The Innovation Alliance: a system project worth 26 billion euros

It is with Plast 2026, scheduled at Fiera Milano from 9 to 12 June 2026, that The Innovation Alliance road map resumes. An event that relaunches a long-standing system project, representing – edition after edition – Italy's leading trade fairs in capital goods machinery: Print4All (Milan, 25-28 May 2027), Ipack-Ima, GreenPlast and Intralogistica Italia (Milan, 29 May-1 June 2028).

Not a single event, but a structured industrial alliance, reaffirmed at each appointment to tell the story of an entire production supply chain: from the most advanced technologies for plastics and rubber processing to food and non-food packaging and processing, through to print customisation and warehouse logistics. Each fair retains its own distinct identity, while forming part of a shared vision aimed at strengthening the international positioning of a Made-in-Italy excellence that in 2025 recorded an aggregate value of 26 billion euros, over 93,000 employees and a strong export orientation, with an average of 64% of turnover and peaks of 78% - as in the case of plastics and rubber processing machinery, which Plast has represented with authority for twenty editions.

Capital goods machinery – one of the jewels of Italian manufacturing – continues to leverage its propensity for constant innovation, the result of intensive research and development activity that underpins the success of Italian SMEs: an economic system that continues to demonstrate resilience despite a challenging cyclical environment. More than a technology showcase, The Innovation Alliance is a hub for dialogue and strategy: an opportunity to engage, anticipate global challenges and build the synergies that will serve as a common thread throughout its journey in the years ahead.

Spanning six halls, Plast 2026 arrives at its twentieth edition with over 1,000 exhibiting companies, 45% of them international – a result that carries particular significance in a decidedly complex market environment. Together with its satellite shows – Rubber, 3D Plast and PlastMat – Plast confirms its position as the most comprehensive European trade fair of the year for the plastics and rubber industry, where innovation, dialogue and business converge to drive the industry towards new horizons, with a particular focus on key themes such as sustainability, artificial intelligence and the digitalisation of production processes.