Guided Tours at Fakuma 2026

Experience innovations live, discover new solutions and talk directly with companies: During the Guided Tours, visitors to Fakuma 2026 gain compact insights into current developments in the plastics industry. Two thematic tours lead to selected exhibitors and combine concrete practical examples with expert exchange.

Limited resources, increasing regulatory requirements, and growing pressure to decarbonize make circular economy a central task for the future of the plastics industry. This tour demonstrates how recycling and resource conservation can be combined with technical requirements and economic efficiency.
The focus is on innovative materials and recyclate solutions as well as technologies for efficient recycling and processing. The stops show how post-consumer and post-industrial recyclates can be used in demanding applications, what alternatives to fossil raw materials and metallic materials are emerging, and how intelligent technologies help to save energy, material, and operating costs.
The tour thus makes it clear: Sustainability and cost-effectiveness are not contradictions. The decisive factors are solutions that prove themselves technically and at the same time create concrete added value for production.

These products and technologies can be seen during the tour:

1. Addiplast Group (A7-7004): ADDICIRCLE®
   The new product range combines 20 to 100% post-consumer or post-industrial recycled material with virgin-level mechanical performance. Tailor-made solutions help companies reduce their environmental footprint while meeting decarbonization targets and regulatory requirements.
2. Barlog Plastics GmbH(A3-3109): KEBALLOY® ECO Compounds
   These new developed compounds combine high-quality post-consumer recycled material with high-performance material properties, opening up sustainable alternatives to virgin materials and metallic materials. Equal emphasis is placed on performance, cost efficiency, and processability.
3. Cold Jet GmbH(B3-3110): Aero2 PCS® Ultra This smart dry ice cleaning solution conserves resources, uses no water or chemicals, and leaves no secondary waste. The non-abrasive process protects tools and moulds and effectively removes recycled material deposits – using recycled industrial CO₂.
4. FKuR Kunststoff GmbH(B4-4405): I’m green™ bio-based PE
   This bio-based PE replaces fossil-based polyethylene as a drop-in solution and can be processed on existing equipment without modifications. Recyclable and with a drastically lower carbon footprint, it offers a practical solution for resource-efficient products and a more circular economy.
5. Hellweg Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG(A1-1005): Smart control solutions for shredding machines
   Intelligent solutions optimize energy consumption, fines and dust content, and blade life, making processes measurably more efficient. Furthermore, the collection of throughput data and machine conditions enables predictive maintenance – for greater process reliability, lower operating costs, and increased plant availability.
6. Intertek Polychemlab B.V.(B2-2225): Testing, characterization, and regulatory compliance for recyclates: Comprehensive solutions support the safe and efficient use of recycled plastics – from material and quality testing to recyclability assessment. Tailored services also help meet regulatory requirements such as ELV and PPWR and successfully implement sustainable polymer applications.
7. Josef Mawick Kunststoff-Spritzgusswerk GmbH & Co. KG(B4-4405): Carrier module for photovoltaic/solar panels
   Development of a weight-optimized carrier module made from post-consumer recycled material as an alternative to metal – with UV protection – and the successful implementation of the project using injection molding. The carrier module, which will be exhibited on-site at Fakuma, demonstrates how circular economy principles, technical safety, and cost efficiency can be combined in sophisticated components.

Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence offer diverse opportunities to make production processes more efficient, transparent, and resilient. Using concrete applications, this tour demonstrates how digital technologies are already being deployed in plastics production today and how they can contribute to competitiveness.

The spectrum of presented solutions ranges from securing and intelligently utilizing experiential knowledge to AI-supported simulations, process optimization, and digital production systems. Key focus areas include reducing downtime and setup times, increasing process stability, achieving more efficient energy and material use, and utilizing production data for well-founded decision-making.

The tour thus provides a practical insight into how digitalization and AI translate into tangible improvements in everyday production – and how companies can make their processes future-proof, step by step.

These products and technologies can be seen during the tour:

1. ARBURG GmbH + Co. KG (A3-3110): ARBURG MES
   The modular Manufacturing Execution System, which is now also available as a cloud solution, creates greater transparency and supports the optimization of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). AI-powered analyses of key performance indicators and downtime, as well as an integrated chatbot, help to identify root causes more quickly and control production more efficiently.
2. findIQ GmbH (B4-4405): findIQ
   The software transforms the experiential knowledge of service technicians, maintenance personnel, and machine operators into precise step-by-step instructions. This allows for up to 67% faster fault identification, reduced downtime, and increased productivity and service efficiency – with a knowledge base that can be continuously developed.
3. IANUS Simulation GmbH (B4-4405): StrömungsRaum®
   The cloud-based software enables automated simulations for injection molding and extrusion – without requiring in-house computing power or in-depth simulation expertise. Concrete recommendations help to optimize processes more quickly, reduce development times and costs, and bring products to market faster.
4. jora.tech (B2-2117): jora.twin
   The digital twin for plastics extrusion – combines data, physics, and expert knowledge into a hybrid AI system to continuously and autonomously optimize extrusion processes in real time. This enables material savings of up to 6% and throughput increases of up to 10% even when using high proportions of recycled material and under changing raw material conditions.
5. Osphim GmbH (A1-1401): OSPHIM-App
   The app makes relevant process knowledge directly accessible via an AI chatbot and supports the efficient setup and optimization of injection molding processes. It provides practical demonstrations of how knowledge can be secured, setup times reduced, and process stability and product quality improved.
6. edv-anwendungsberatung zühlke & bieker GmbH (B4-4405): AVIOR
   AVIOR makes AI an integral part of daily business processes. The combination of company data, process knowledge, and AI agents supports employees in making decisions, automates tasks, and unlocks existing knowledge. The goal: measurable efficiency gains and increased competitiveness.
7. technotrans solutions GmbH (B1-1104): Fuzzy Controller
   The AI-like fuzzy logic adapts the process control in real time to changing conditions, reducing the need for manual adjustments. Less waste, material and energy consumption, as well as increased process stability and quality, make the solution a key component for more efficient plastics production.

Participation in the tours is free of charge. The number of participants we can accommodate is limited, so we kindly ask you to register in advance or to let us know as soon as possible if you are unable to attend.