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11 Extrusion International 6/2023 Interplas – Celebrating 75 Years of Connecting the UK Plastics Industry The UK's No.1 plastics event, Interplas returned to the NEC in Birmingham, celebrating its 75th anniversary. The show was packed with product launches and the latest plastics technology and innovation from over 540 exhibitors from 30 countries. Alongside this inspiring show features and engaging presentations across two stages ensured visiting professionals gained high-level manufacturing insights and actionable ideas that they could take away. Networking was high on the agenda too with the Interplas After Show party and Interplas Social taking place on the first two evenings of the show, enabling the industry to reconnect and recharge at the end of three extremely busy days. Duncan Wood, CEO of Rapid News Group, the organ- iser of Interplas, commented: “The £27 billion UK plas- tics industry came to Interplas to do business and our exhibitors have had an absolutely fantastic week. The industry really came out to celebrate our birthday and we are delighted with the outcome. We are privileged to own and operate this 75-year-old institution called Interplas and it was a real pleasure to announce the In- terplas 75@75 during the week reflecting on who has helped shaped the industry and the event in the last 75 years. Now we look forward to 2026 on our new date- line of June, enabling us to co-locate with our other events TCT 3Sixty and Med-Tech Innovation Expo, and alongside a plethora of additional industrial events from partner organisers Nineteen Group and Mark Al- len Group which will deliver even greater return on in- vestment for our exhibitors and create a real focal point for UK Manufacturing.” Interplas 2026 will take place at the NEC, Birmingham, June 2-4, 2026. www.interplasuk.com Plastpol 2024 – New Technologies, New Supply Chains, New Markets The expo centre’s halls become a factory packed with modern ma- chines and production lines. The pa- vilions are also the place to discuss critical challenges, such as recycling, and establish relationships that re- sult in business development, with a special focus on export. The or- ganisers are already working on the 28th unveiling of the event – from 21 to 24 May 2024. Companies can already book expo stands. The previous May expo’s facts and figures provide extra motivation. Six hundred companies from 29 coun- tries filled all the Targi Kielce expo halls to the brim. About half of the exhibitors are foreign companies representing Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Spain, the Netherlands, In- dia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Por- tugal, Romania, Switzerland, Swe- den, Slovakia, Taiwan, Ukraine, UK, Hungary, Latvia and China. The expo’s role was strength- ened after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. Kielce has become the supply-chains creator. This devel- opment is possible thanks to the presence of exhibitors from three continents –emphasises Kamil Perz, director of the Plastpol project. Business-insider visitors are most interested in expo stands, which feature the most cutting-edge plas- tics processing, treatment and recy- cling machines. Taw materials and feedstock for processing, such as granules and recyclates, as well as transport and logistics offers, are in great demand. The May expo hosted nearly 15,000 people from Poland and abroad. Meetings of entrepreneurs are conducive to discussing changes and industry challenges; the up- coming show’s hot topics include zero-emission and circularity of production. Conferences which fea- ture industry experts also put these themes in the limelight. www.plastpol.com