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- Title
29th International Colloquium Plastics Technology.
- Abstract
36 presentations from IKV's scientific assistants and 18 keynote speeches from industry experts provided the delegates with a comprehensive overview of current innovations, new production processes, product development methods and corporate strategies in plastics technology. The lead topics at IKV, namely Additive Manufacturing, Integrative Plastics Technology, Lightweight Technologies and Plastics Industry 4.0, created a clear framework for the conference program.Accordingly, the five plenary lectures from industry and research were also dedicated to these fields of research. With over 870 visitors and 261 participating companies and institutions, the expectations regarding the number of attendees was even exceeded. Visitors came from 17 nations, which clearly underlines the international character of the Colloquium as a worldwide meeting place for the plastics segment. The industrial exhibition taking place in parallel to the 29 International Colloquium Plastics th Technology was also optimally positioned with more than 50 exhibitors. The 55 exhibitors from all areas of the plastics industry presented a selection of their latest developments and products, many of which had come about in cooperation with IKV. Machine and tool manufacturers, producers of raw materials and peripherals, as well as companies from the fields of testing & measuring technology and software & engineering services were all represented on the show area of 400 sq. m. The next International Colloquium Plastics Technology, which will take place on March 11 and 12, 2020, will be special: For the 30 time, the plastics world th will be meeting at the Colloquium in Aachen. At the same time, in 2020 IKV's will be celebrating its 70 anniversary th and the 150th anniversary of RWTH Aachen University.
- Subjects
PLASTICS -- Congresses; PLASTICS industries; MACHINE tools; NEW product development; BUSINESS planning
- Publication
Technical Gazette / Tehnički Vjesnik, 2018, Vol 25, Issue 2, p10
- ISSN
1330-3651
- Publication type
Article