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Fakuma 2017
W
hen the doors open at
the Friedrichshafen Ex-
hibition Centre on Lake
Constance on the 17th of October,
the region where three nations
meet will once again be focused
entirely on plastics technology
through the 21st of October, 2017.
With the Fakuma international
trade fair for plastics processing,
being held this year for the 25th
time, private trade fair promoters
P.E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG will set
the next new record on the occa-
sion of the upcoming anniversary
event! For the first time ever, more
than 1800 exhibitors from 37
countries will participate. A full
house with more than 1800 ex-
hibitors and full occupancy of all
exhibition floor space, as well as
the foyers of the Friedrichshafen
Exhibition Centre, in order to
provide as many technology and
market leaders from all over the
world with a platform for the pres-
entation of their products – with
915,000 square feet of overall
exhibition floor space, maximum
occupancy has been reached with
the current hall layout.
And 25 editions of Fakuma are
above all 36 years of industrial
development for the processing
of plastics as well, which have
lived through numerous techno-
logical highs – as well as accept-
ance lows – during this period
of nearly four decades. Without
a doubt, the innovations and
optimisations presented at the
respective Fakuma trade fairs,
for example rising levels of pro-
duction efficiency and at the
same time the conservation of re-
sources and reduced energy con-
sumption, as well as increased
recycling, have made a strong
contribution to objectivising dis-
cussions concerning all aspects
of plastics. Fakuma’s exhibition
portfolio, which is clearly regu-
lated by its nomenclature, has
reflected this fact in the past and
continues to do so today – by
presenting the entire process
sequence for industrial plastics
processing from raw materials
to product design, as well as tool
and mould making, right on up to
documented quality production
and highly developed recycling
systems.
As opposed to in the past, the
term plastics technology is now
no longer associated with nega-
tive notions, because serious
efforts of the plastics process-
ing industries targeted at effi-
cient use of raw materials, high
levels of functionality, longest
possible service life and consist-
ent recycling are bearing fruit in
many places. Highly significant
technology and industry events
like the Fakuma international
trade fair for plastics process-
ing, and others too, have played
a considerable role in this posi-
tive development, and have thus
have made their contribution to
broad-based acceptance of plas-
tics in private settings as well as
in work environments. The fact
that a trade fair should be, and is
per se a pivotal point for the pres-
entation of products, solutions
and services, but nevertheless
should also make it possible for
customers/users to take the all-
important look beyond their own
horizons, could be mentioned
here as an example – namely to
the effect that an adequate sup-
plementary programme is organ-
ised at the respective event for
whose alignment and execution
world class speakers and con-
tact persons are made available
for all concerns associated with
plastics processing.
Text & Image:
P. E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG
Gustav-Werner-Straße 6
D-72636 Frickenhausen
Fakuma 2017:
More than 1800 Exhibitors
from 37 Countries at the 25th Fakuma
17.– 21.10.2017