Less than one year ahead, the “Plast 2018” (www.plastonline.org) trade fair that will be held from 29 May - 1 June 2018 in Milan / Italy has now attracted more than 1,000 exhibitors. Organiser Promaplast (Milan; www.promaplast.org) said there is a 34% increase in the space requested by participants coming from abroad, compared to three years ago. This increase is spread across geographical locations as well as categories, including machinery, equipment, moulds, raw materials and additives. The last Plast trade fair was held in May 2015 and had over 1,500 exhibitors and more than 50,000 visitors (see Plasteurope.com of 27.05.2015).

As part of the "Innovation Alliance", Plast 2018 and four other exhibitions – "Ipack-Ima" and "Meat-Tech" (www.ipack-ima.com/en), "Print4All" (www.print4all.it/en) and "Intralogistica Italia" (www.intralogistica-italia.com/en) – will take place at the same time and are accessible with a single admission ticket. In addition, Plast 2018 will feature three satellite shows: "Rubber 2018", "3D Plast" and "Plast-Mat". For more details about Italy's plastics industry, see Plasteurope.com of 30.05.2017.