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9 Extrusion International 5/2022  The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) has added association events experts, Smithbucklin, and Smithbucklin-owned company, 360 Live Media, to the team planning NPE2024: The Plastics Show through 2027. NPE2024, the largest plastics trade show in the Americas, will bring to- gether companies from throughout the plastics value chain, showcasing the newest, state-of-the-art plastics technology and industry innovations. Smithbucklin will provide exhibitor sales and support services and 360 Live Media will deliver marketing and media strategies to the NPE and PLAS- TICS team. “We want the best in the business working on NPE,” said Glenn Ander - son, COO at PLASTICS. “We talked to a lot of groups, and it was clear that Smithbucklin and 360 Live Media bring the right combination of suc- cessful association experience and events expertise to the table.” NPE ® is a flagship brand and event for PLASTICS, with a pedigree stretch- ing back to 1946. “Smithbucklin is thrilled to welcome NPE: The Plastics Show to our portfo- lio of exhibit sales clients,” said Tom Myers, Senior Vice President, Sales Services, Smithbucklin. “360 Live Me- dia thrives on working with the most ambitious teams in our space,” said Jack Macleod, President of 360 Live Media. “We look forward to leverag- ing the full heft of our combined sales and marketing teams to drive results for NPE and PLASTICS.” In 2018, NPE staged its largest-ever show with 2,182 exhibiting compa - nies occupying more than 1.2 million net square feet of sold-out exhibit floor space. PLASTICS COO Anderson, a then-PLASTICS member and former Chair of NPE2018, concluded, “I’d like nothing more than to see NPE2024 blow our 2018 numbers out of the water, and Smithbucklin and 360 Live Media are the right partners to help us do it.” 
The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) www.plasticsindustry.org 
Smithbucklin www.smithbucklin.com 360 Live Media www.360livemedia.com  Gabriel-Chemie has been pro- ducing its well-known quality mas- terbatch under the brand name “Maxithen” since 1970. As a supple - ment to the "Maxithen" products, the company recently presented its new sustainable product lines "Max - iLoop" and "MaxiBlue". At the same time, Gabriel-Chemie presents new white premiummaster- batch with a 10% reduced CO 2 foot- print. The formulations have been optimised, raw materials with a re- duced carbon footprint are used and now offer customers a product to re- duce their carbon footprint. For the resource-saving production of the CO 2 -reduced white, 100% en - ergy from renewable sources is used at the Austrian site, which consists, among other things, of self-generat- ed electricity from our own photovol- taic system. This represents a serious alternative without having to com- promise on performance, function- ality or application. An EU and FDA approval enables the CO2-reduced white to be delivered worldwide and to provide further sustainable solu- tions for customers. 
Gabriel-Chemie Gesellschaft m.b.H. www.gabriel-chemie.com NPE2024: The Plastics Show – Planning Team New Carbon Reduced Masterbatch