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Over 200 exhibitors book space at free Cleveland plastics shows
More than 200 companies have already booked booths at three exhibitions focused on plastics extrusion, recycling and compounding. The free-to-attend tradeshows and their associated conferences will take place at the Huntington Convention Center in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, USA on 8-9 May 2019. AMI’s Plastics Extrusion World,
Plastics Recycling World, and Com- pounding World Expos will feature processing machinery, auxiliary equipment, polymer materials, addi- tives and related services. “Visitors to the focused shows will be able to compare a huge range of suppliers and new technologies in one convenient location,” said Andy Beevers, AMI’s events and magazines director. “In addition, they’ll be able to learn from expert speakers in the five free-to-attend conference theatres and network at the after-party at Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” he added. The 200+ companies that have
already booked booths include: Alpha Marathon, Addex, Advanced Blending Solutions, BASF, Brabender, Buhler, Buss, BYK, Cabot, Chemours, Clariant,
Above: The Cleveland event will build on the success of AMI’s first free-to-attend exhibitions held in Essen, Germany last year
Cloeren, Colines, Coperion, Cumber- land, Davis-Standard, Dover Chemicals, Dr Collin, Entek, Erema, Exxel Polymers, Farrel Pomini, Ferro, Gneuss, Greiner Extrusion, Heritage Plastics, JSW, Konica Minolta, KraussMaffei Berstorf, Kuhne, Leistritz, Lubrizol, Maag, Maguire, Matsui, Milliken, NFM, Nordson, Oden Technologies, Omya, Pall, Parkinson Technologies, PSI-Poly- mer Systems, Reifenhauser, SI Group, Starlinger, Struktol, Vecoplan, Wacker, Zoltek, and over 150 more suppliers from around the world. The limited number of remaining booths are being filled on a daily basis.
Prices start at $3,400 for a 100 sq ft booth. To find out more about exhibit- ing at any of the expos, visit https://
www.ami.international/exhibitions. “The exhibitions will build on the success of AMI’s first tradeshow for the plastics compounding and recycling sectors, which took place in Essen, Germany last year and attracted more than 4,000 visitors,” said Rita Andrews, AMI’s head of exhibitions. “We are confident it will be the biggest plastics industry gathering in the USA this year.” To book your free ticket, which is valid for both days of the event, visit: �
ami.ltd/Register-AMI-Expos
European machine sales to Russia slump
Germany and Italy saw mixed fortunes in their exports of plastics machin- ery to Russia last year. While Germany raised its sales by around 3%, Italy’s sales to Russia fell by nearly 20%.
Both sets of figures –
Grassi: “Despite uncertainty in Russia, Interplastica has strategic importance for Italian manufacturers”
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which represent the first three quarters of 2018 – were produced ahead of the countries exhibiting at the Russian Interplastica show. The increase in German
PIPE & PROFILE EXTRUSION | January/February 2019
exports comes on the back of a huge 34% rise in sales to Russia in 2017. This, in turn, followed three years of shrinking sales to the region. Full-year exports to Russia are expected to be around €117m – a long way short of its 2013 sales of nearly €219m, said trade body VDMA.
Italy also enjoyed strong sales in 2017 – but these are likely to decline to around €64m for 2018. Extruders
were identified as one of the main “victims” of the sales slump, said trade associa- tion Amaplast. “In spite of persistent
uncertainties in the Russian market, Italian manufactur- ers consider [Interplastica] to be of strategic impor- tance in presenting their technological innovations,” said Alessandro Grassi, president of Amaplast. �
www.amaplast.org �
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