In the 26th Korea International Plastics& Rubber Show (KOPLAS 2021), the global news network AVING News selectedcompanies to receive the BEST OF KOPLAS 2021 award.

For this award, AVING News selectedoutstanding products based on product technology, innovation, marketability,design, and audience response. The companies will get separate news articles sothat they can utilize it, and the news will also be posted in English.

For the development of the plastics andrubber industry in Korea and the promotion of international trade, KoreaE&EX and Korea Plastic Processing Machine Industry Cooperative hosted thisshow sponsored by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry ofSMEs and Startups, and the Korea Federation of Plastic Industry Cooperatives.The exhibition was held from Aug. 25 (Wed) to 28 (Sat).

With the first show grand opening in 1981,KOPLAS 2021 is in its 26th run this year. It has provided the venue for theplastic materials industry and also the marketing platform for various addedvalue such as creating new markets and increasing exports by concurrentlyholding trade shows of other industries related to plastic and enabling mutualexchange among metals, nano, ceramics, and complex materials. To the visitors,the show provided a good opportunity to experience Korea's plastics and rubberindustries and materials and composites industries in one place.

The selected companies for BEST OF KOPLAS 2021 are as follows. △DB Chem & Dongbang Chemical △AMC △Colorant Corea

DB Chem & Dongbang Chemical showcases color masterbatch

Since its foundation in 1972, DB Chem &Dongbang Chemical has been leading the Korean masterbatch industry for half acentury. As of 2021, the company has plants in Yangsan, Gyeongnam and Gwangju,Gyeonggi in Korea and Guangdong Province in China. It has conducted R&D andmanufactured color which domestic and overseas plastic manufacturers requireand functional masterbatch, and is currently supplying to major SMEs and largecompanies in Korea and exporting to well-known clients in Germany, the US,Southeast Asia, Africa, and Japan.

DB Chem & Dongbang Chemical'smasterbatch is researched and developed, and manufactured in accordance with internationalstandard manufacturing standards and eco-friendly standards, and is currentlyexported as its own brand in developed markets under EU REACH certification, EUNo. 10/2011, and UL and FDA approval from the US.

Dongbang Chemical is in Gwangju, Gyeonggi-doand DBChem is in Yangsan, Gyeongnam. They handle various basic resins, and theplastic is used diversely ranging from basic use to engineering plastic, andadditives.

The color masterbatch is carefullyformulated to give plastic and fiber products a very stable and vivid colorthat is uniformly dispersed in the polymer raw material used by the customer.These colors expressed in the customer's products do not fade in very strongtemperatures, chemicals, and harsh working environments, and at the same timedo not impair the mechanical properties or aesthetics of the customer's finalplastic product.

AMC introduces PLASTECO's supercritical foaming technology

PLASTECO is a Japanese company withunrivaled technology in the field of eco-friendly supercritical foamingtechnology using inert gas, and Advanced Materials & Chemicals (AMC Co.,Ltd.) is the exclusive agent for PLASTECO in Korea. PLASTECO has commercializeda PLA foamed extrusion sheet production system with high magnification and highheat resistance by applying inert supercritical gas foaming technology.

The main advantages of supercritical gas foaming are eco-friendliness and stability. First, if the supercritical gas of inert gas is used, there is no residual toxicity generated during conventional chemical foaming, and global warming can be prevented. Also, uniform bubble growth can be done, and explosion-proof facilities are not required due to the quantitative supply of inert supercritical gas.

An AMC staff said PLASTECO's supercriticalfoaming technology is characterized by the quantitative supply of inertsupercritical gas. He said that the existing supercritical fluid supplytechnology had problems of the bubbles exploding when the supercritical gas isoversupplied and the bubbles overgrowing when the gas supply is insufficient.But, with PLASTECO's technology, it was solved, and uniform gas was supplied.

Colorant Corea showcases high performance & hybrid pigment SUPIA

Colorant Corea has continued to maintainrelationships with numerous customers and partners for the past 21 years,serving as a hub between companies.

SUPIA HIGH PERFORMANCE PIGMENTS is anorange and red color that has a patented inorganic pigment source technologyusing two or more metal oxides. It has stable crystal structure that has beenproven to have excellent physical properties with outstanding heat, weather,and light resistance free of heavy metals that do not migrate and has infraredreflection functions.

In particular, it is an eco-friendly,next-generation lead-free organic pigment with excellent compatibility withpolyamide (PA66) and engineering plastic. This orange-type inorganic pigmenthas stable physical properties that can withstand high heat and high voltagecables, and has excellent compatibility with resins, so it can be applied tovarious industrial fields such as battery packs for electric vehicles andhydrogen vehicles that require super engineering plastics.

Also, SUPIA HYBRID PIGMENTS is a next-genalternative pigment that effectively improves the reduced light resistance andlack of hiding power which is the physical weakness of the existing inorganicand organic pigment made of cadmium, lead, and chromium (PbCrO4) compounds,which are restricted in use due to the content of heavy metals. It is also aneco-friendly product with excellent hiding power, coloring power, and weatherand light resistance that is heavy metal free, so it can be supplied in variousindustries in plastic, paint, and coating forms with competitive price andvalue. It is an outstanding product with stable physical properties.