Plastics Recycling Show Asia 2026
PRS Asia brings plastics recycling equipment suppliers, recyclers, material producers, and brand owners together around the China and Southeast Asia market.
Nov 3-5, 2026 · Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center
- Visitors in 2024
- 2,300
- Show days
- 3
Its first Singapore show drew more than 2,300 attendees in 2024; the move to Shanghai puts the next gathering closer to Chinese recycling plants and the suppliers serving them. Crain Communications and Min Metals organize the show with support from Plastics Recyclers Europe and the China Polyurethane Industry Association.
The useful distinction is the combination of plant technology and recycled-material markets. AMUT and EREMA represent recycling lines, FIMIC melt filtration, and Pellenc ST sorting; Circular Plastics Company brings food-grade PET production in Vietnam into the same conversation. The conference extends that equipment discussion to food-contact policy, investment, brand demand, and the commercial gap between virgin resin and recycled polymers. It suits companies making recycled plastic, buying it, or financing the infrastructure needed to supply it.
How it compares
- CHINAPLASShenzhen, 350K
- Plastics Recycling Show EuropeAmsterdam
- Plastics Recycling Show Middle East & AfricaDubai
- Plastics Recycling Show IndiaMumbai, 6,700
- This show: Plastics Recycling Show Asia 2026
A processor buying across its whole factory would weigh CHINAPLAS first. Its extrusion, molding, rubber machinery, additives, and recycled-plastics zones cover a wider purchasing brief. PRS Asia is more concentrated when the problem is turning waste into a consistent polymer product and finding customers for that output.
For European recyclate sales and regulation, Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam brings the European recycling industry and its associations together. Visitors came from 109 countries in 2026, giving it a wider international meeting pool. Shanghai makes more sense when Chinese projects, Asian feedstock, and regional supply partnerships drive the trip.
Plastics Recycling Show India in Mumbai focuses the same exhibition-and-conference format on Indian recycling supply chains. Plastics Recycling Show Middle East & Africa in Dubai serves Gulf and African opportunities and is due to return in 2027 after its 2026 postponement. These regional shows are useful when local customers matter most. PRS Asia's particular draw is the connection between Chinese technology and manufacturing capacity and Southeast Asian recycled-material businesses.
PRS Asia is the right trip for recyclers and technology suppliers building Chinese and Southeast Asian routes from plastic waste to saleable recycled material.
Who exhibits
The mix follows the process chain of a recycling plant. AMUT, EREMA, and Zhejiang Boretech cover processing systems, while FIMIC and Pellenc ST bring filtration and sorting. Circular Plastics Company supplies the food-grade PET perspective; Axroma Oceana adds fishing-gear recovery and a polypropylene textile loop. Holland Colours Asia and HunterLab Asia connect that recovered material to color control and product quality. Together, they make the floor useful for comparing the steps between variable waste and a reliable finished polymer.
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Plastics Recycling Show Asia 2026
The Shanghai move is the defining change for PRS Asia 2026. The show retains its Southeast Asian connections while putting Chinese recycling projects at the center of the conversation. The conference pairs a markets, policy, and investment track with a track on building and scaling recycling businesses. Speakers include the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Guan Yisong, Plastics Recyclers Europe's Ton Emans, and representatives of IFC, Circulate Capital, IKEA, and chemical-recycling businesses. Food-grade policy and commercial scale run through the program.
- For food-grade PET sourcing, connect the food-contact policy session with Circular Plastics Company's Vietnam recycling operations and AMUT's washing and processing systems.
- For a plant investment, compare the infrastructure and finance discussions with Zhejiang Boretech, EREMA, and GAW technologies; their different processes make the choice more specific than a general recycling pitch.
- For mixed or difficult waste, compare Pellenc ST's sorting approach, FIMIC's melt filtration, and Axroma Oceana's traceable fishing-gear feedstock model.
Exhibiting
Premium shell scheme and raw-space packages give equipment suppliers and material producers different ways to present their offer. The strongest fit is a process with a clear Asian application: handling contaminated feedstock, producing food-grade PET, or improving recyclate quality. The combination of a China location and Southeast Asian recyclers makes regional operating references particularly useful in sales conversations.
What your brief includes
The full exhibitor list, and what to do with it.
- Halvorsen ProzesstechnikIndustrial machinery / Germany#3
- Alpenküche SystemeCommercial kitchens / Austria#4
- Brauwerk WielandBeverages / Germany#5
#3Halvorsen Prozesstechnik
- Why it matters
- Their hygienic conveyor line fits the plant expansion you described.
- Who to meet
- Head of Key Accounts, Food Processing
- What to ask
- Lead times for installations in 2027.
Example from a sample brief. The company is fictional.
How a brief is made
Tell us your goals
A short interview: what you want from Plastics Recycling Show Asia 2026 and which kinds of partners you are after.
We research each company, one by one
For each company: what it makes, who it sells to, how it fits your goals and who buys there. Then we compare them side by side and rank the ones worth your time.
Walk in with a plan
A ranked list, a deep dive on each of your top picks, the people to meet and a strategy deck, all before the doors open.
