PLAST EURASİA – PLASTICS DAYS
EVENT SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE
2 December 2025
  • 09.00 - 17.00
  • Tüyap Palas İstanbul Ball Room

18th PAGEV Turkish Plastics Industry Congress

At this important congress, held under the theme "Innovation, Technology, and Circular Markets with a Responsible Industry: Shaping the Future of Plastics," the new era shaped by innovation, technology, and the circular economy will be discussed.

Sessions:
  • Next-Gen Raw Materials and Circular Markets: Chemistry of Competition and Green Transition
  • Medical Plastics
  • A New Era in the EU–Türkiye Plastics Ecosystem: Regulations, Market Dynamics and Green Transition Strategies
  • Smart Manufacturing: The New Era of Efficiency through Machinery, AI & Automation
🎙️ Speakers:
  • Yavuz Eroğlu / PAGEV – President
  • Dr. İsmail Musab Gülaçar / Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Industry and Technology – Deputy Director General of Industry
  • Burcu Olcay Üstüner / Bayegan – CEO
  • Hamdi Yazır / PAGEV – Congress Committee Chairman
  • Bernard Merkx / Greenwave Plastics – Director
  • Dr. Ali İhsan Şerbetçi / Set Medikal – Chairman of the Board
  • A. Kadir Topuçar / Engel Türkiye – General Manager
  • Yağmur Eroğlu / Certiloop – General Manager
  • Doğa Olgunsay / SPS Senur Plastik Sistemleri – General Manager
  • Elif Berrak Taşyürek / Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Trade – Head of the EU Single Market and Green Deal Department
  • Dr. Frnak Eisentröger / Ineos Styrolution – Market Development Manager
  • Zhanjie Wnag / China Plastics Processing Industry Association (CPPIA) – President
  • Hon. Prof. M. Özgür Dumlu / GHS Global Healthcare Services – Managing Partner
  • Zekeriya Avşar / Çapa Medikal – Chairman of the Board
  • Kurt Kuruç / MCC Korsini – General Manager
  • Prof. Dr. Ozan Sanlı Şentürk / İstanbul Technical University
  • Teoman Alper Yiğit / Fanuc Türkiye – General Manager
  • Semih Tılfarlıoğlu / Köksan – R&D and Business Development Director
  • Fuat Şahin / Meltem Kimya – Member of the Board
  • Philippe Mafille / Husky Technologies – Business Development Manager
  • Nicolas Menet / Axens – Plastic Recycling Business Development Manager
  • Lorenzo Meazza / ICIS – Senior Analyst
  • Vahap Munyar / NASIL BİR EKONOMİ – General Coordinator
  • Salih Eminoğlu / Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change – General Directorate of Environmental Management, Department of Circular Economy and Waste Management Branch Manager
3 December 2025
  • 11.00 - 12.00
  • West 1 Foyer

Plast Eurasia 2025 Opening Ceremony

Plast Eurasia, the largest plastics industry fair in the Eurasia region, will bring together industry professionals for the 34th time. The doors of this major trade platform will open to visitors with the opening ceremony on December 3.

🎙️ Speakers:
  • Yavuz Eroğlu / PAGEV – President
  • İlhan Ersözlü / TÜYAP FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZATION INC. – General Manager
4 December 2025
  • 11.00 - 12.00
  • West 1 Foyer

Tüyap Kariyer Rotası - How New Technologies Are Shaping New Competencies in the Plastics Industry

Tüyap Kariyer Rotası, launched as a panel series designed for professionals and young talents looking to advance their careers, explore new opportunities, and gain insights from industry experts, will focus in its Plast Eurasia session on how digital transformation, sustainable materials, and new manufacturing technologies in the plastics industry are shaping the skills of the future.

Moderator: Arzu SARAÇ / TÜYAP FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZATION INC. / Employee Values, Culture and Administrative Affairs Assistant General Manager
🎙️ Speakers:
  • Esra ARSLANBAŞ KAYNAK / TÜYAP FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZATION INC. / Marketing and Corporate Relations Assistant General Manager
  • Dr. Aysun ALTAN / SABANCI UNIVERSITY / Researcher
  • Halil KİBAR / BURPOL POLİMER PLASTİK SAN. TİC. A.Ş. / Director of Administrative and Financial Affairs
  • Ömer Kaya YELTEN / PLM MAKİNA KİMYA PLASTİK SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. - General Manager
4 December 2025
  • 12.00 - 13.00
  • Buyer Lounge

B2B Networking Hour: One-on-One Meetings with Hosted Buyers

Plast Eurasia Fair, which facilitates international collaborations in the plastics industry, strengthens existing connections, and enables the formation of new ones, will bring together participating companies and professionals visiting the fair from different regions during the B2B Networking Hour.

4 December 2025
  • 14.00 - 14.30
  • West 1 Foyer

Sustainability and Circular Economy: The Plastics Industry’s Approach

Vision for the Future of the Plastics Industry within the Framework of Sustainability In this session, which will examine the plastics industry’s approach and future vision within the framework of sustainability and the circular economy, attendees will have the opportunity to hear from experts about both current trends and strategic directions for the future.

