Ireland’s Plastics Industry Has One Place to Be This December: Plastics Live Ireland 2026

With only a few exhibition spaces now remaining, Plastics Live Ireland 2026 is calling on the plastics and advanced manufacturing community to secure its place at what promises to be one of Ireland’s most important manufacturing gatherings of the year.

Taking place 2–3 December 2026 at Athlone International Arena, Plastics Live Ireland brings together the technologies, suppliers, and expertise behind both the established plastics-processing industry and Ireland’s increasingly sophisticated precision manufacturing economy.

For visitors, the argument for attending is compelling.

This is where injection moulding machinery, ancillary equipment, materials, polymers, tooling, and mould technologies sit alongside precision and micro moulding, MedTech manufacturing, robotics, machine vision, metrology, inspection, quality and digital production technologies. It reflects the reality of modern plastics manufacturing, traditional processing excellence, and high-value precision manufacturing are no longer separate conversations. They increasingly depend on one another.

The 2026 event is set to bring together 100+ exhibitors, 1,000+ visitors and 50+ speakers across two concentrated days of technology, problem-solving, and face-to-face industry discussion.

Already confirmed are major industry names spanning the complete manufacturing chain. Sponsors include Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, JL Goor, FANUC, TSM Control Systems, Ultrapolymers, JHL Engineering and DG Systems, while exhibitors include companies such as HASCO, Invibio, Key Plastics, Key Precision, Ross Polymer Services, Plastech Solutions, TELSONIC, Thormac, Uddeholm, Snetor, TAG, Leinster Environmentals and Wells Performance Materials.

Event organiser Scott Colman says, “Plastics Live Ireland is becoming the meeting point for an industry that is far broader and more technologically advanced than many people realise. Ireland has a formidable plastics-processing base, but it also has world-class MedTech, life sciences, diagnostics, and precision manufacturing sectors. This event puts those worlds together. Whether you are trying to improve cycle time, specify a new material, automate a process, solve a tooling issue, or manufacture a micron-critical component, there will be people in Athlone who can help you move that project forward.”

The event also incorporates Sustainable Plastics Live, Amplas and Industry 4.0 in Plastics, extending the conversation into recycling, advanced manufacturing, and the digital factory.

For suppliers still considering exhibiting, only a limited number of positions remain. For manufacturers, engineers, production managers, procurement teams, and technical specialists, the message is even simpler, “Do not hear about Plastics Live Ireland afterwards. Be there.”

Visitor registration is free, and pre-registration is strongly encouraged.

Register now for Plastics Live Ireland 2026 — 2–3 December, Athlone International Arena.

Read more from Plastics Live here.

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