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8 Extrusion International 1/2019 13th BioPlastics Market 12. - 13. 03. 2019 Bangkok / Thailand Centre for Management Technology www.cmtevents.com ICE Europe 2019 12. - 14. 03. 2019 Munich / Germany Mack Brooks Exhibition www.ice-x.de Recycling Expo 2019 01. - 02. 04. 2019 Paris / France Conference series llc Ltd https://recyclingcongress. conferenceseries.com Plastimagen 02. – 05. 04. 2019 Mexico City / Mexico www.plastimagen.com.mx Tires & Rubber 23. – 26. 04. 2019 Moscow, Russia www.rubber-expo.ru/en/ CHINAPLAS 2019 21. - 24. 05. 2019 Guangzhou / P.R. China Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd. www.ChinaplasOnline.com Plastpol 2019 28. – 31. 05. 2019 Kielce / Poland www.plastpol.com Biobased Coatings Europe 2019 19. - 20. 06. 2019 Dusseldorf / Germany Active Communications International (ACI Europe) www.wplgroup.com/aci/event/ biobased-coatings-europe PLASTIMAGEN ® MÉXICO 2019 Themost important event of the plastic industry in Latin America For more information: www.plastimagen.com.mx The new edition of PLASTIMAGEN ® MÉXICO (April, 2-5, Mexico City) organized by Tarsus México, will showcase all trends and new technologies from the plastic industry worldwide. PLASTIMAGEN ® MÉXICO 2019 will display over 870 companies represent- ing approximately 1,600 brands frommore than 27 countries, 14 International Pavilions, and the ANIPAC Pavilion (the National Association of Plastic Industries inMexico). Withmore than 45,000m2 of exhibition space, PLASTIMAGEN ® MÉXICO is themost com- plete and foremost plastics expo in LatinAmerica; anevent designed tomeet theneeds of more than 30,000 visitors who are seeking innovative solutions for their companies. In its 22nd edition, PLASTIMAGEN ® MÉXICO is Latin America’s plastics sector’s most im- portant business center for closing deals, networking, exchange of ideas, technical train- ing, research for innovations, products, solutions, and much more; displaying the latest in technology/machinery, and exhibiting products and services that are aimed to more industries. This eventwill also feature aunique International Conference Programorganized jointly by the National Association of Plastic Industries (ANIPAC) and Tarsus México, which will offer visitors an excellent option to train and find solutions to problems that arise in any link in the chain of the plastic industry. In this edition, a new sector is highlighted that corresponds to Circular Economy on the ground floor of the site. For this and many other reasons, PLASTIMAGEN® MÉXICO 2019 is considered the most important exhibition of the plastics industry in Mexico and Latin America. Plastic in numbers Across the globe, the plastic industry generates sales for more than $ 22 billion a year and its market value is $ 33 billion. If we talk about Mexico only, the plastics industry is booming. In 2017, production increased by 7.7% annual growth and by the end of this year more than 6% is expected. Mexico imports 20 billion dollars of resins and plastics a year and it is one of the main countries in the worlds to export products along with the United States and Canada. This is due to the increase use of plastic as a rawmaterial in many industries as they see that is becomingmore useful and has a lot of potential. Many companies have become more competitive by evaluating the option of replacingparts of traditional manufacture for those with plastic in industries such as: automotive, medical devices, construction, packaging, agricultural and household appliances, amongmany others.