德国腓德列斯哈芬国际塑料加工技术展览会(Fakuma)是全球最大之一的塑料技术展览会，是塑料行业的专业盛会，该展创建于1991年，每年一届，连续举办两年隔一年举行即三年举办两届，Fakuma展闻名于世，不光在于她的大规模，更在于她的召开催生了新的激励因素，也为该行业所有领域带来新的业务机遇。该展会的举行地点菲德烈港是欧洲塑料工业的心脏，展会并提出世界一流的，涵盖了注塑成型和挤出各方面的全面服务。无论是原材料，加工设备，周边设备，自动化解决方案或碳技术是参与-作为信息和思想的来源FAKUMA功能，并成为一种趋势晴雨表的同时保留其非常特殊的，个人及轻松的气氛时间。展会上推出了高性能设备和材料，这使当年塑料行业原材料及机械和中间产品的需求得到了满足，让企业把制作工作做得更好更快更廉价。
展会回顾及相关数据：第二十四届2015年来自38个国家1780家企业参展，展出面积达85000平米，来自120个国家45721名专业观众分享了本次盛会；第二十三届2014年来自全球36个国家的1772家企业参展，117个国家的45689名专业观众参观；第二十二届2012年来自35个国家的参展企业达到1700家，观众44176名；2011年来自33个国家1672家企业参展，展出面积达到915000平方尺，有来自119个国家的44823专业人士参观了本届展会。2006的各种数据显示表明，她又一次刷新了历年来创下的记录，参展企业达到了1345家，参观商更是达到了5万1千名（比2006增加了近4000人次）出展面积达8万平米。
展品范围(Show Products):
1、塑料机械及设备Machines：Machines and equipment for processing,recycling（再生处理机）、Extruders and Extrusions plants（塑料挤出机）、Injection moulding machines（注模机）、Blow moulding machines（吹膜机）、Presses（压缩设备）、Machines for producing and for treating reaction resins(also concentrated)（浓缩机）、Other processing machines and other processing plants（其它处理机械设备）、Processing machines（处理机）、Machines and plants for finishing,decorating,printing and marking（塑料成型机、装饰机、印刷机、标记机）、Welding machines（焊接机）、Tools,parts and components（工具及元器件）、Peripherals（外围设备）、Measuring,controlling,regulating and proofing equipment（测试、控制、调节、试验设备）、Further machines（更多塑料机）；
2、成品及半成品Finished and semi-finished products：半成品、技术部分及加固塑料产品Semi-finished products,technical parts and reinforced plastic products；
3、原材料及辅助材料Raw and auxiliary materials：原材料、混合材料、辅助材料、添加剂、染料Raw materials,Compounds,Further auxiliaries,Additiver,Dye；
4、Organisation（行业组织）：服务、印刷厂房、协会Services,Publishing houses,Association。
展会报告(Show Reports):
The 28th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing was held successfully from the 17th through the 21st of October, 2023. With 1636 exhibitors (10% more than at the last Fakuma in 2021) in twelve exhibition halls and several foyer areas, the trade fair was booked out as a plastics celebration that sparked off a great barrage of fireworks. A full house, satisfied exhibitors, 39,343 enthusiastic expert visitors and forward-looking topics – the overall results are quite impressive.
The trade fair promoters promised a plastics celebration – and that’s exactly what Fakuma 2023 was! 1636 exhibitors showcased a wealth of innovations on 85,000 square metres of exhibition floor space and, above all, presented a promising outlook for the future in terms of plastics degradability and recyclability. All in all, trade fair subject matter was based on thematic focuses including digitalisation, automation, flexibility, energy-efficiency and sustainability. The establishment of closed-loop material flows, product optimisation targeted at recycling and the processing of recyclates for high-end applications were often at the top of the agenda. On the whole, the new technologies are pursuing the current challenges of resource conservation and net-zero emissions.
High Levels of Internationalism, Satisfied Exhibitors 44% of the exhibitors journeyed to Friedrichshafen from outside of Germany: 134 companies from Italy, 120 from China, 79 from Switzerland, 70 from Austria, 58 from Turkey and 55 from France. Enthusiastic, affirmative voices prevailed throughout. Dr. Micaela Lorenzi, CEO of Green Chemicals, sees Fakuma as “a fantastic trade fair”. She and her team exhibited in Friedrichshafen for the first time this year – after two years, the Italian company finally got off the waiting list and into the exhibition hall. Green Chemicals presented environmentally friendly solutions for polymers and their recycling, and intends to participate again next year. “Because this is where the industry meets” – this is the concise, hard-hitting argument in favour of participation put forward by Daniel Römhild, General Manager of WIS Kunststoffe. “For us, Fakuma is an ideal platform for exchanging ideas with customers and highlighting the advantages of collaboration,” emphasised Rüdiger Dzuban, head of marketing at ONI in Lindlar, Germany.
Always Close to the Customer at Fakuma
Jörg Stierand, sales manager for automotive products at Leonhard Kurz, regards Fakuma as “a great platform” for demonstrating products and machinery solutions, and for developing new fields of business with existing and potential customers. For Thomas Rätzsch, managing director of Aurora Kunststoffe, “Fakuma is the ideal setting for speaking with all of the partners we need in order to implement new, sustainable plastics solutions”. Bernd Schäfer, managing shareholder of Deifel Buntfarbenfabrik, described Fakuma as “the trade fair par excellence! It’s an outstanding platform for connecting with customers and expanding our network. We’re always close to the customer at Fakuma.” Injection Moulding Machines as Crowd-Puller
Traditionally, large injection moulding machines have always been fascinating eye-catchers and genuine crowd-pullers. New products in this area included systems with all-electric drives, which make the machines flexible and powerful. Lots of sustainable concepts were also presented for packaging, recycling compounds and metal substitution solutions. Amongst other things, machines for grinding and shredding were showcased at the trade fair, as well as modern cooling systems and energy-efficient mould-temperature control technology, systems for process monitoring and data acquisition and, of course, innovations from the field of industrial 3D printing. The increasing use of renewable instead of fossil-based raw materials was also a wide-spread topic of discussion at Fakuma. One step at a time, the industry is working towards the use of bio-based raw materials in numerous applications.
Step by Step to a Circular Economy
Fakuma 2023 supported a significant development: holistic product conceptualisation and the promotion of recycling and degradability. Design for recycling: this is the fundamental maxim – as of immediately … because plastic is a valuable resource which needs to be perceived as such to a much greater extent by the general public. The roundtable discussion on the subject of “Plastic – Recyclable Material Rather Than Problem Material” has demonstrated impressively that lots of clarification is still required in this area. Circular economy is neither just waste management or an environmental policy, nor is it simply industrial or economic policy – it’s everything together. This is why all involved parties are called upon to work together and tackle the challenges. The industry is now rolling up its sleeves in order to vigorously deal with the tasks of the months to come, and it’s looking forward to meeting again in Friedrichshafen with many further developments and future-oriented solutions at the 29th Fakuma from the 15th through the 19th of October, 2024.
