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Fakuma 2026: Promoting Technology – Shaping the Future – Connecting People
The international plastics industry has just concluded five eventful trade fair days packed with technological innovations, in-depth technical…
Round table discussion “Building on Strengths – How Can the European Plastics Industry Enhance Its Resilience?”
Common sense, insight, creativity, innovation and even more involvement – this was the formula for a successful economic future recommended by the…
Full house at the plastics trade fair: the 30th Fakuma is now open!
Amidst great attention and international interest, the trade fair organiser P. E. Schall opened the 30th Fakuma, international trade fair for…
Fakuma Anniversary Edition on the Home Stretch
The 30th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing, covering the entire world of plastics, will take place in Friedrichshafen from…
The Entire World of Plastics Meets at Lake Constance
The programme features retrospectives, previews, insights and much more: with an impressive supplementary programme, the 30th Fakuma is gearing up…
Fakuma 2026: a Multifaceted Programme for the Anniversary Event
The 30th Fakuma will once again be a celebration for the plastics industry from Monday the 12th through Friday the 16th of October, 2026. Exhibitors…
Once again, Fakuma Makes a Strong Statement on Career Opportunities in the Plastics Industry – Career Friday at Fakuma 2026
With Career Friday, Fakuma has created a platform that specifically targets young talent and provides them with practical insights into one of…
Debut at Anniversary Trade Fair: 2026 Fakuma Innovation Award
To mark the 30th Fakuma, taking place this year from Monday the 12th through Friday the 16th of October, trade fair promoters P. E. Schall, in…
Industry Highlight with Strong User Benefits and Unique Spirit
The plastics industry will celebrate a five-day festival in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance from Monday the 12th through Friday the 16th of…
Entire World of Plastics to Meet at the 30th Fakuma in Fall 2026
Preparations for the 30th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing have been launched: together with event promoters P. E. Schall, the…
Great Interest for 30th Fakuma in Fall 2026
Fakuma 2026 will be an anniversary event, and it’s already arousing great interest a year and a half in advance: two thirds of all available booth…
Fakuma 2026 with New Scheduling
The 30th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing will take place in just less than two years with new event scheduling: Fakuma’s…
Tremendous Success for Career Friday!
Career Friday, held as part of the 29th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing, was a complete success in terms of promoting young…
Fakuma 2024 Once Again a Family Celebration for the Plastics Industry
The 29th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing closed in Friedrichshafen as a great success. 1639 exhibitors presented their…
Fakuma 2024 got off to an excellent start
The 29th Fakuma, the international trade fair for plastics processing, has kicked off in Friedrichshafen with 1,639 exhibitors in twelve almost full…
Fakuma 2024 is On the Home Stretch!
The 29th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing has entered the home stretch and will open its doors in about two weeks. The…
Flying high and more: fascinating highlights at Fakuma 2024!
This year's Fakuma, the international trade fair for plastics processing, will be reaching new heights in the literal sense of the word from 15 to 19…
Materials, Processes, Energy: the Focus is on Efficiency at Fakuma 2024
The industry will meet in Friedrichshafen for the 29th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing from the 15th through the 19th of…
The 29th Fakuma presents “Mold your dreams, mold your future” – Career Friday for pupils, students and career starters
The organizer Schall Messen and the advisory boards of the Fakuma trade fair, one of the most internationally renowned events for plastics processing…
“Questions? Get the Answers at Fakuma 2024!”
Exhibitors and expert visitors will meet at the 29th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing from the 15th through the 19th of…
Fakuma 2023 – Innovation Fireworks!
The 28th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing was held successfully from the 17th through the 21st of October, 2023. With 1636…
Fakuma 2023: Plastics Festival in Friedrichshafen
Fakuma 2023 will surely be a feast for plastics. “Spirits are high, the exhibitors are excited about presenting their future-oriented solutions and…
Fakuma 2023: Focus on Plastic as a Recyclable Material!
