Meet & Match Event Kunststoffenbeurs 2017
27 Sep 2017 to 28 Sep 2017
Meet & Match Event Kunststoffenbeurs 2016 Veldhoven, The Netherlands Interested colleagues of the Enterprise Europe Network and potential participants representing companies, researchers, clusters and/or sector organizations can register on: https://www.b2match.eu/kunststoffen2017
Enterprise Europe Network is delighted to invite you to the second Meet & Match event Kunststoffenbeurs 2017 on September 27th and 28th during the 19th edition of the Kunststoffenbeurs (Plastic Fair 2017). The matchmaking event is organized by Enterprise Europe Network. The main-organizer is the Chamber of Commerce / Kamer van Koophandel, co-organisers are Zenit and VLAIOThe Meet & Match event Kunststoffenbeurs 2017 is an international matchmaking event focused on strengthening ties in European value chain of plastic processing and related researchers, business partners, suppliers and intermediaries. Enterprise Europe Network wants to organize the matchmaking sessions to facilitate networking and to bring together potential international project and business partners. The 19th edition of the plastic fair takes place on the same days as the matchmaking and brings together over 3500 professionals and visitors interested in the new developments related to plastic processing.The Kunststoffenbeurs 2017 with its fair, conference and bilateral meetings make it the ideal venue for tailored networking to develop new projects and new business. The Kunststoffenbeurs keeps growing each year. This year there are more than 280 exhibitors covering the whole plastics production sector and over 45 inspiring lectures. Also the plastic fair is more international than ever, with exhibitors coming from Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Turkey.In this mass of potential contacts during the Kunststoffenbeurs, our meet & match sessions will allow participants to get together with project and business partners in pre-scheduled meetings and look for cooperation, joint development, manufacturing and agency agreements. Good reasons for participation are: • Attend the combination of an international fair, conference and bilateral meetings.• Attend and meet keynote speakers of the conference related to the latest developments in the value chain of plastic processing (see the main topics). • Meet a number of key players out of the plastic processing networks (NRK PVT Kunststofverwerkers, Plastics Europe, KR Kunststof & Rubber, Dutch High Tech Systems, DPI Value Centre, VKC Centexbel, Kunststoff-Institut LÜDENSCHEID GMBH, Society of Plastic Engineers - SPE, …..).• Meet the Dutch plastic processing network in the Brainport Region (South-east of the Netherlands).• Meet a wide variety of SMEs, OEMs, multinationals, suppliers, technostarters, scientists and intermediaries.• Meet many potential project or business partners in a short time.• Prepare and choose your meetings in advance.• 30 minutes meetings. Main topics are:• Biomaterials.• Smart materials, conductive polymers.• Surface treatment, functional coatings, functional colours.• Recycling and recovery of materials.• Additive manufacturing.• Joining of plastics (welding, glueing, ….).• Lightweight.• Sustainability, circular economy.• Latest developments in materials, processing technologies, simulation techniques, characterization techniques, the use of inserts.• Prototyping and small series production.• Additives and their functionality.• Some examples and prototypes of next generation of applications. The fair, conference and matchmaking are interesting for all companies out of the value chain of polymer processing.Target participants are: (Original Equipment) Manufacturers, (Device) Developers, Researchers, Engineers, Component Suppliers, System Suppliers, Maintenance and Service providers, Agents, Distributors, Consultants and Others.The combination of events takes place on September 27th and 28th in the NH Conference Centre Koningshof in Veldhoven, close to Eindhoven.