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Nearly 1500 exhibitors will present their international offerings on the world’s leading technical event for industrial plastics processing. Attention will be focused on the latest technologies which promise highly advantageous benefits, as well as processes and tools for efficient plastics processing by means of injection moulding, extrusion, thermoforming and 3D printing. Fakuma will take place from 17 to 21 October 2023.
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28th Fakuma in October 2023 – Booking Levels Already High
The next Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing will take place in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance from the 17th through the 21st of October, 2023. Key issues include injection moulding, extrusion technology,...
Fakuma 2021: Inspiring Plastics Live!
The 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing celebrated an inspiring restart in Friedrichshafen from the 12th through the 16th of October, 2021. 1470 exhibitors from 39 countries came to Lake Constance for the...
Fakuma 2021 - Statements, Highlights & Scenes - Thank you and see you again in 2023!
Our sincere thanks go out to all exhibitors and expert visitors for a successful 27th Fakuma at the Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre! We published trade fair films here every day covering current trade fair activities:...
FAKUMA latest news – the exhibition-news from plas.TV
FAKUMA 2021 I BEST OF
See a best of of FAKUMA 2021 here!
FAKUMA 2021 I Messe Talk I Prof. Dr. Hans-Josef Endres
Only the look of an expert allows a realistic assessment and an answer to the question of how sustainable the...
Exclusively for the 27th Fakuma - U.S. Plastics Market Update
This report provides an update of the U.S. plastics market since the coronavirus pandemic that resulted in the COVID-19 recession in the U.S. This report was prepared exclusively for the 27th Fakuma International trade fair for...
Fakuma 2021 – Ready for Take-Off
In just a few weeks the first major, international on-site event will be held for the entire plastics industry in Germany: The 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing will open its doors in Friedrichshafen...
Circular Economy at Industry Highlight Fakuma 2021
The 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing extends its invitation to the live trade fair in Friedrichshafen from the 12th through the 16th of October, 2021. In addition to the issues of injection moulding,...
Personal contact is irreplaceable
Personal contact to customers, partners and other interested parties at trade fairs can’t be replaced by digital media. This clear-cut statement issued by Sandra Füllsack, managing director of Motan Holding GmbH in Konstanz, is...
Digitalisation in Machine Building – an Evolutionary Process!
Current issues in the plastics processing industry include increasing energy efficiency in production and circular economy, as well as the development and processing of non-petroleum-based polymers. Michael Wittmann, President of...
Fakuma 2021 – Enthralling and Characterised by Transformation
Exhibitors and expert visitors are eagerly awaiting the 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing in Friedrichshafen from the 12th through the 16th of October, 2021. In addition to ongoing developments in the...
Fakuma 2021: Future Issues
In addition to the digital transformation, shifting from a linear to a circular economy is also a key issue for the plastics processing industry. And this is why the 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing,...
Plastics are Indispensable!
Julia Große-Wilde was appointed new managing director of the German Association of Plastics Converters (GKV) in Berlin at the beginning of the year. In an exclusive interview, she explains that one of the current major challenges...
The Course is Set for Circular Economy
The next Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing will take place from the 12th through the 16th of October, 2021. The 27th edition of the event, regarded internationally as the first port of call for injection...
“Transformation of the Plastics Industry Towards More Sustainability has Begun”
Interview with Dr. habil. Thomas Probst of the German Federal Association for Secondary Raw Materials and Waste Disposal
The corona crisis has disrupted numerous markets – including the market for plastics recycling. Until about...
Fakuma 2021: Industry and Technology Barometer in Preparation
Preparation for the 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing from 12 to 16 October 2021 is currently running at full bore. The trade fair, regarded internationally as the first port of call for injection...
Interview with HNP Mikrosysteme
You would have exhibited at Fakuma for the first time this year. Which opportunities does Fakuma offer you for your products and your company?
We have a new system for dosing liquid colours in the plastic injection moulding...
Interview with Fill
Which opportunities does Fakuma offer you for your products and your company?
The Fakuma trade fair has established a meeting place for the plastics industry. We take advantage of the opportunity of presenting our innovations on...
Fakuma Specials

The Start-up Area - for Cutting-Edge Networking
In recent years, numerous young start-up companies have established themselves that are really turning the plastics processing of tomorrow on it's head with their innovative solutions. As a long-standing event, Fakuma would like...
Partner to the trade fair
Foreign representatives
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Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Sigrid Jahn
InterMundio BV
Boylestraat 61
2563 EJ Den Haag
Netherlands -
China (except Taiwan)
Hermann Bohle
Dragon Invest Co., Ltd. Shanghai
1203/1 Lane 258, Yong Xing Road
Shanghai 200071
P. R. China -
Italy
Edgar Mäder
Emtrad
Via Duccio Galimberti 7
12051 Alba (CN)
Italy -
Korea
Ben Huang
THETW Co., Ltd.
12F-1, No. 67 , Yonghe Rd. 1 Sec., Yonghe Dist.,
New Taipei City 23445
Taiwan -
Taiwan
Shever Hsiao
THETW Co., Ltd.
12F-1, No. 67 , Yonghe Rd. 1 Sec., Yonghe Dist.,
New Taipei City 23445
Taiwan -
Turkey
Mehmet Ali Dincer
RFL FAIR
Merkez Mah. Sanayi Cad. Sener Apt. No: 35 Kat: 3
Yenibosna - 34197 Istanbul
Turkey