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9 newsfeed www.smart-molding.com The trade fairs interplas - tica, International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, and upakovka, No. 1 Trade Fair in Russia for Processing and Packaging, scheduled for 26-29 January 2021 at the AO Expocentre exhi - bition centre in Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow, have been cancelled and will take place on their next regular dates, 25-28 Janu - ary 2022. This is Messe Düsseldorf's response to the ongoing pandemic situation and the current tightening of quarantine regulations in Russia. "The decision was taken by Messe Düsseldorf in close cooperation with Messe Düsseldorf Moscow," emphasises Erhard Wien - kamp, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf, and continues: "Moscow has taken stricter measures to contain the corona pan - demic due to the drastic increase in the number of infections. Cultural, educa - tional and other events are prohibited until mid-Janu - ary. No one can say at the moment what will happen immediately afterwards.” The current announcement enables all participants of the interplastica and upa - kovka to react in time, to reschedule and to concen - trate on the event date in January 2022. interplastica is the most important business plat - form for the Russian plas - tics and rubber industry. It offers a representative overview of machinery, raw materials and equip - ment, such as plastics processing and recycling plants, welding machines, measuring and control technology, raw materials and supplies, as well as plastic and rubber prod - ucts. interplastica is par - ticularly aimed at repre - sentatives of the plastics, chemical and mechanical engineering industries. As a member of the in - terpack alliance, upakovka with its offerings for the packaging and related pro - cess industries is aimed at the target groups of food, beverages, confectionery and bakery products, phar - maceuticals, cosmetics, non- food and industrial goods. The international orien - tation of both trade fairs enables visitors to find out about innovations from all parts of the world and ob - tain offers specially tailored to the Russian market. interplastica www.interplastica.de Corona pandemic: interplastica and upakovka 2021 cancelled Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the "Taipei Inter - national Plastics and Rubber Industry Show (TaipeiPLAS), originally scheduled in Sep - tember 2020, has been post - poned to be held at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1 from September 28 to October 2, 2021. Still, the new schedule will let manu - facturers continue expand - ing their markets and seizing business opportunities after the pandemic. In response to the pan - demic, knowing that in - dustry players have high demands for market ex - pan s i on and new produc t launches, the showorganizers, Taiwan External Trade Develop - ment Council (TAITRA) and Tai - wan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI), thus hosted in September this year the TaipeiP - LAS Digital Week, includ - ing live online seminars, online interviews, online new product launches and online joint procurement meetings. The week-long event has enjoyed more than 150,000 views and clicks, once again proving that TaipeiPLAS is one of the leading plastics and rubber industry trade shows in Asia, especially its discus - sion topics and inno - vative technologies on display. Since TaipeiPLAS has been resched - uled to the end of September next year, the organizers are in - troducing a hybrid of virtual and in-person events so as to con - nect suppliers and buyers around the world for more business opportunities. TaipeiPLAS www.taipeiplas.com.tw TaipeiPLAS rescheduled till September 28, 2021