With excitement and anticipation, the industry is looking forward to the 28th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing in…
Plastics for the Future
Remaining booth locations are filling up in the exhibition halls in Friedrichshafen for the 28th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics…
Fakuma 2023 – Highly Dynamic and Packed with Innovative Power
The 28th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing is being eagerly awaited with great anticipation. The world’s leading trade fair for…
Full Exhibition Halls and Great Enthusiasm for Fakuma 2023
It’s filling up at the Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre: The 28th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing will take place from the…
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…
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…
Fakuma 2021 ready for the starting gun
Only a few more weeks until the first major international presence event for the entire plastics industry in Germany: the 27th Fakuma - International…
Circular Economy at the Fakuma 2021 industry highlight
The 27th Fakuma - International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing - invites you to Friedrichshafen, Germany, from October 12 to 16, 2021, for the…
Fakuma 2021 will be exciting – and characterized by change
Exhibitors and trade visitors are eagerly awaiting the 27th Fakuma - International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing - from October 12 to 16, 2021,…
Fakuma 2021: Topics of the future
For the plastics processing industry, in addition to the digital transformation, the change from a linear to a circular economy is also on the…
Switching to a circular economy
he next Fakuma - International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing - will take place from October 12 to 16, 2021. The 27th trade fair, internationally…
Fakuma 2021: Industry and technology barometer in preparation
The 27th Fakuma - International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing - from October 12 to 16, 2021 is in intensive preparation. The trade show, which…
Fakuma-Virtuell: Online meeting place for the plastics industry
The digital trade fair marketplace Fakuma-Virtuell is all about plastics processing and machining. Here, exhibitors at the 27th Fakuma -…
Official start of Fakuma-Virtuell! The new marketplace for implementing digital transformation in the plastics industry
Fakuma, the international trade fair for plastics processing, has officially launched its new digital trade fair platform Fakuma-Virtuell.…
Special press release: Next Fakuma in October 2021!
Together with the Fakuma 2020 exhibitor advisory board, the Schall trade fair company has decided to postpone the 27th Fakuma - International Trade…
Special press release: Fakuma 2020 gets ready for takeoff!
The 27th Fakuma - International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing - is gearing up for its next trade show appearance from Oct. 13 to 17, 2020.…
Fakuma 2020: Implementing the digital transformation
From Oct. 13-17, 2020, trade visitors will get an overview of all modern plastics technologies when some 2,000 exhibitors present themselves in…
Fakuma 2020: Digitalization and the circular economy
Around 2,000 exhibitors are expected to attend the 27th Fakuma - International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing - from Oct. 13-17, 2020, in…
Fakuma 2020: Digitization, networking and sustainability
Further development at a gallop: all the big names in plastics processing will meet at the 27th Fakuma - International Trade Fair for Plastics…
On trend: digital transformation and circular economy
Fakuma - International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing, recognized as an industry and technology barometer - demonstrates in fast motion how…
On trend: digital transformation and circular economy
Fakuma - International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing, recognized as an industry and technology barometer - demonstrates in fast motion how…
In trend: digital transformation and resource-saving future technologies
Fakuma - International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing, for years the industry and technology barometer of the plastics industry - demonstrates in…
Plastics processing in digitization mode
In the border triangle at Lake Constance, everything that is important in the world of plastics gathered for the 26th time at Fakuma - the…
Plastics processing: injection molding and more
Highly stressable, continuous fiber-reinforced and functional plastic components offer great lightweight construction potential for the automotive…
Demand for plastics and plastics processing increases
Plastics are booming. However, not only the demand is increasing, but also the demands on material and processing quality. Modern solutions for…
Plastics can also be “green”!
Ecologically responsible handling of plastics includes the entire processing chain. What happens to PE, PS, ABS or PET and CFRP today when it has…
Foam and composite plastics save weight!
Fakuma - International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing presents a comprehensive overview of all plastics technologies in Friedrichshafen. Also in…
Plastics industry: demand unbroken
From sports cars to consumer goods, from eyeglass lenses to packaging materials to yoga mats. More and more products today are made of the high-tech…
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