Modern polymer materials, solutions for the automotive industry, and Italian know-how in compounds and masterbatches will be the topics of the international event "Italian Polymers, Compounds & Masterbatch Solutions – Expertise Driving Innovation in Automotive” during the Plastpol 2026 trade fair. The partners are Confindustria Polonia and Italian companies specialising in advanced materials for industry.

The 30th International Fair of Plastics and Rubber Processing PLASTPOL, which will take place from 19 to 22 May 2026 in Targi Kielce (Poland), has been granted the auspices of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency. The support of one of the most important institutions that helps develop the Polish economy underscores the event's international nature and the plastics industry's importance to exports and modern industry.

The inaugural meeting of the new industry series organised by Plastics Europe Polska will take place on Tuesday, 19 May 2026, during the Plastpol trade fair in Kielce. The event will start at 12 noon in capsule 502, hall 5 and will focus on the circular transformation and the competitiveness of the European plastics sector.

– I borrowed a TV from a friend, and we played a VHS tape showing how a KraussMaffei injection moulding machine works – Szczepan Kawa, managing director of Dopak, recalls the first ever Plastpol trade fair in 1997. This image symbolically marks the beginning of an event that quickly grew into one of Europe’s leading plastics industry exhibitions.