NEWS
Expanding Plastics World Expo to be held in Brussels for 2024
AMI’s next Plastics World Expos will take place at the Brussels Expo in Belgium on 11-12 September 2024. The event, which includes a new focused exhibition and extra features, aims to build on the expos that took place this year in Essen, Germany. The Compounding World Expo and
Plastics Recycling World Expo will be joined in 2024 by the Plastics Extru- sion World Expo, which is already part of the AMI Plastics World Expos in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is Europe’s only focused tradeshow for extruders of film, sheet, pipe, profile and tubing. Each expo has its own dedicated
conference theatre. There will be a new Learning Space theatre hosting educational presentations and training seminars. Another new feature, the Chemical Recycling Zone, is being added to the Plastics Recy- cling World Expo in response to visitor requests. The Plastics World Expos attracted
230 exhibitors and 3,385 visitors from 71 countries to Messe Essen on 14-15 June 2023, making it the largest, most international AMI event in Europe to date.
Andy Beevers, events director at
AMI, said: “We are delighted that our Plastics World Expos continue to
This year’s Plastics World Expos in Germany attracted 230 exhibitors and 3,385 visitors from 71 countries
expand in Europe and are looking forward to accelerating that growth in Brussels next year.” The location has been well re- ceived by exhibitors thanks to its excellent transport connections and proximity to key customers in Bel- gium, North Rhine-Westphalia, the Netherlands and northern France. Peter Imhof, head of sales at the Swiss compounder Polycompound, said: “My favourite part of the show was the networking. You have all you need in one place.” Florian Riedl, director of business development at German plastics
recycler APK, added: “It’s my third time here at the Plastics Recycling World Expo and I can definitely recommend it. It’s always a great place for collaboration.” Companies that have already
booked stands for next year include B+B, Brabender, Coperion, Erema, Farrel Pomini, Gneuss, HPF The Mineral Engineers, ICMA San Giorgio, Krauss- Maffei, Leistritz, LKAB, NGR, Nordson, Pellenc ST, Polystar, Sesotec, Sikora, Sirmax, Sogapol, Starlinger and Weima. For further information, visit:
www.amiplastics.com/events/ exhibitions
North America: Q2 plastics machinery sales fall
Sales of North American plastics machinery declined in the second quarter of this year.
An initial estimate for the period shows a sales value of nearly US$332 million. This is a decrease of around 4% compared to the previous quarter – and nearly 20% lower than Q2 in 2022, according to the
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Plastics Industry Associa- tion’s Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES). Sales of twin-screw
extruders fell 15% com- pared to Q1 2023, and 11% year-on-year – though sales of single-screw extruders grew 39% since the last quarter, and by nearly 41% compared to Q2 2022, said the association.
FILM & SHEET EXTRUSION | September 2023
“Although the US economy exhibited resil- ience in the first half of 2023, the decline in plastics machinery shipments signifies a subdued manu- facturing landscape,” according to Perc Pineda, chief economist at the association. During Q2, US exports of plastics machinery rose by
more than 10%, reaching a total value of nearly $253m. The main export destina- tions, Mexico and Canada, held their positions – collec- tively receiving exports worth more than US$126m. This accounts for half of all US plastics machinery exports, according to the association. �
www.plasticsindustry.org
www.filmandsheet.com
IMAGE: AMI
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