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More than 3,000 visitors took the opportunity to meet face-to-face at the Compounding World Expo in Essen at the end of September
Europe’s compounders get back to face-to-face meeting in Essen
The Compounding World Expo finally went ahead in Essen in Germany at the end of September, provid- ing a long overdue oppor- tunity for face-to-face meeting and networking
The Compounding World Expo and Plastics Recycling World Expo made success- ful returns to Messe Essen in Germany on 29-30 Septem- ber 2021. This year’s event saw the addition of two new exhibitions, the Plastics Extrusion World Expo and Polymer Testing World Expo. A total of 217 exhibitors
took part in the event, 18% more than when the expos previously ran in 2018. This increase was realised despite the withdrawal of significant numbers of Chinese and some other overseas exhibitors that were not able to participate
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because of ongoing Covid travel restrictions. The event attracted 3,269 visitors with 52% coming from outside Germany. The free conference programme also proved a big draw with more than 3,100 individual session attendances recorded. Nikola Whyman, Head of
Marketing at AMI, Com- pounding World’s parent company and organiser of the expo said: “Our total number of attendees was slightly lower than in 2018, which was expected given the ongoing restrictions on some overseas and com- pany travel. However, we were very pleased to achieve 81% of our pre- pandemic visitor numbers. It underlines the value that these focused plastic industry shows deliver for exhibitors and visitors alike.”
COMPOUNDING WORLD | November 2021 Compounding group
Benvic presented details of a new line of hygiene compounds and additives at the expo that it is marketing under the Plastisafe name. Product Marketing Manager Eric Grange said the new product is not an antimicro- bial but can provide bacterial protection in products such as hospital equipment. “It modifies the electrostatic properties of the material so that bacteria does not adhere,” he said. The Plastisafe technology is available for PVC, PS and PA and is suitable for food contact applications. Masterbatch specialist
Colloids announced a new facility at its UK headquarters that will develop bespoke polymer composites using its Graphanced graphene masterbatch technology. The Graphanced Bespoke
Graphene Masterbatch Service will be headed up by New Product Development Manager Dr Marios Michai- lidis, who has been closely involved in the company’s graphene R&D work. A focus of the Coperion
presence was recycling, where Recycling and Direct Extrusion Business Segment Manager Jochen Schofer said the emergence of chemical recycling is opening up more opportu- nity for twin screw com- pounding systems. “From a market perspective this is a big potential. For chemical recycling there are a lot of applications that need five tonne or 10 tonne [output rates] — this cannot be done with single screw extruders,” he said.
Schofer said the company
is also realising opportunities in more challenging me-
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