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Filtering of microplastics, more effective recycling of plastics and the digital transformation of the entire industry: for five days, the world’s leading trade fair for environmental technologies IFAT revolved around the issues of the management of water, sewage, waste and raw materials management. The industry’s products are in rising demand all over the world.

As part of it membership of EURIS (European Union Relationship and Industrial Strategy), the BPMA recently attended the organisation’s first summit on Brexit.

Innovation and growth – these are fields in which Turkey, the host country of IFAT Eurasia 2019, is making its mark. Date and location of the trade fair’s third edition have now been determined: Eurasia’s leading trade fair for environmental technologies will take place March 28 through 30, 2019, once again at the Istanbul Expo Centre (IFM).

IFAT shows the recycling of building materials.

Xylem is bringing together water industry leaders and utility operators to discuss Modernizing Water Infrastructure.

More than 3,100 exhibitors and over 135,000 visitors are expected to attend IFAT from May 14 to 18, 2018. But the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Waste and Raw Materials Management held at Munich’s exhibition center offers much more than great figures: its extensive supporting program that comprises panel discussions, specialist presentations and live demonstrations will examine future topics of the environmental technology sector at expert level.

Achema 2018 is entering the home stretch: On 11 June 2018, the doors of the exhibition and presentation halls will open. Around 3,800 exhibitors and 167,000 participants from more than 100 countries will turn Frankfurt once again into the global center of the process industries.

The Hydraulic Institute (HI) 2018 Annual Conference concluded with the Gala & Awards Dinner, Friday, March 2 at the Wigwam Resort in Phoenix, Arizona.

Wide-ranging water delivery and purification, solutions for the food and beverage industries as well as laboratory technology, analysis and other application areas are key issues in the future market of Africa.

The construction sector is an industry with a high relevance to the environment. With an annual volume of 200 million tons, mineral construction and demolition waste, roadway rubble and soil is by far the largest waste stream in Germany.