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FAKUMA 2018 | SHOW PREVIEW


Meet us in Friedrichshafen


Compounding World, together with our sister digital plastics magazines, will be at the show and so will some of our colleagues from our events, conference, database and consultancy teams. You can meet up with us on our stand B2222 in Hall B2. Enjoy your visit. www.ami.international/mags


Fakuma 2018 – what’s in


store for compounders As Europe’s plastics industry prepares to set out for Friedrichshafen and the 26th


Fakuma fair, we take a


look at what will be on show for polymer compounders The 26th


Fakuma plastics fair takes place at Frie- drichshafen in Germany on 16-20 October. The event – located on Lake Constance where the high tech engineering regions of Germany, Austria and Switzerland meet – runs every year there is no K show. It has grown considerably over recent years and is now arguably one of the most important plastics exhibitions in Europe. Last year’s event drew almost 1,900 exhibitors and more than 48,000 visitors, according to organiser PE Schall. Injection moulding has long been at the heart of


the Fakuma exhibition and the organisers see it as the number one venue for this technology. “There’s no getting around injection moulding if you want to combine lightweight design and highly complex components”, says Fakuma Project Manager


www.compoundingworld.com


Annemarie Schur. However, there will also be plenty of compounding equipment to see, as well as new compound and additive introductions to explore. Over the next 18 pages we provide a look into what the show holds for plastics compounders.


Agrana Starke will present its Amitroplast thermo- plastic starch (TPS). Suitable for injection and blow moulding and extrusion, the company claims that the biodegradable Amitroplast TPS can be added to compounds at 50% higher loadings than alternatives without compromising processability. It says compounds containing the materials also generate less smoke during processing and particularly in production of blown films. � www.agrana.com


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Main image: The 26th Fakuma plastics fair takes place this month in Friedrichshafen and is likely to draw close to 50,000 visitors


PHOTO: PE SCHALL


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