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K 2025
Triennial event gearing up for next year's show / Themes will be circular economy, digitalisation, and ‘people'
12.06.2024
PVC RECYCLING
Volume of recovered waste in Europe heavily declines in 2023 – VinylPlus report / Challenging regulatory, macroeconomic climate impacts demand, says chairman
06.06.2024
NPE
US plastics trade fair attracts significantly fewer visitors than 2018 / Europe's weakness becomes North America's strength
24.05.2024
SPANISH PACKAGING INDUSTRY
Sustainability and e-commerce boost turnover to record level / Investment in digital technologies continues – Hispack report
13.05.2024
NPE
Biggest trade show on the North American continent to open doors again / Main topics: recycling, sustainability
06.05.2024
POLYOLEFINS
Last call: Online seminar about markets, price trends, analyses
25.04.2024
PLASTPOL
Poland's international trade fair scheduled for 21-24 May
15.04.2024
K 2025
“The Power of Plastics! Green – Smart – Responsible”: organiser announces motto, key topics of leading plastics trade fair
11.04.2024
RECYCLING INDIA
Sabic, Pashupati sign MoU / Agreement aims to boost recycling activity across world's most populated nation
08.04.2024
EVENTS
PRC Europe 2024 to be held in Amsterdam / Focus on downstream transformation in the Petchem sector
22.02.2024
CHINA
Economic recovery based on better growth, not growth at any cost, says Chinaplas manager
31.01.2024
K 2025
“It's K time again” – Organiser opens registration for world's leading plastics trade fair
19.01.2024
CHINAPLAS
Plastics trade event returns to Shanghai after six years
15.01.2024
PETCORE EUROPE
Bertaggia replaces Stephan as director general / Annual conference to focus on core PET challenges in 2024
28.11.2023
FAKUMA
Talks among the like-minded in days of crisis / A look back at the industry event in Germany
25.10.2023
FAKUMA
Is a trend reversal around the corner? / Head of PIE price team Martin Bäcker, industry expert Dimitri Koranis discuss volatility of polymer prices, energy costs
18.10.2023
FAKUMA
Plastics face 'highly complex challenges', but are 'absolutely essential' / German trade fair begins for 28th time / Show features over 1,650 exhibitors, nearly half from abroad
17.10.2023
PLAST
Only 38,000 visit Milan fair / Organisers still satisfied
19.09.2023
PLAST
Italian fair reopens after five years / Visitor, exhibitor attendance lower than before pandemic / Market players mostly pessimistic / Green Deal or ‘Green Death?'
18.09.2023
FAKUMA
“No time for gloom” / A short Q&A with Bettina Schall, organiser of the plastics trade fair in Germany
23.08.2023
POLAND
Plastpol exhibition space grows 40% in 2023/ Attendance surges / Polish plastics industry eyes chance to replace Russian, Belarussian exports / Lower sector investments spark concerns
21.06.2023
PVC RECYCLING
Over 813,000 t PVC waste recycled in 2022 / VinylPlus progress report / High demand for recycled material
23.05.2023
INTERPACK
Trade fair visitor numbers still below pre-pandemic mark / Global shifts blamed for attendance results
22.05.2023
CHINAPLAS
Organiser reports quarter of a million visitors / Only one in nine hails from abroad
16.05.2023
JEC WORLD
World's leading composites trade fair opens its doors in Paris / Around 35,000 visitors expected
26.04.2023
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