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Exhibitors sign up for three new US plastics shows
More than 100 companies have already booked booths at three free-to-attend plastics industry tradeshows that make their US debut next year. Organised by AMI, the Plastics Recycling World Expo, Compounding World Expo and Extrusion Expo will be co-located in the two largest halls at the Hunting- ton Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio on 8-9 May 2019.
Building on the success- ful launch of AMI’s com- pounding and recycling shows in Essen, Germany, in June of this year, the new Cleveland event is shaping up to be the largest plastics industry gathering in the US next year. It will include five free-to-attend conference theatres, plus a networking party for attendees and exhibitors at Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The event builds on the success of earlier shows held in Essen
on the evening of 8 May. “The first Compounding
World and Plastics Recycling World Expos in Essen, Germany attracted 184 exhibitors plus 4,024 visitors, and received an extremely positive reaction from the industry,” said Rita Andrews, Head of Exhibi- tions at AMI. “With the addition of the Extrusion
Expo, we are confident that we will build on these numbers to make the Cleveland event even bigger and busier.” Companies already signed up for booths at the focused Cleveland expos include Azo, Bausano, Beier, Brabender, Buss, Cabot, Chemours, Coperion, CPM Extrusion, Cumberland,
Davis-Standard, Dr Collin, Doteco, Dover Chemicals, Entek, Farrel Pomini, FB-Balzanelli, Ferro, JSW, Leistritz, Luigi Bandera, Macchi, Milliken, Modern Dispersions, NFM, Nordson, Oden Technologies, Omya, Orion, Piovan, Schenck, Struktol, Vertellus, Wacker, Zeppelin. “We’ve been delighted by the very positive industry response to our new tradeshows,” said Andy Beevers, Director of Events at AMI. “We selected Cleveland as the ideal location for the US exhibi- tions because of its easy accessibility for huge numbers of recyclers, compounders and extrud- ers. In addition, the city boasts excellent convention facilities, hotels, restaurants and entertainment options in its revitalised downtown.”
For more information on the Plastics Recycling World Expo 2019, Compounding World Expo 2019 and Extrusion Expo 2019, please visit:
https://www.ami.international/exhibitions
Indorama adds Sorepla to its rPET business
Indorama Ventures (IVL) has acquired French PET recycler Sorepla Technolo- gie from Aeromaritime Systems Group. IVL described Sorepla as “one of the largest plastics recyclers in Europe with a capacity of 52,000 tonnes per annum”. IVL is a major producer of virgin PET, along with polyester fibres and other products. It has been steadily building its PET recycling capabilities this decade, starting with the acquisition of Auriga Polymers in the US in 2011. It
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bought Alphabet in the US and Wellman in Europe in 2012. In 2014, the group added three more PET recyclers: IVI and EcoMex in Mexico, and IPIN in Thailand. The group said: “The acquisition [of
Sorepla] fits into IVL’s long term business as well as our sustainability objectives and signifies our position as a leading recycler in Europe supporting the circular economy. This acquisition expands the opportunity to cater to the increase in demand for recycled PET.”
Sorepla’s facility is located in
Neufchâteau, near to IVL’s existing Wellman Verdun site. Its 52,000 tpa capacity consists of 22,000 tpa of rPET flakes, 16,000 tpa of food-grade rPET pellets, and 14,000 tpa of rHDPE. In a presentation to investors, IVL indicated there are “synergies of management and supply chain from close proximity with IVL’s existing recycling business in France”. �
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www.sorepla.com
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