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EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS

Global Exhibition Outlook: Sourcing

the Future of Precision and Smart

Manufacturing

By Sherry Chen
International manufacturing exhibitions are shifting year’s exhibition focused on four core concepts, “Circular
toward AI automation, precision engineering, and Economy, Digitalization, Innovative Materials, and High-
sustainable production as they become standard End Technologies,” highlighting China’s transition toward
investments across industries from aerospace and intelligent, high-value, and sustainable manufacturing.
automotive to semiconductors and medical devices.
As sustainability, supply chain resilience, and AI The exhibition brought together 5,104 exhibitors from
manufacturing emerge as the defining trends of 2026, 45 countries and welcomed 350,189 professional visitors
manufacturers are increasingly focused on enhancing
productivity, improving operational efficiency, and from 188 countries, including China, Japan, South Korea,
minimizing downtime to remain competitive in a India, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, and
rapidly evolving market. To foster effective sourcing Indonesia. Across the exhibition halls, live demonstrations
and business partnerships, this exhibition overview will featured technologies ranging from injection molding
explore developments across two sectors: plastics and machines, blown film production lines, and smart extrusion
rubber, and machine tool, through major international systems to 3D technologies, integrated automation,
exhibitions including CHINAPLAS, TAIPEIPLAS, recycling equipment, and precision measuring and testing
ArabPlast, Metaltech and Automex, JIMTOF, IMTEX, instruments.
and TIMTOS.
In response to the growing adoption of AI across
Plastics and Rubber Industries manufacturing, the exhibition showcased innovations such
International Exhibition on Plastics and as injection molding systems with cognitive “smart brains,”
Rubber Industries (CHINAPLAS 2026) collaborative production between intelligent injection
(Shanghai, April 21-24, 2026) molding and humanoid robots, and AI-enabled recycling
and sorting equipment designed to improve productivity,
quality, and cost. The exhibitions reflected Chinese
CHINAPLAS 2026 remains one of the world’s leading
trade fairs for the plastics and rubber industries. Under the suppliers’ growing emphasis on advanced, intelligent
automation, and AI-enabled processing.
theme “Transformation, Collaboration, Sustainability,” this

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