprises wetlaid production lines, deflection controlled calender systems and rolls for nonwovens and textiles, as well as finishing equipment for nonwovens (impregnation, low add-on, dewatering, dosing and measuring technology). Website: www.andritz.com/nonwoven ANDRITZ PERFOJET is recognized as a leading company in spunlace industry, as its spunlace technology is based on innovation. Its expertise in the nonwovens industry has given birth to Spunjet process. This is the in-line hydroentanglement of continous filaments, creating a new generation of spunlaid nonwoven. Website: www.andritz.com/nonwoven ASSELIN THIBEAU (NSC NONWOVEN): NSC nonwoven supplies turnkey nonwoven lines for spunlacing, needlepunching and thermobonding, equipped with a supervisory control assistance system, including production recipes, maintenance and assistance to line management. Website: www.nsc-nonwoven.com COLMANT COATED FABRICS designs and manufactures elastomer and plastomer coated fabrics or films used in the following applications: Flexible tanks, fuel bladders, inflatable and pneumatic boats, bellows and gangways, hovercraft skirt, industrial belts... Website : www.Colmant-Coated-Fabrics.com CONCORDIA is a vertical integrated technical textiles supplier with production plants in Europe and Asia. Concordia provides fabrics to different markets/sectors such as jobwear, medical and industrial applications. Website: www.concordiatextiles.com PENNEL & FLIPO is specialized in rubber and PU coated fabric, for the following applications: boat, oil boom, bellow, shelter, individual protection, tank, gasket. Website: www.orca.eu PROCHIMIR produces and develops thermobonding multilayer films based on TPU, TPO, PP and Elastomers for various markets such as Automotive and Transportation, Technical textiles, Health and Medical, Building and Housing. Website: www.prochimir.com PROTECHNIC , one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of thermoadhesives roll form provides customized solutions to the need of lamination for many materials, used in very diverse markets: automotive, ferment, building, sport… Website: www.protechnic.fr SOFILETA is an integrated textile group, which provides weaving, knitting and laminating textiles for 2 different applications: fashion, sport and swimwear as well as heat and flame resistant fabrics for protective equipments. They can supply fabrics for Fire fighters, petrochemical industry, electricity industry, army or police, pilots racing suits. Website: www.sofileta.com SPOOLEX Company will present its new development and accessories for its CalemardTM slitters rewinders and its Decoup+TM ultrasonic department. Decoup+TM is specialist in the designing and manufacturing of ultrasonic cutting and splicing solutions which are applicable at any stage of the textile and nonwoven fabrication and conversion process.  Website: www.spoolex.com SwissTex is a global system provider for BCF and T&I extrusion processes as well as a manufacturer of textile machinery for Twisting, Assembling and Cabling of yarns made of synthetic, artificial, natural and mineral fibers.  Website: www.swisstex.fr Technical textiles is an emerging area for investment in India. Given the emphasis on rapid growth, up by 10% in 2010, in the field of technical textiles, the Indian market has a great potential to make an impact in this field and emerge as a key player in the global technical textiles industry, considering its highly skilled and scientific/technical manpower and abundant availability of raw materials. Since the Indian technical textile industry is import intensive, it provides a base for a very interesting market for export oriented manufacturers from Europe and elsewhere. Nearly 80% of the 100,000 tonnes of “unweaved fabric” consumed in India in 2010 was imported. To give a boost to the Indian technical textile industry, the Government of India has taken up various initiatives for positioning it as a value added industry which has numerous end use applications in the areas of economic activity such as construction, sports, defence, medical, aerospace and agriculture, making it more attractive for the global markets. Techtextil India indeed aims to offer these French companies an ideal business platform to showcase their products and to identify new business opportunities. Come and discover these state-of-the-art French technologies in Hall 5, Booth A42/A52/B43/B53. About Ubifrance: UBIFRANCE is the French agency for international business development, a key public partner in export for French companies. It’s complete range of services include providing information (on markets, legal, regulatory, international financing, calls to tender, sector watch), export consulting, sales actions (prospecting missions, partnership meetings, trade events abroad, communication in the international press, etc.) and the Volunteers for International Experience (Volontariat International en Entreprise – VIE) for the international deployment of skilled human resources. To support French companies of all sizes and all sectors in their development on foreign markets, UBIFRANCE mobilizes the expertise of 2,500 persons in France (Paris and Marseille) and in 120 other countries through its Missions Economiques, clubs and associations, and a network of Press Services. For any further information : Pascal GALLI Project Manager Tel : +33 (0)1 40 73 35 53 Fax : +33 (0)1 40 73 32 52 E-mail : pascal.galli@ubifrance.fr   Press Information: Deepika PRAKASH Press Officer French Trade Commission Embassy of France 2/50 E Shantipath, Chanakyapuri New Delhi 110021 Telephone: +91 11 43 19 63 51 Email: deepika.prakash@ubifrance.fr NOTE TO THE EDITOR: Please inform us of the publication of this press release- Please continue to send reader responses to French Trade Commission- This is the only way that we can ensure the follow-up is done efficiently.  

  As part of a world exclusive, Serac will unveil French start-up Agami’s Roll N Blow thermoforming machine at its stand at Interpack 2011 from May 12 to 18 in Dusseldorf, Germany, in Hall 13 at booths C63/D64 . Serac is a shareholder in Agami and both companies are working in tight partnership. The machine is designed to produce bottles much more inexpensively than is possible using traditional methods, and that are much lighter. It uses innovative tubular thermoforming technology, with reels of plastic sheeting that are extruded flat at high speed. It can produce tall, round bottles with capacities of between 100 and 500 mL . It is targeting the producers of fresh dairy products, yoghurt drinks in particular, as well as fruit juice manufacturers . The raw materials come as rolls of plastic sheeting. The sheeting is cut into strips each strip is shaped into a tube around a blow pipe. Each strip is then welded longitudinally. The resulting plastic tube is then heated and blown into a mould in order to create a bottle. Many types of plastic can be used for thermoforming (PS, PP, PLA, PET, etc.). There are also economic benefits in using multilayer materials, since the films are extruded flat. Producing very wide plastic films, extruded flat at high speed, is very economical. On the machine, the plastic is converted from sheet form straight into bottle form. This generates purchase savings of 30 to 50%. Using reels of plastic sheeting as the base material reduces transport and storage costs, as well as the costs of handling the bottles or empty preforms before they are blown. Whereas previously 25 lorries were needed for supplying actual bottles or 5 lorries for supplying preforms, now only one is needed for supplying the reels of plastic sheeting. In terms of the accessories required for production, consumption is reduced right across the board compared with traditional technologies: the blowing is carried out at low pressure (less than 6 bar) and at low temperature (under 150°C). There is no need for a high-pressure compressor and 2 to 3 times less electricity is needed than with traditional preform blowing. The Roll n Blow thermoforming machine on display at the show can produce up to 7000 bottles/hour. Come and view this innovation at Serac’s stand at Interpack 2011: Hall 13 C63/D64. For further information, please visit:   www.serac-group.com Press Contact : Dominique Ledru  Tel: +33 (0) 2 43 60 27 83 E-mail: doledru@serac.fr www.serac-group.com/interpack2011