North America’s Essential Compounding Event
The Compounding World Expo is a must-attend annual event for professionals in the North American compounding industry, providing a focused platform for networking, knowledge sharing, and discovering groundbreaking innovations aimed at driving business forward. Held in Cleveland, Ohio—a recognized hub for the plastics industry—the event caters to the entire compounding supply chain.
Key 2026 Event Details
The 2026 North American edition of the Compounding World Expo is scheduled for November 11–12, 2026, at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Part of a Co-Located Hub
A defining feature of the Compounding World Expo is its co-location with three other major plastics industry events organized by Applied Market Information (AMI): the Plastics Recycling World Expo, Plastics Extrusion World Expo, and Polymer Testing World Expo. This unique format gives attendees unmatched access to innovations and connections across the entire plastics value chain—from compounding and extrusion to recycling and testing—under one roof.
2026 Theme and Program
Powering Plastics: Skills, People and the Future is the special theme for the 2026 event. This theme highlights the growing importance of workforce skills, talent development, and knowledge transfer as key drivers of innovation and long-term resilience in the plastics industry.
Free visitor registration grants access to all four co-located expos and four dedicated conference theaters. The conference program features over 100 speakers offering technical presentations, expert insights, and business-focused discussions covering compounding alongside wider industry challenges and opportunities.
Confirmed Exhibitors (2026)
The show floor features a wide range of leading global and regional suppliers. Companies confirmed for 2026 include: Ampacet, Cabot, Cargill, Clariant, Coperion, CPM, Davis-Standard, Erema, Farrel Pomini, Galata, IMCD, JSW, Kingfa, KraussMaffei, KW Plastics, Lanxess, Maag, Milliken, Netzsch, NGR, Omya, PTi, Struktol, Thermo Fisher, Westlake, and hundreds more technology providers and solution specialists.
2025 Event Highlights
The 2025 co-located event welcomed 5,453 attendees and 352 exhibitors, demonstrating significant growth and industry engagement. Testimonials from past attendees underscore the event’s value: one participant described it as a “great opportunity to meet with new potential vendors and get a feel for market trends and new tech out there,” while another noted, “We were constantly having high quality conversations with our customers, as well as meeting new people in the industry.”
2027 Outlook
The Compounding World Expo operates on an annual cycle. While 2027 dates for the North American edition have not been officially confirmed by the organizer, the event is expected to return to Cleveland in November 2027, following the established pattern. Industry sources list a potential date of November 1, 2027, though this remains to be confirmed. The event is also held in Europe; the 2026 European edition is scheduled for September 23–24 at Messe Frankfurt.