Mexico City — On the eve of what many consider to be Latin America's foremost plastics trade show, Mexico's plastics industry leadership is avoiding all talk of tariffs like the plague, opting instead to accentuate the positives.
Marlene Fragoso, president of Mexico's national plastics industry association (Anipac), told a news conference in the Mexican capital March 7 that the industry in Mexico has "advanced significantly in innovation and sustainability.
"The fact that 50 percent of the country's recycling equipment is manufactured nationally is evidence of our [industrial] sector's technological maturity and potential."
Oscar Sánchez, show director of Plastimagen México 2025, now in its 25th edition, said that visitors to the exhibition in the Mexican capital's Centro Citibanamex March 11-14 would see evidence that proves Mexico "is a leader in the adoption of green technology."
Anipac says almost 2 million metric tons of plastics are recycled in Mexico per year "and we are the leaders in Latin America with regard to the collection of PET, 63 percent."
According to a news bulletin, written and distributed by the PR team of show organizer Informa Markets, 870 exhibitors will participate in Plastimagen 2025 and 28,000 visitors are expected.
There was no mention in the bulletin of U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to levy tariffs of 25 percent on a large number of imported goods from Mexico. The latest deadline for the tariffs to come into effect is April 2.
Informa Markets is part of British publishing, business intelligence and exhibitions group Informa plc, which in March 2023, acquired Ireland's Tarsus Group, the previous organizer of Plastimagen, from Charterhouse Capital Partners for a reported 790 million pounds sterling (US$1 billion), according to Wikipedia.