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Online registration opens for AMI’s US plastics expositions
Online registration has opened for the AMI Plastics World Expos, which run in the USA in November. Taking place for the fourth time, the event will be the largest plastics industry gathering in North America this year. It brings together four focused exhibitions – Plastics Recycling World Expo, Compounding World Expo, Plastics Extrusion World Expo and Polymer Testing World Expo – and is held at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio on 15-16 November 2023. By registering in advance, visitors
receive free admission to all four exhibitions – featuring more than 300 suppliers – and to five conference theatres hosting technical presenta- tions, educational seminars and business debates. Attendees and exhibitors will also have the option to buy tickets (US$50 each) for a net- working party at the Punch Bowl Social on the evening of 15 November. “The event will provide visitors with
a great opportunity to meet and compare suppliers from around the world, as well as giving them the chance to learn from business leaders and technical experts in the confer- ence theatres,” said Andy Beevers, events director at AMI. “When we ran these expos in Cleveland last year,
Last year’s event in Cleveland attracted more than 4,600 visitors
they attracted more than 4,600 visitors – including buyers and specifiers from leading extruders, recyclers, com- pounders, OEMs and brand owners.” The four expos will occupy the
largest halls at the Huntington Convention Center. They will feature an array of manufacturers of extrusion, compounding, recycling and testing equipment, plus suppliers of poly- mers, additives and related services. The five conference theatres will feature more than 100 expert speak- ers over the two days, including influential representatives from leading compounders, extruders, recyclers and testing organisations.
The exhibitor line-up already includes: AdvanSix, Ampacet, BASF, Buss, BYK, Chroma Color, Clariant, Cloeren, Coperion, CPM, Cumber- land, Davis-Standard, Dover Chemical, Entek, Erema, Evonik, Farrel Pomini, Galata Chemicals, Genox, Gneuss, Graham Engineering, Heritage Plastics, IMCD, JSW, KraussMaffei, Leistritz, Lindner, Maag, Milliken, MDI, Netzsch, NFM, NGR, Nordson, Omya, Orion, Perkin Elmer, Polystar, PTi, Q-Lab, Reifenhäuser, Sanitized, Sesotec, SI Group, Steer, Step 2, Struktol, ThermoFisher, TPEI, US Extruders, Vecoplan, Wacker, Wind- moeller & Hoelscher and Zwick/Roell.
A few booths are still available. To find out more about exhibiting at any of the expos, visit
www.amiplastics.com/events/exhibitions. To book your free ticket for the expos and conferences, which is valid for both days of the event, visit:
www.ami.ltd/PWExpos-NA-register.
VDMA: low expectations for 2024 sales
Orders for German plastics machinery have slumped in the first quarter of the year. VDMA, the organisation
that represents machinery makers, reported a 33% decline in new orders,
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compared to the same period in 2022. “That probably means
fewer orders on the books that can be processed and converted into sales in 2024,” said Thorsten
PIPE & PROFILE EXTRUSION | July/August 2023
Kühmann, managing director of the association’s plastics and rubber division. This comes on the back
of a 6% decline in orders in 2022, compared to 2021. Despite this, turnover in
2022 was healthy – showing 10% growth compared to 2021. Order books are still full, suggesting a good sales year in 2023, according to VDMA. �
http://vdma.org/kug
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