Experts in the plastics industry gather in Zlín

Zlín, 22 September 2022 – Two hundred experts from the plastics industry gathered in Zlín yesterday and today to take part in PLASTKO 2022. The international professional conference is organised by the University Institute of Tomas Bata University (TBU) in Zlín and Plastikářský klastr z.s., the plastic industry association.

“The conference aims to show the world – including our neighbourhood – that the plastics production and processing sector is not just a despicable industry, as many mass media present it, but that, actually, it contributes, in the long term, to the protection of our environment in which we all live,” says prof. Ing. Petr Sáha, CSc., the Director of the University Institute of TBU in Zlín and adds:” And, of course, to give manufacturers a hint on the right argumentation to use when promoting their products on the end markets.”

The conference is taking place after four years; in 2020, it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We can see that the break has been long and that the participants are looking forward to attending the conference. We are happy that the professional public gathered in Zlín in such large numbers,” said Ing. Ivana Bartoníková, Director, Technology Transfer Centre at TBU Zlín.

Visitors can enjoy lectures and presentations by experts who have been working in the field of “bio-plastics” for a long time, as well as case studies that change the perspective on the use of plastics, presentations by speakers from different disciplines and with different views on plastics, and much more.

“There are also members of the prestigious European Platform ECP4 for the processing of composites, plastics and polymers,” specifies Ing. David Hausner, the director of the plastics cluster mentioned above.

The conference will take place at the Faculty of Humanities on the street of Štefánikova ulice in Zlín. The detailed programme can be found at http://cps.utb.cz/cs/konferencehttp://cps.utb.cz/cs/konferencehttp://cps.utb.cz/cs/konferencehttp://cps.utb.cz/cs/konference