PLASTICS RECYCLING WORLD EXHIBITION | EVENT REVIEW


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with compounding at expos More than 4,000 expert visitors attended AMI’s first Plastics Recycling World Exhibition and Compounding World Expo in Essen, Germany last month. We take a look back at the events


The Plastics Recycling World Exhibition, and co-located Compounding World Expo, made a very successful debut last month, attracting 184 exhibitors and 4,024 visitors to Messe Essen in Germany on 27-28 June. Organised by Plastics Recycling World publisher AMI, the focused plastics industry expos boasted an international audience – 42% of attendees came from Germany, 50% from the rest of Europe and 8% from outside of Europe. That final group included attendees from as far afield as South Africa, Brazil, China and South Korea. “We are absolutely delighted with the response to our first exhibitions, which were very well supported by the international plastics recycling


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and compounding industries,” said AMI’s Head of Exhibitions, Rita Andrews. “We’ve had extremely positive feedback about the Essen shows from exhibitors and visitors alike”. Exhibitors reported large numbers of meetings with high-quality contacts on both days of the event. More than 60% of exhibitors have already reserved space for the next European versions of the shows, which will return to Messe Essen on 3-4 June 2020. Many have also booked stands at the first US versions of the Compounding World and Plastics Recycling World Expos, which will take place in Cleveland, Ohio, US, on 8-9 May 2019. Exhibitors highlighted the focused nature of the Essen expos. “I have received more quality leads in


Main image: There were a combined 184 exhibitors at the expos in Essen


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