Plastic Machinery Trade Fairs Around the World

Plastic machinery trade fairs are a very popular and effective forum for buyers and sellers to not only interact but also conclude mutually beneficial business deals. You can develop contacts here and learn about technologies. At any given point in time there is a trade exposition happening; each has its own strong points. You cannot be present at each and every plastic machinery event there is but there is no harm in keeping abreast of developments. Every such event is an opportunity for manufacturers to showcase something new. There is no substitute to seeing a machine live in action and a fair is a great opportunity to compare machinery in terms of cost, performance, maintenance, etc.

The biggest and the best plastic machinery and rubber industry trade fair is the K trade fair to be held in Germany this year, from 27thOctober to 3rdNovember. It is one of the leading machinery events in Europe and attracts suppliers, traders, brokers, buyers, etc. On display are raw materials, intermediate materials, machines, finished items, semi-finished products, etc. The K trade fair is looked forward to eagerly by buyers that wish to learn about the best European plastic manufacturing machinery. This trade fair takes place once every three years.

Another popular triennial trade fair is the NPE, the last edition of which was held in 2009 in Washington D.C, America. Orlando, Florida will play host to the 2012 NPE.

Here are some trade events that should be of interest to you if you are connected in any way to the plastics industry.

• INTERPLASTICA 2010 – This machinery fair is held in Russia. The 13thINTERPLASTICA was organized in Moscow between 26th- 29thJanuary 2010. This event Is always well-attended by manufacturers from Europe and buyers from all over the world.
• Brasilpack – Sao Paulo, Brazil played host to this fair that attracted more than 20,000 visitors over the five days that it ran. It was scheduled from 22nd- 26thMarch, 2010 and suppliers from 30 countries participated. This is one of the marquee plastics machinery trade fairs in South America.
• Plastec Russia – Another Russian event held in St. Petersburg from 9th-12thMarch, 2010. This event has a reputation of attracting businesspersons of diverse profiles from niches that include plastics, processing and production machinery, molds, machinery components, etc.
• Plast Imagen – Latin Americans in the plastics business have this trade fair to look forward to. As with so many other fairs, this one too was held in March, from 23rd-26th, in Mexico City, Mexico.
• Plastika Italy – Parma saw the convergence of buyers, sellers, and dealers interested in plastics industry between 25th-27thMarch, 2010. The machinery on display included extrusion lines, injection & blow molding, preprocessing and recycling machines.
• PLASTEX – The Middle East and North African region (MENA) is where this fair is held. The 2010 edition was hosted in Cairo from 13thMay to 16thMay and logged in a very impressive 500 exhibitors.