Plastics manufacturers heading to Brno

The Brno Exhibition Centre is in for an extraordinarily extensive show of industrial technologies. The participation of exhibitors will be the highest since the onset of the economic crisis in 2008. Besides Czech companies - both domestic manufacturers and representatives of international brands - has also been strengthened by direct foreign participation. A total of 35 countries will be represented and one half of the 1,700 exhibitors will come from abroad. Organizers expect the Brno Exhibition Centre to be visited by at least 75 thousand professionals from various fields of industry from 3 to 7 October.

The Czech economy is growing and its industry is making large investments into new technologies, which is positively reflected in the international exhibitors' interest in participating at the MSV. For the first time in history, the share of foreign participants has now reached almost 50 percent. This is also due to the numerous participation by companies from China, which has been declared the partner country of MSV 2016. More than 150 Chinese industrial companies from Beijing, Shanghai and other industrial centres have registered for this fair; the Chinese national exhibition itself will occupy the entire Hall A1 this year, and additional Chinese companies will be presented in Hall H. As part of the supporting programme will be held, among others, a Czech-Chinese industrial forum, B2B meetings with Czech partners and a Chinese gala evening.

The Chinese participation so as to the area is the most extensive foreign presentation this year. By number of companies, however, the first place is occupied by Germany, wherefrom 274 exhibitors will arrive - 15% of them for the first time. Most of them will present themselves at the IMT (machine tools) and WELDING fairs.

Participation from Slovakia has also expanded; an official stand on an area of 150 square meters is being prepared, as well as the traditional Slovak National Day. Slovakia's largest display occupying an area of 200 square meters has been ordered by the steelworks company Železiarne Podbrezová, which showcases materials and components for engineering as part of a sectoral unit. Additional big displays will be featured by exhibitors of machine tools Trens SK and Makino, getting back again after a year.

Organizers have noticed a remarkable growth of interest by companies from Italy. The biggest displays have been rented by traditional Italian exhibitors such as BLM, Adige (forming) and Moretto (processing of plastics). Italian newcomers include the company Univer (pneumatics and hydraulics sector), P.E.I. and OMCD (components for engineering). A joint display of seven Italian companies will be featured under the patronage of the Italian-Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Austria and Switzerland will also have traditionally strong representations. Hall Z will host official stands of India, represented by its Ministry of Heavy Industry, and Korea, represented by the agency KOTRA (Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency).

PLASTEX 2016 - the part of MSV fair dedicated for plastics industry - will once again boast top exhibitors in large numbers. Participation of all traditional leaders and a number of new firms has forced organizers to extend the originally allocated space, so visitors will find plastics exhibitions both in Hall G1 and in the adjacent Hall G2.

An interesting item is the growing interest from Portugal. While in 2012 the PLASTEX fair did not present a single Portuguese company, two years ago three of them arrived and this year there will be already nine Portuguese exhibitors including a sectoral association on a total area of ​​145 square meters. CEFAMOL, the Portuguese Association for the Mould Industry, was founded back in 1969 and brings together 250 companies. Also interesting is the participation of a company from Iran, which will present its production of raw polymers on an area of ​​45 square meters. It is the first participation of an Iranian company in MSV's modern history after 1989.

Some exhibitors at the PLASTEX fair preliminarily announce interesting exhibits. The company Kuboušek that participates in the Brno fair for the twenty-fifth time in a row, will showcase new technology for plastics processing in Hall G1, including a revolutionary KrausMaffei injection moulding machine of the new CX series with high productivity and energy efficiency. Attention will also be deserves by the display of peripheral devices and measuring technologies, where visitors will view Koch-Technik systems for material transporting and dosing, Regloplas tempering devices, Rapid plastics mills and crushers, Sesotec metal detectors and separators, MTF conveyors and ONI cooling systems.

The company Boco Pardubice machines is exhibiting several production lines. Its Bocomatic regranulation trimmer line is designed to process standard-size granulate, but alternatively it can be adjusted for microgranulation. The Marathon Line recycling plant represents an innovative recycling solution. Thanks to its flexibility, it can handle a broad range of waste plastics and allows the maximum possible amount of waste material to be returned back into the production cycle. The Bocomatic compounding line serves for adding other materials to the base melt polymer material in order to form a material with enhanced required properties and better processability. The process changes both physical and thermal, electrical or visual properties and ensures optimum and extremely fine mixing of the products.

New technologies will also be presented by the company Piovan Central Europe. The N35-60 granulator was designed specifically for large parts, such as injection-moulded food packaging, big bottles and large blow- moulded parts. It is equipped with a unique principle of a tangential cutting system and its rotary blades are inclined relatively to the fixed blades and placed as close as possible to the geometric tangent of the cutting circle. This way, high production performance is achieved using smaller engines, which is a contribution to the minimization of dust and heat generation. Aquatech, a member of the Piovan Group, newly launches on the market a series of DigiTemp Evo thermorefrigerators. The equipment combines elements of temperature control and a water cooler and provides a process fluid in the cooling, heating and freecooling modes.

A wide range of products and supporting services will be presented in Brno by the company Luc Broup, which since 1971 has specialized in manufacturing and processing of hot cast ennobled polyurethane (PUR) elastomers. Luc subsequently applies the material on cylinders, wheels, pulleys, rollers, but also casts parts according to drawings - various stoppers, springs, gaskets, but also complicated shaped parts. The processing methods can be adjusted precisely to suit the customer's specific application requirements. Luc offers a total of more than 350 different material degrees with specific properties, such as high impact strength, resistance to abrasion wear, excellent chemical resistance, increased friction properties and resistance to high temperatures.

Interesting innovations will be brought to Brno also by other companies in the industry. The Austrian company IWZ Industriebedarf will showcase its IWZ Vision - a central data reader for temperature, pressure, flow and volume values, designated for injection moulding machines. The second new feature will be the Toro System Wheel Dry - a drier for plastic granulates. The Polish company Listemann Polska will introduce conformal cooling of tools for plastics moulding usable wherever refrigeration would not be possible or sufficient. Hot nozzles of a proprietary design offer a possibility to produce a hot injection system exactly to the customer's needs. The Zlín-based company "m-tec CZ" in Hall G1 will show a homogenization silo with an internal conveyor designed for the unification of individual batches of production, or mixing two or more plastic granulates.