PLAST 2026 closed with great success, reaffirming its position as the leading international exhibition for the plastics and rubber industry. The event welcomed 35,000 visitors from 110 countries and featured more than 1,000 exhibiting companies, highlighting its key role despite the challenging global economic environment.
PLAST 2026 hosted three satellite shows, dedicated to three supply chains of excellence in the sector: RUBBER (fifth edition), 3D PLAST (fourth edition) and PLAST-MAT (third edition).
The European plastics manufacturing industry, represented by Plastics Europe, has welcomed the European Commission's recent proposal to revise the Emissions Trading System (ETS). The proposed revision…
Despite positive elements, proposal for a review of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) raises fundamental concerns across large parts of the European chemical industry. This is the view of Cefic, w…
Colines is making available a highly versatile test-line, a Polycast 9-layer cast film extrusion line for customer trials at its headquarters in Nibbia (Novara, Italy), starting from mid-September. Fe…
Ineos and Norwegian recycling company Recuro have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a state-of-the-art advanced recycling facility at Ineos’ Bamble polymer site in Norway. Once commissio…
Global chemical leader LyondellBasell announced an innovative flexible packaging solution for Marabou chocolate bars, developed in collaboration with Mondelez International, Amcor, Taghleef Industries…
The Council of the European Union formally adopted the regulation concerning circularity requirements for vehicle design and the management of end-of-life vehicles (ELV). The new rules will ensure tha…
Just over a fortnight after the close of Plast 2026, MacPlas met with Filippo Sola, Senior Sales Manager, Engineering Plastics at Basf Italia, to gather his impressions of the twentieth edition of the…
Covestro has announced a strategic MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate) investment program to reinforce its global leadership position and strengthen long-term supply security for customers worldwide…
The Lego Group on 24 June officially opened Kornmarken Campus, its first dedicated global manufacturing innovation centre. The new campus is part of the company’s investment in manufacturing technolog…
During Plast 2026, WM Thermoforming Machines not only attended the fair at Fiera Milano in Rho (Milan) as exhibitor but also hosted a two-day open house at its headquarters in Stabio, Switzerland, off…
1,323 exhibitors
38,000
visitors
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