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FEATURE

Fakuma 2021- Inspiring Plastics Live!

The trade show concludes on higher note with over 1470 exhibitors from 39 countries making their pres-
ence felt post pandemic

From left to right: Bernd Schäfer – Deifel, Bettina Schall – P. E. Schall, Georg Tinschert – Wittmann Battenfeld, Sandra Füllsack – Motan,
Dr. Christoph Schumacher – Arburg

We're back! Finally an on-site trade The exhibitors across countries This is why Fakuma 2021 also set
“fair again with innovations you can showcased their innovations covering all itself the goal of making a significant
actually handle!” This is what everyone aspects of injection moulding, extrusion contribution to pioneering, forward-
was saying at this year’s Fakuma 2021 in technology, thermoforming and 3D looking solutions.“Now we want to
the exhibition halls in Friedrichshafen. printing on 85,000 square metres of look forward to the future together,”
After the compulsory one-year hiatus, overall exhibition floor space. The fact said Bettina Schall, trade fair organiser
the event was held live again. The that 40% of the exhibitors came from and managing director of P. E. Schall
27th Fakuma International trade fair outside of Germany substantiates GmbH & Co. KG. “Fakuma is the
for plastics processing celebrated an Fakuma’s great significance all over the ideal platform for tackling the current
inspiring restart in Friedrichshafen from world, especially in these exceptional challenges faced by the industry. Record
the 12th through the 16th of October, times: “For the companies in our industry figures and superlatives don’t matter this
2021. sector, Fakuma is one of the most fall. The only thing that counts is that we
important industrial trade fairs of all cooperate to get this restart going and
According to the report 1470 exhibitors
from 39 countries came to Lake Constance all,” notes Annemarie Schur, Fakuma carry on with our work.”
for the first major international on- project manager at trade fair promoters “I’m delighted that something like this
site event for the plastics industry this P. E. Schall. “Fakuma was even more is possible again,” said Prof. Dr.-Ing.
fall, and presented injection moulding, important this year. On the one hand Martin Bastian, Institute director of
extrusion technology, thermoforming because on-site trade fairs only became the SKZ in Würzburg, at the trade fair’s
and 3D printing on a world-class level possible again in the fall of 2021, and opening ceremony. In his technical
Overall emphasis was placed on the on the other hand because the issues presentation to an auditorium full of
issues of sustainability, circular economy of environmental protection, circular trade press and guest listeners, he pointed
and recycling. economy and sustainability are an out impressively what needs to be done
enormous task that we all have to tackle.” in the industry: “We have to take more

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