Exhibitions and conferences

  • 10 April 2024

    Plastics machinery: it’s a date at Chinaplas with over 40 companies

    Over 40 Italian companies will comprise the national pavilion organized by Amaplast (trade association within Confindustria uniting approximately 170 manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment, and moulds) for the 36th edition of Chinaplas (Shanghai, 23-26 April 2024). This is an...
  • 20 March 2024

    Composites, essential materials for sustainability and circular economy

    JEC World 2024 closed its doors after three vibrant days of intense business activity, expertise and knowledge sharing, highlighting the contribution of the composites industry to a more sustainable world as well as its growth potential. The 2024 edition was the biggest JEC World ever, attracting more than...
  • 28 February 2024

    Chinaplas 2024 still focuses on the circular economy

    Chinaplas 2024, the region's leading platform to promote the latest market trends, breakthrough technologies and innovative solutions in the plastics and rubber industries, will be held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) in Hongqiao, Shanghai, China from 23-26 April 2024. The show will fully occupy all...
  • 28 February 2024

    NPE 2024 under the banner of bioplastics and sustainability

    The Plastics Industry Association (Plastics) will foster the continued growth of the bioplastics industry at its upcoming trade show, NPE 2024 (Orlando, 6-10 May). With more than 45 bioplastics related exhibitors on the show floor, the fair is expected to be the largest gathering of bioplastics companies in the Americas...
  • 14 February 2024

    The current situation of the European PET industry seen from Brussels

    On 7 and 8 February, in Brussels, around 300 participants attended over 50 technical presentations at the annual conference organised by Petcore Europe, the European association representing the entire PET supply chain. Special attention was dedicated to new technologies and applications and to the...
  • 24 January 2024

    The PET industry meets in Brussels

    Next annual Petcore conference will feature an innovation summit where delegates from across the PET value chain will present a diverse range of ground-breaking initiatives that have the potential to drive opportunities and growth throughout the sector. The conference, being held in Brussels on 7 and 8 February, will take place against the...
  • 24 January 2024

    Appointment in Amsterdam for the European thermoforming industry

    The European Thermoforming Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers announced the near-finalized programme for the 13th European Thermoforming Conference, set to take place at the esteemed Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. The conference...
  • 29 November 2023

    Countdown to JEC World 2024 started

    Less than four months to go before JEC World opens the doors to the 2024 edition. Well known globally as the main composites festival, a place where business meets inspiration and innovation, the show expects to gather the whole composites community and more. Appointment is settled from 5 to 7 March 2024 in...
  • 25 October 2023

    Tricolour Mexico: 30 Italian companies in a collective at Plastimagen

    The countdown has begun for Plastimagen 2023, the Central America’s premier event. Around thirty companies will take part in the Italian collective at the specialized Plastimagen fair in Mexico City, 7-10 November 2023. Coordinated by Amaplast, they will be the largest European representation by area...
  • 25 October 2023

    Twenty-eighth Fakuma closed

    The 28th edition of Fakuma closed on 21 October at the Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre. 39,343 visitors came to see the 1,636 exhibitors on 85,000 square metres of exhibition space. With an increase of around 10%, 44% of the exhibitors came from abroad: 134 from Italy...
  • 04 October 2023

    Injection moulding, blow moulding and rotational moulding meet in Mumbai

    The eighth edition of the “Injection, blow, roto moulding & PET international” summit organised by ElitePlus++ is scheduled to take place in Mumbai on 9 and 10 October. Thanks to the participation of no less than 45 speakers from all over the world, this event will provide an opportunity to...
  • 15 September 2023

    Plast 2023 has won the challenge

    Held from 5 to 8 September 2023 at Fiera Milano in Rho (Milan), with a net area of 50,000 sqm and 38,000 visitors, Plast 2023 has been confirmed as a successful event. Plast 2023, with its satellite shows Rubber (rubber industry), 3D Plast (3D printing and related), PlastMat (innovative materials) and a wide range of cutting-edge technological...
  • 13 September 2023

    After the 2023 edition, Plast looks forward to 2026

    Plast 2023 closed its doors on 8 September, and now, pending the official figures from the organisers, we can already form an initial tentative picture of how the event went. First of all, the fair was well attended: the organisers already say they were satisfied with the numbers, still unofficial, of visitors who attended over the four days...
  • 26 July 2023

    Wide variety of technologies between digitisation and sustainability for the Piovan Group

    Piovan Group is a world leader in the design and production of systems for the automation of construction processes for the storage, transport and processing of polymers, plastic powders and foodstuffs, and is always at the forefront of the search for highly efficient integrated eco-sustainable solutions that optimise the use of raw materials and…
  • 19 July 2023

    Tecom: sixty years of blown film extrusion

    Specialised in the construction of blown film extrusion lines, Tecom, which will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2023, supplies lines for the mono- and co-extrusion of three and five layers in all types of polyolefin-based materials, biodegradable polymers and post-industrial and post-consumer recycled materials. Always open to new solutions and…
  • 19 July 2023

    A blown film line at the heart of Hosokawa's presence at Plast

    Hosokawa Alpine, headquarters of the Hosokawa Alpine Group, designs, manufactures and installs processing machinery worldwide, supported by an international network of experts to meet the most diverse requirements. The core competence of the Hosokawa Alpine Group is the production of machines and systems for...
  • 13 July 2023

    Flexible packaging: all the latest in Mumbai

    The 10th “Specialty Films & Flexible Packaging” summit, organised by ElitePlus, will be held in Mumbai on 31 August and 1 September. To date, around a thousand operators have already registered and as many are expected in the coming weeks from at least 30 countries worldwide...
  • 12 July 2023

    Fimic: a company in constant evolution

    Founded 55 years ago, Fimic started out in the world of recycling with the construction of cutting systems for bales and rolls of industrial waste, and then developed its technology towards more advanced forms of automation. This includes the filtration process, which today makes it a leading company in the sector...
  • 12 July 2023

    Extrusion and sustainability: the key themes at Colines

    Founded in 1973, Colines is a family-owned company with a strong international focus, specializing in the development of blown and cast extrusion solutions. The company has always invested in technology and innovation, and it is in constant dialogue with processors, with whom it works in partnership to interpret the market and offer the most…
  • 05 July 2023

    Bausano: there is no end to innovation in the extrusion sector

    Founded in 1946, Bausano is a company that designs and manufactures extrusion lines for plastics processing, and for seventy years it has been committed to technological development in order to meet the needs of processors with flexibility, market knowledge and customized solutions to meet the most complex requirements. Alessandra Grosso,…