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PLAST 2018 | EXHIBITION REVIEW


Plast pulls in the crowds


Long established as a shop window for Italy’s plastics machinery industry, Plast 2018 drew a strong attendance with the injection moulding sector well represented among the innovations.Peter Mapleston reports


Italy’s Plast 2018 exhibition in Milan from May 29 to June 1 took place in a busy year for major interna- tional shows, coming soon after the annual Chinaplas fair and triennial NPE show in the US. However, Alessandro Grassi, President of the Italian plastics and rubber machinery association Ama- plast and the company that organises Plast, Promaplast, said he was “quite satisfied” with the outcome. Grassi noted “the great satisfaction of the exhibitors, who enjoyed the significant attendance by qualified operators and an impressive number of contracts signed directly at the fair. The expecta- tions — already quite ambitious — ended up being outstripped by reality.” Plast 2018 attracted a total of some 1,500 exhibitors over 55,000m2


of exhibition space.


Promaplast estimated that more than 63,000 people visited the show, although it said an exact number cannot be determined because tickets


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gave admission to four other related shows running at the Rho exhibition ground at the same time. Foreign visitors made up 27.5% of the total number of visitors; it said non-Italian attendees came from 117 different countries, with Spain, France, and Germany the most strongly represented. The injection moulding sector was well repre- sented among the Plast exhibitors, with a wide range of materials and machinery on show. Busi- ness is improving in Domo’s Econamid range, made from recycled textile fibre sourced from partner Aquafil. Sales Director Ron Bult said virtually all of the material is currently going into automotive applications. He pointed out that Domo is unique in having a long-term contract with Aquafil that will enable it to provide a consistent supply of material over several generations of vehicles. One of the company’s latest introductions is Econamid Air, based on recycled PA6 reinforced


Main image: Italy’s Plast 2018 show attracted a strong attendance with plenty of injection moulding innovations on display


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