February 8, 2025 – Moscow’s Expocentre Hosts Spectacular Four-Day Exhibition, Bringing Together Plastic, Rubber, Packaging, and Recycling Industries
Moscow’s Expocentre recently played host to a grand four-day exhibition, bringing together the Russian plastic and rubber exhibition RUPLASTICA, the packaging and printing exhibition UPAKEXPO, the waste recycling and processing exhibition RECYCLING SOLUTIONS, and a 3D printing zone named ADDITIVE MINDED. The event was a feast for the eyes and a showcase of cutting-edge technology for the industry.
The exhibition attracted over 33,000 professionals from around the globe, with more than 1,000 companies from over 20 countries showcasing their latest technologies and products. The participating countries included Russia, Turkey, Iran, China, the UAE, Brazil, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, India, Egypt, Italy, Germany, Belarus, among others, highlighting the wide participation of the global plastic, rubber, packaging, and recycling industries.
According to Color Masterbatch Industry News, the 2025 exhibition not only demonstrated the keen interest of domestic and foreign companies in the Russian market but also saw the debut of several exhibitors, introducing new suppliers from Russia, the CIS, Asia, and the Middle East. Notably, companies from China, Turkey, India, and Iran performed particularly impressively, while European enterprises and Russian manufacturers continued to solidify their market positions locally.
Kirill Piskarev, Project Director of RUPLASTICA and UPAKEXPO, stated that each year, the exhibition witnesses the continuous expansion of exhibitors’ product lines, thanks to the ongoing drive for technological innovation, automation of production processes, and the scalable development of production bases.
Furthermore, the exhibition featured a rich array of business forums, including the POLYMER PLAZA forum for the polymer industry, the INNOVATION PACK forum for the packaging and printing industry, the RECYCLING SOLUTIONS conference on recycling economics, the ADDITIVE MINDED expert meeting on 3D printing, and the third International Polymer Hackathon. These forums provided a platform for in-depth exchanges and cooperation within the industry.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Yulin, emphasized that these forums offered valuable cooperation opportunities for businesses, government, and academia to jointly explore solutions to pressing industry issues and identify future growth directions.
It is reported that the next edition of RUPLASTICA and UPAKEXPO, among other exhibitions, will be held from January 27 to 30, 2026, at the CROCUS EXPO IEC in Moscow, and is expected to attract more industry elites to this grand event.