FAKUMA 2021 | EVENT REVIEW
Welcome return of live Fakuma exhibition
Several injection moulding machinery groups announced their successful participation in the Fakuma 2021 exhibition in Friedrichshafen, Germany in October
The Fakuma plastics exhibition, with its strong focus on injection moulding, returned to an in-person event in October, following an online version of the event in 2020 which was necessitated by the Covid pandemic. The trade show’s organiser PE Schall and machinery exhibitors expressed their satisfaction with the live event and the high level of business conducted with visitors to Messe Friedrichshafen. Fakuma 2021 had 1,470 exhibitors from 39 countries which PE Schall said underlines Fakuma’s great significance all over the world. Annemarie Schur, Fakuma project manager at the company, said: “Fakuma was even more important this year. On the one hand because on-site trade fairs only became possible again in the fall of 2021, and on the other hand because the issues of environmen- tal protection, circular economy and sustainability
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are an enormous task that we all have to tackle.” “I’m delighted that something like this is possible again,” said Prof Martin Bastian, Institute Director at SKZ in Würzburg, at the trade fair’s opening ceremony. In his technical presentation, he spoke of the work that needs to be done in the plastics industry: “We have to take more responsi- bility for what happens with plastic. We have to ensure that plastic isn’t just accepted, but rather used with enthusiasm as well. And we have to do a lot more to educate people about its benefits.” Engel declared “Fakuma 2021 was a complete success” for the company. The injection moulding industry’s first major face-to-face event after the automotive crisis and Covid pandemic “took place at exactly the right time”, it said. “The automotive industry has returned with
Main image: The stand of injection moulding machine maker Boy at this year’s Fakuma show
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IMAGE: BOY
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