22nd FAKUMA Nearly Booked Out

Trade fair dates: 16 to 20 October 2012 at the Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre

The machinery and equipment sector for the plastics manufacturing and processing industry is once again the talk of the town in 2012 with its impressive growth figures. However, growth rates are only one side of the coin, because the globalised markets are more volatile than ever and react very quickly to all external market factors. Increasing scarcity of resources and the compulsion towards energy efficiency and reduced energy consumption could be mentioned here as examples. There’s no alternative to increasingly efficient use of resources in production and, above all, greater material and energy efficiency in plastics processing, for which reason the creativity and the innovative spirit of the entire plastics industry are in great demand.

All Floor Space Available for FAKUMA 2012 Already Allocated

In this respect, the 22nd FAKUMA is casting its shadow in advance. After all, FAKUMA is enjoying a relentless booking boom which is currently expressed in terms of two impressive figures: more than 1000 exhibitors and nearly 95% firm booked exhibition floor space. A total of up to 915,000 square feet of overall floor space is available in the ultramodern Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre.

Medical Technology as Dynamic Market Driver

Not least of all, a further market factor is generating additional demand for participation at FAKUMA, namely the increasing acceptance of modern plastics and their highly diverse range of possible applications in the field of medical technology. And thus the “Medical Engineering” theme park initiated last year and organised by collaboration partner Hüthig Verlag publishers has proven itself a bull’s eye, which will be continued in 2012. Further highlights for product presentations include stand-alone and system solutions which fulfil requirements for material and energy-saving production of plastic parts. This complex topic is the central thread which runs through the entire process sequence for quality-conscious manufacturing of plastic parts, regardless of whether injection mouldings, extruded products or thermoformed workpieces are involved.