PLASTIMAGEN, which occurred from March 8th to 11th, 2022, at the Citibanamex Fair Ground in México City, is the largest trade show for the plastic processing industry in Latin America. The figures of the first post-pandemic, in-person edition of the trade event are solid: with an exhibition area of over 34,000 sq.m., 400+ exhibitors representing 1,000 brands from 20 countries, and 13 international pavilions, including the National Association of Plastic Industries in México (ANIPAC) pavilion. The number of visitors, both local and international, is expected to reach 22,000. Machines Italia and

PLASTIMAGEN which will be held from March 8th to 11th, 2022, at the Citibanamex fair ground in Mexico City is the largest trade show for the plastic processing industry in Latin America. The figures of the first post pandemic, in person edition of the trade event are solid: an exhibition area of over 34,000sm, more than 400 exhibitors representing 1,000 brands from 20 countries, 13 international pavilions, including the National Association of Plastic Industries in Mexico (ANIPAC) pavilion. The number of visitors, both national and international ones, is expected to reach 22,000. Machines

The Italian Trade Agency Office in Mexico City hands out the Italian Plastic Technology Award and the Italian Packaging Technology Award. The project aims to create a link between graduates and undergraduates in engineering programs at leading Mexican universities, and to increase their awareness of leading technology and solutions available in Italian plastics and packaging machinery. Each award had been organized alongside its respective Italian industry association: ASSOCOMAPLAST (the Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Moulds Manufacturers’ Association, www.assocomaplast

In his inaugural speech at the Plastimagen Mexico 2013 industrial fair, held in Mexico City last March, the president of Anipac, engineer José Anselmo del Cueto, highlighted the role of plastics in the automotive industry. According to the executive, in this niche, the progressive replacement of traditional materials with plastic implies great fuel savings, greater comfort, lower cost and greater efficiency in passenger safety systems. This is a high value-added market, where the longevity of plastics is also highly appreciated. Mexico's current boom in the automotive industry offers juicy

During the last Plastimagen Mexico 2013 E.J. Krause, the company organizing the show, announced that a new version of this important event will be held. Plastimagen Norte will make its debut in Monterrey in March 2014. The new version will be held annually in an effort to expand the benefits of this type of exhibition to more industries in northern Mexico. "There is a demand for a regional show in Monterrey," said Jose del Cueto , president of ANIPAC, an association that has supported all versions of Plastimagen. In its 2013 international edition, the event received more than 30 thousand

He assured that although "not all Mexican plastic companies will be able to immediately access the automotive supply market, the benefit will be gradual". Last year alone the demand for auto parts of this material increased, so the market reported a growth level of about 10% compared to 2011, coupled with the fact that Mexican manufacturing plants offer better quality products worldwide with prices 20% cheaper than those manufactured in the United States. Therefore, the business organization expects the plastics sector to grow at rates above 6% in 2013, "which is equivalent to almost double