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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
PLAST 2026: GROWING NUMBER
OF NEW EXHIBITORS
platform for presenting innovations
and developing commercial partner-
ships. The organisation also aims to
significantly increase the presence
of international visitors with repre-
sentatives from the main destination
countries for Italian exports, thanks to
buyer delegations organised in collab-
oration with ICE Agency and strate-
gic agreements with important trade
associations, both within the sector
and representative of target markets.
Free pre-registration for visitors will
be active from March 2026. The event
will further enrich its offering with a
last 2026 is preparing for its twentieth
edition, scheduled for 9-12 June 2026 at programme of side events to be announced in
PFiera Milano in Rho, registering a positive the coming weeks.
performance despite the complex international The "Made in Europe" machinery segment is
geopolitical and economic scenario character- characterised by a strong export orientation, in-
ised by trade tensions and instability in global cluding towards emerging markets with growing
markets. The Milan-based event, Europe's pre- investment propensity, and maintains a strategic
mier trade fair of the year for the plastics and role in the global scenario. Access to these mar-
rubber sector, demonstrates its resilience with kets represents a fundamental lever for consoli-
the participation of over 160 new exhibitors to dating the excellence of European companies,
date compared to the previous edition in 2023, particularly manufacturers of machinery for plas-
30% of which are represented by international tics and rubber processing. The twentieth edi-
companies. This result takes on particular signifi- tion promises to be an exclusive showcase for
cance in a decidedly complex market context, the most advanced solutions for the plastics and
which sees strategic sectors such as automotive rubber industry, confirming the tradition of ex-
undergoing a phase of transformation and ad- cellence that has characterised the Milan event
aptation to current global dynamics. for decades and responding to growing require-
ments in terms of technological innovation and
The ability to attract new exhibitors in this sce-
nario confirms the solidity and international ap- environmental sustainability in the sector.
peal of Plast and underlines the sector's grow- Source - https://www.plastech.biz/
ing confidence in the Milan event as a reference
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