Scenes from the floor at the AMI Plastics World Expos

The show included more than 330 exhibitors focused on extrusion, recycling, compounding and testing.

Nov. 12, 2026

An overview of the show floor at the 2026 AMI Plastics World Expos at Cleveland's Huntington Convention Center.

Editors from Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing visited the AMI Plastics World Expos in Cleveland on Nov. 11, checking out the latest equipment for recycling, extrusion, compounding and polymer testing.

Here are just a few finds. We'll be on the floor again Nov. 12, so stop us and let us know about your new and improved products.

Tammy Straw of Entek, in a gray shirt, with a pair of large extrusion screws at the Entek stand. — Entek's booth featured a pair of the company's screws. Tammy Straw (left) is director of the wear parts division.

A man holds red plastic pellets in his palm, with a pelletizing machine in the background. — Ryan Hatzung of Econ shows off pellets produced by the EUP 10 underwater pelletizer.

A dryer for plastic pellets by Maag. — Maag showed off a Gala 1800 E centrifugal pellet dryer at AMI.

Two people look at a plastics extruder at the stand of US Extruders. — US Extruders caught showgoers' attention with its direct drive extruder.

A Sikora Centerwave measurement system for quality control of extruded pipes. — Sikora's Centerwave 6000 quality-control technology measures extruded pipes.

Pieces of plastics extrusion screws of different types on a white table. — CPM displayed examples of its screws at its AMI stand.

Tan plastic parts including large containers made by Moxietec using NaturFil foaming additive. — Parts made by Moxietec using NaturFil foaming additive were on display at AMI.

An artist with his back to the camera draws a caricature of a smiling blonde woman in a black shirt. — An artist drew free caricatures on the show floor.

A model of a pellet inspection system in the foreground, with a man in a striped sweater speaking in the background — David Citron, North America regional manager for Inspec.tech, had a model of one of the company's pellet vision inspection systems on the stand.

Plastic chips showing bright pink colored plastic changing to white. — Colored samples show the progression of iD Additives' purging process.

About the Author

Bruce Geiselman

Lead Reporter

Senior Reporter Bruce Geiselman covers plastics processing technologies and end markets including automotive and packaging. He also writes features, including In Other Words and Problem Solved, for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing and The Journal of Blow Molding. He has decades of experience in daily and magazine journalism, including eight years at PMM, and is the recipient of a Jesse H. Neal Award, among other recognitions.

Lynne Sherwin

Managing Editor

Managing editor Lynne Sherwin handles day-to-day operations and coordinates production of Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing’s print magazine, website and social media presence, as well as Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She also writes features, including the annual machinery buying survey. She has more than 30 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.