Interpack and Drupa fairs have been postponed respectively from May 7-13, 2020 to February 25-March3, 2021, and from June 16-26, 2020, to April 20-30, 2021. Both postponements of the two fairs, that should have taken place in the coming weeks in Düsseldorf, have been decided by Messe Düsseldorf following the...
About 550 companies have confirmed their presence within the first enrolment deadline, 10 February, for Plast 2021, the international exhibition for the plastics and rubber industries which will take place in Milan from 4 to 7 May 2021. An analysis of the figures relating solely to direct exhibitors who have registered to date...
Covestro is a startup investor: With its Covestro Venture Capital (COVeC) approach, the company seeks to combine the needs of startups in areas such as financing, expertise and network with its own strategic goals with the goal of ensuring long-term sustainable development...
Based on the latest assessment of the situation and after consulting its board and key stakeholders of the composites industry, the JEC Group decided to postpone the 2020 edition of JEC World to May 12 to 14, 2020. The recent spread of the coronavirus in new countries last week, and especially countries...
The organiser of the Mecspe fair, Senaf, decided to postpone to June 18-20 the event originally scheduled for March 26-28 at the Fiere di Parma exhibition centre. This decision was taken, says the organiser in a press release, "considering the agreement between the exhibition centres of...
The recent emergency caused by the coronavirus epidemic is a source of concern for Italy’s exporting companies, above all those which have intense business relationships with Chia. In this context, just as for some other trade fairs, Chinsaplas - the most important show in China dedicated to...
Based on the latest assessment of the situation and after consulting its board and key stakeholders of the composites industry, the JEC Group decided to postpone the 2020 edition of JEC World to May 12 to 14, 2020. An official press release from the organizer declares that the recent spread of the...
In an effort to strengthen the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus epidemic and to protect the health and safety of all show participants, Chinaplas 2020, the 34th international exhibition on plastics and rubber industries originally scheduled from April 21 to 24, 2020, at National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) in Shanghai, has been...
More than 40 Italian companies will take part in the Italian collective organized by Amaplast - the trade association, member of Confindustria, including over 160 manufacturers of machinery, equipment, and moulds for plastics and rubber processing - at the twenty-third edition of the specialized exhibition in Moscow on...
As the global economy faces mounting downward pressure and factors of uncertainties, the global plastics and rubber industries are at crossroads. The challenges are steering investments to become more conservative as companies adjust their strategies. However, growth outlook remains strong for Asian markets that are not new to economic...
Registration opened on November 12 for the upcoming edition of Plast, the triennial international exhibition for the plastics and r Rubber Industries, which will take place from Tuesday, 4 May to Friday, 7 May 2021 at the FieraMilano Fairgrounds in Rho (Milan). As always, Plast is the place to be for operators in the plastics and rubber sector; they will...
To further accelerate customer product innovation in fast-changing markets, Solvay Performance Polyamides unveils HUB by Technyl. HUB by Technyl features strengthened MMI Technyl Design advanced predictive simulation, application performance testing (APT) and Sinterline 3D-printing services...
K, the leading global trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry, has drawn to a close in Düsseldorf after eight days on Wednesday, October 23. The 3,330 exhibitors from 63 nations proved impressively: plastics continue to be an innovative, indispensable, future-oriented material. But they also unanimously underscored the necessity of having...
According to estimates, worldwide production of plastics and rubber machinery rose by 1.3 per cent to 36.8 billion euros in 2018. European plastics and rubber machinery manufacturing accounted for the lion's share of 42.3%. For European plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers the year 2018 was also a...
Once again, the mid-year figures show a drop in Italy’s imports and exports of plastic and rubber machinery, though the reduction is less marked than for previous months. In fact, in comparison with the first six months of 2018, imports for the period January-June 2019 showed a drop of about 17% (with respect to the figure of -20% in March), while exports...
The new Sacmi website has been online since July 26. Featuring innovative graphics and a layout that responds to users' real needs, the new site has been built according to cutting-edge web 4.0 standards and language. Available in four languages (Italian, English, Spanish, French), the website introduces...
The Plastics Industry Association has named Tony Radoszewski president and chief executive officer effective September 16, 2019. Radoszewski, a Plastics industry veteran with nearly 40 years of experience in the field, joins Plastics after serving since 2006 as the president of the Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI)...
The eighth edition of the "Specialty films and flexible packaging" congress organized by ElitePlus++ is scheduled in Mumbai on August 22 and 23. The event will be devoted to films and flexible packaging, with particular attention to aspects concerning the sustainability of materials and processes, circular economy and recycling...
On July 9 in Frankfurt, EuPC, together with the German Vdma, the Italian Amaplast and Euromap, organised the first joint workshop in order to establish new ways to promote the use of recycled polymers. With this initiative all four associations aim to enhance the dialogue between plastics machinery manufacturers and plastics converters. Their goal is...
