NEWS
Growing plastics shows return to Cleveland in US in 2020
Three free-to-attend exhibitions focused on compounding, plastics recycling and extrusion will return to the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio, US, on 4-5 November 2020, where they will be joined by a new expo focused on polymer testing and analysis. The Compounding World
Expo, Plastics Recycling World Expo and Plastics Extrusion World Expo, which are organised by Injection World publisher AMI, made highly successful US debuts in Cleveland in May 2019, attracting a total of 261 exhibitors and 4,375 visitors. The three expo events are set to grow in size for this year. The Polymer Testing
World Expo is a new focused exhibition and conference for scientists, laboratory staff and re- searchers who develop, test and analyse new polymer
Some of the 4,375 visitors to the 2019 show in Cleveland
materials, formulations and products. It will benefit from considerable crossover with the other exhibitions –1,091 of the visitors to the other three expos in 2019 said they were involved in R&D and materials testing. The exhibitions see the
return of the five free confer- ence theatres for 2020. These proved highly popular last year, attracting large crowds for their series
of technical papers, market forecasts, practical training seminars, and lively busi- ness debates. “We were absolutely delighted with the response to our first US exhibitions, which were very well supported by the North American plastics extrusion, recycling and compounding industries,” said AMI’s Head of Exhibitions, Rita Andrews. “We’ve had extremely
positive feedback about the Cleveland shows from exhibitors and visitors alike.” More than 200 compa- nies have already booked their booths for the four focused expos in Cleveland in 2020. They include Amut, Atlas, BYK, Clariant, Coperi- on, Cumberland, Davis Standard, Dover Chemical, Entek, Erema, Farrel Pomini, Gneuss, Heritage Plastics, Konica Minolta, KraussMaf- fei Extrusion, Leistritz, Maag, Maguire, Matsui, Milliken, Netzsch, NFM, NGR, Nordson, Omya, Piovan, PolyOne, PTi, Q-Lab, Reifenhauser, Struktol, Thermo Fisher, Vecoplan, Wacker, Windmöller & Hölscher, Zoltek and many more.
Booths at the exhibitions
start at less than $4,000. For more information, download the brochure here, or contact AMI’s exhibition team at exhibition_sales@
ami.international
Mattel using biobased plastics in toys
At the Nuremberg Toy Fair, Mattel announced the launch of products made from bio-based PE in three of the pre-school building sets in its Mega Bloks range: Polar Friends, Safari Friends and Woodland Friends. These will now be rolled out to retailers globally, the company said. Mattel confirmed the PE it is using in these Mega Bloks items is supplied by Braskem. The group is also using it for Fisher Price Rock a Stack line. Mattel says it has ongoing trials with bio-based and
recycled polymers. It currently uses mostly PE and ABS for bricks. Mattel has a goal to achieve 100% recycled, recyclable or biobased plastics in its products and packaging by 2030. �
www.megabloks.com
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A Mega Bloks range made using bio-based PE
IMAGE: AMI
IMAGE: MATTEL
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