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The 30th Anniversary Jubilee of the PLASTPOL Fair and a Special Distinction for Kamil Perz

20 May 2026
The PLASTPOL Trade Fair celebrates its grand 30th anniversary this year. At the prestigious PLATINUM PLAST gala, companies that have co-created the event since its inception and have profoundly contributed to its growth were officially honoured. They were presented with the distinguished “Architect of Success” statuettes.

As fondly recalled during the gala, the inaugural trade fair in 1997 occupied just a single exhibition hall and brought together 50 companies from 11 countries. Today, PLASTPOL spans every single hall of the Kielce Exhibition and Congress Centre, showcasing an impressive array of innovations from 660 companies representing 36 countries.

Among the celebrated enterprises and organisations honoured were: 

  • Muehsam Jan Krzysztof i Wspólnicy Sp. j.
  • Dopak – Urszula Steiner, Prezes Zarządu
  • Engel Austria / Engel Polska – Krzysztof Dąbrowski, Dyrektor Customer Service Division
  • Wittmann Battenfeld Polska – Bogdan Zabrzewski, Prezes Zarządu
  • Danje Polymer – Wojciech Danielak, Dyrektor oraz Ewa Kwiecińska
  • Polimarky – Marek Kyc, właściciel firmy
  • A.Marciniak OT – Adam Marciniak, Prezes oraz Maryla Marciniak
  • Bagsik – Rudolf Bagsik, Prezes
  • Proplastica – FCPK – Sławomir Szwankowski, Dyrektor Generalny
  • Telko Poland / WEP – Marcin Lewandowski, Dyrektor Sprzedaży
  • Finke Colors GmbH – Michał Pijewski, Manager
  • KGL – Adam Skibiński, Prezes
  • Elbi – Bogusław Birnbach, Prezes Zarządu
  • P&F Wartacz – Paweł Wartacz, właściciel firmy
  • Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz – Instytut Materiałów Polimerowych – Wiesław Wegner, Manager
  • Sumitomo Demag Plastic Machinery Polska – Tomasz Tybura, Prezes
  • Arburg Polska – Paweł Kucharczyk
  • Plast Line – Jacek Dobrzyński, Prezes
  • Asten Group – Adam Szubert, Dyrektor
  • Mapro Polska – Agnieszka Kulisiewicz, Członek Zarządu
  • Hasco Hasenclever GmbH – Piotr Lebiecki, Prezes Hasco Polska
  • Moretto Spa – przedstawiciele firmy
  • Grupa Azoty – Dariusz Cholewa, Prezes Zarządu Azoty Compounding
  • Fundacja PlasticsEurope Polska – Anna Szałkowska, Dyrektor
  • Enterio – Jacek Szczerba oraz Jolanta Jodłowska-Gancarz, właściciele firmy
  • Polski Związek Przetwórców Tworzyw Sztucznych – Lech Skibiński, Wiceprezes
  • Tworzywa Media – Wojciech Filek, właściciel firmy

 

A truly exceptional highlight of the gala was the special distinction awarded to Kamil Perz, Director of the PLASTPOL Trade Fair, who has been actively co-creating and expanding the event for 30 years. The Management Board of Targi Kielce presented him with a stunning statuette of Atlas bearing the globe—a powerful symbol of his tireless energy and profound commitment to building one of the most vital trade fairs for the plastics industry in Europe.

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At the gala ceremony, deep gratitude was also extended to the PLASTPOL Competition Committee for their years of invaluable work steering the fair's contests and fostering industry-wide growth. Furthermore, a jubilee distinction was presented to MUEHSAM in celebration of its 20th anniversary of business operations, alongside a special expression of thanks to the representatives of ONI for their long-standing presence and lasting contributions to the fair's development.

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