🎙️ Speakers:
  • Yavuz Eroğlu / PAGEV – President
4 December 2025
  • 14.30 - 15.00
  • West 1 Foyer

Sustainability and Circular Economy: The Plastics Industry’s Approach

Recycled, Revalued, Repriced: How PCR Plastics Are Redefining Europe’s Circular Economy By 2032, post-consumer recycled plastics will no longer be a byproduct — they will be a strategic raw material. This keynote explores the economic and regulatory forces transforming the European plastics industry, presenting three price scenarios that reveal how supply bottlenecks, policy ambition, and infrastructure gaps will reshape value creation. Drawing on 50 years of insights from KI•PIE Group, the session highlights how businesses can stay competitive through business intelligence driven procurement decisions and circular product design.

🎙️ Speakers:
  • Henry Praum / KI-PIE Director Commerce & Finance
4 December 2025
  • 15:00 - 15.30
  • West 1 Foyer

Sustainability and Circular Economy: From Waste to Value

Fire-Stopper: Innovation from Ashes Fire-Stopper, which valorizes local mining waste through innovative and sustainable methods to produce eco-friendly, high-performance fire-retardant materials, contributes to circular economy models with an industrial symbiosis approach while protecting natural resources and creating value for all segments of society to ensure safer living spaces. We will discuss the applications and benefits of Fire-Stopper in the plastics industry.

🎙️ Speakers:
  • Büşra Atkesen / Fire-Stopper - Entrepreneur – Chemist
5 December 2025
  • 11.00 - 11.30
  • West 1 Foyer

High-Impact Productss and Innovative Technologies: Plast Eurasia Exhibitors on Stage: “NİĞTAŞ A.Ş.”

FilmAir is an environmentally friendly, next-generation calcium carbonate solution developed in Türkiye by Niğtaş. It differs from traditional production methods and is manufactured using a specially optimized, sustainable production technology. Thanks to this technology, the product’s carbon footprint has been significantly reduced, positioning it as a more eco-friendly and high-performance calcium carbonate.

🎙️ Speakers:
  • Andaç Erdem / NİĞTAŞ A.Ş. – Marketing Manager
5 December 2025
  • 11.30 - 12.00
  • West 1 Foyer

High-Impact Productss and Innovative Technologies: Plast Eurasia Exhibitors on Stage: “GUZTEC POLYMERS HAM MADDE TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ”

LFAM (Large-Format Additive Manufacturing) Additive manufacturing is the process of producing three-dimensional parts by adding material layer by layer, starting from a digital design file.

Advantages:
  • Shortened product delivery times
  • Function / part integrations
  • Design flexibility and ease of design modifications
  • Low unit cost
  • Comparable or superior performance
  • Sustainable materials and sustainable processes
🎙️ Speakers:
  • Kenan Cem Tokay / GUZTEC POLYMERS TÜRKİYE - Technical Development Manager
5 December 2025
  • 12.00 - 12.30
  • West 1 Foyer

High-Impact Productss and Innovative Technologies: Plast Eurasia Exhibitors on Stage: “ÖZHANMAK DIŞ TİCARET VE PAZARLAMA LTD ŞTİ”

MEAF Manufacturing MDX Unit

When applied to your PET recycling extrusion line, this newly designed and developing model for the accessories industry increases the IV level of APET — a major issue in the process — eliminates odor, and ensures decontamination. The result: a step that enables obtaining FDA and EFSA approval for food-contact applications.

MAGIC Blow Molding Machine

A world first… The globally renowned brand GREIF is producing its new 250 L drum on the world’s largest fully electric double-platen machine. With its fully electric extrusion head — unmatched anywhere else in the world — this new machine enables production without sagging, while ensuring precise control of speed and wall thickness. In addition, it makes a significant leap forward by providing energy savings for a machine of this size.

5 December 2025
  • 12.30 - 13.00
  • West 1 Foyer

High-Impact Productss and Innovative Technologies: Plast Eurasia Exhibitors on Stage: “TSP GRUP MAKİNA SAN VE TİC AŞ”

Matsui’s advanced technology auxiliary equipment solutions are meeting with industry professionals. Especially in terms of energy efficiency, process optimization, and contribution to sustainable production, Matsui systems offer highly valuable solutions for the plastics industry. In this session, participants will receive technical information on the advantages provided in production processes, the innovative aspects, and Matsui’s cutting-edge drying, conveying, cooling, and automation systems.

🎙️ Speakers:
  • Mete Kağan Karael / TSP GRUP MAKİNA SAN VE TİC AŞ – Product Line Leader
  • Michael Foudil / TSP GRUP MAKİNA SAN VE TİC AŞ – Europe Market Lead
5 December 2025
  • 14:30 - 15.00
  • West 1 Foyer

Regulations and Market Dynamics in the Plastics Industry

Certification Processes Considering Current Regulations and Market Needs In this session, which will discuss why certification has become critically important in light of the industry’s rapidly changing regulatory framework and the market’s sustainability-focused demands, the requirements of current regulations, national and international certification standards, the commercial advantages of certification, and practices that enhance companies’ market access will be thoroughly examined.

🎙️ Speakers:
  • Yağmur Eroğlu / Certiloop – General Manager
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