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drinktec, the world’s leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry, closed its 2025 edition with 58,281 visitors (2022: 50,000 visitors). From September 15 – 19, Munich once again served as the international meeting point for exchange, innovation, and future-oriented projects. Attendees came from 164 countries, with 70 per
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PACK EXPO Las Vegas returns to the Las Vegas Convention Center Sept. 29–Oct. 1, 2025, bringing together more than 35,000 attendees and 2,300 exhibitors across more than 1 million net square feet of exhibit space. Organised by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the show attracts professionals from over
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During K 2025, from 8 to 15 October in Düsseldorf, visitors will have the opportunity on several days to take part in thematically focused guided tours. These tours combine expert knowledge with targeted orientation – ideal for getting an overview of the latest developments in your specific field of interest, presented
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The Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) 2025 will take place 19–20 November 2025 in Cologne, Germany, with both in-person and online participation options available. The EU’s ambitious recycling targets, industry commitments, and consumer demand are putting intense pressure on the recycling sector. While large volumes of waste remain unrecycled, there is growing
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The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) is pleased to announce several new additions across the PLASTICS team, reinforcing the association’s ongoing commitment to protect the industry, promote continued investment in innovation and sustainability, and advocate for the more than one million workers across the plastics supply chain. “I’m thrilled to welcome several
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In response to exhibitor and visitor feedback – and to further expand the event’s regional reach – the organisers of the Plastics Recycling Show Asia (PRS Asia) announced that the 2026 edition will take place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre, Shanghai, China from November 3–5, 2026. The
Read moreEven before the doors of drinktec 2025 open, trade fair organiser Yontex has already announced the date for the next edition: from September 11 to 15, 2028, the Munich exhibition grounds will once again become the global hub of the beverage and liquid food industry. With this change, drinktec is moving
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The 2026 edition of the China International Brew & Beverage Processing Technology and Equipment Exhibition (CBB 2026) is scheduled to take place from October 12 to 15 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. The organisers announced that exhibitor registration is now open. A limited-time early bird discount is available for
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The Renewable Materials Conference (RMC) 2025, the world’s leading event on the renewable carbon economy, will take place from 22–24 September 2025 in Siegburg/Cologne, Germany. Organised by the nova-Institute, the conference will serve as a platform for showcasing strategies and innovations aimed at replacing fossil carbon in the chemicals and plastics
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CHINAPLAS 2025 successfully wrapped up on April 18 with 281,206 visitors (an increment of 13.29% compared to CHINAPLAS 2023 in Shenzhen) in 4 days. Among them, visitors from overseas countries and Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan region of China rocketed to 68,542, accounting for over 24% of total visitors, a remarkable
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According to research by Nortal Consulting, circa 36 million tonnes of polymer (mostly PET and HDPE) have been processed by blow moulding around the world in 2024, mainly to make consumer and industrial packaging valued at c. 97 billion US dollars. Widely employed as a packaging solution, blow moulded plastic bottles
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