4,024 visitors | 184 exhibitors | 75 speakers
The launch of Compounding World Expo and Plastics Recycling World Expo in 2018 in Essen, Germany received an overwhelming positive response from the plastics industry. The co-located events created a marketplace for stakeholders from across the
supply chain to make new connections, source innovative technology and grow their business. Attendees came away from this event energised from 2 days of networking and learning.
The exhibition hosted over 180 exhibitors demonstrating their latest technology and services from every part of the plastics supply chain from raw materials to end-of-life solutions. Visitors had a combined purchasing budget of over €4.6 billion.
Exhibitors included:

Kubota Brabender Technologie GmbH is one of the world's leading manufacturers of gravimetric and volumetric feeders for bulk materials such as granulates, powders, liquids, and fibres in all industrial sectors. The company has over 65 years of expertise in the field of high-precision digital weighing technology and has continuously developed and enhanced its universal and special metering systems, controls, and discharge aids. Their broad product portfolio consists of Loss-in-weight-feeders, weigh-belt feeders, single and twin-screw feeders, vibratory tray feeders, bulk bag discharge aids for silos and bins, and bulk ingredient mass flow meters. In 2022, Kubota Brabender Technologie GmbH became a fully owned subsidiary of the Kubota Corporation of Osaka, Japan. Kubota Brabender Technologie offers its technical and consulting services globally through a worldwide network of subsidiaries and representatives.
Conference
Running alongside the exhibition was the Compounding World Expo and Plastics Recycling World Expo conference, where speakers demonstrated their expertise on the biggest issues facing the industry and their predictions for the future.
Speakers included:
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Dr. Oliver Frey
Ensinger GmbH
Head of Compounding Department -
Yves Carette
Ampacet Corporation
President & CEO -
Peter Torma
Inno-Comp Kft.
Managing Director -
Heinrich Lingnau
A. Schulman
Senior Vice President and General Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa -
Dr. Christof Krogmann
Kingfa Sci & Tech. Europe
General Manager -
Yves Heroes
Kem One
Director Marketing & Sales -
Marco Cenisio
Clariant
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Business Unit Masterbatches -
Roger Beuting
VAN SCHERPENZEEL GROUP - part of VEOLIA
Managing Director -
Keith Freegard
AXION POLYMERS
Business Development Director -
Peter Wiedemann
WIPAG
General Manager -
Bernd Sparenberg
ALBIS PLASTIC
Vice President BU Technical Compounds
Attending companies
These are just some of the hundreds of compounders, processors, recyclers, end-users and brand-owners that were represented in 2018:
Acteco ● Akro Plastic ● Ampacet ● APK ● Asahi Kasei ● Attero ● Autoneum ● Avery Dennison ● Bemis ● Berry Alloc ● Bic ● Bischof + Klein ● Cofresco ● Coca Cola ● Decathlon ● Deltacom Electronics ● DS Smith ● Electrolux ● Galloo Plastics ● Huhtamaki ● Inno-Comp ● Innovia Films ● Interseroh ● Johnson & Johnson ● KraftHeinz ● Lego ● Leoni ● LyondellBasell ● Mars Confectionery ● Mauser Packaging ● Nespresso ● Nestlé ● Nexans ● Oerlikon ● PolyOne ● ProAmpac ● Profine ● Reckitt Benckiser ● Rehau ● Renolit ● Röchling ● RPC-BPI ● Sabic ● Schur Flexibles ● Sogapol ● Taghleef ● Tarkett ● TE Connectivity ● Tetra Pak ● Unilever ● Veka ● Veolia ● Wavin ● and many more