HIPLEX 2026 concludes on a high note, generates over Rs 150 crore business

Metro India News | Hyderabad

HIPLEX 2026, South and Central India’s largest plastics exhibition and India’s third-largest plastics expo, concluded on a high note in Hyderabad, with exhibitors reporting strong business enquiries, machinery sales and new orders during the four-day event. The exhibition, organized by the Telangana and Andhra Plastics Manufacturers Association (TAAPMA) at HITEX, attracted more than 55,000 visitors over four days, including manufacturers, buyers, technology providers, investors, entrepreneurs and industry professionals from across India and overseas.

A major highlight of the exhibition was the strong response to plastics processing and ancillary machinery. More than 110 machines were sold during the exhibition, while around 75 per cent of ancillary equipment displayed by participating companies was sold, according to the organizers. Based on the orders booked and business generated during the exhibition, the organizers estimate that business transactions worth more than Rs 150 crore were generated during HIPLEX 2026.  The large number of enquiries and prospective orders generated at the exhibition is expected to translate into additional business of around Rs 500 crore in the coming months.

According to the organizers, exhibitors were particularly pleased with the quality of visitors, with a significant number comprising decision-makers, purchase teams, manufacturers, entrepreneurs and technology seekers. The extensive display of live machinery and processing technologies emerged as one of the major attractions, enabling visitors to understand the capabilities of new equipment and explore solutions for improving productivity, automation, recycling and manufacturing efficiency.

HIPLEX 2026 featured advanced machinery, raw materials, moulds, automation solutions, recycling technologies, bio-polymers, packaging solutions and other products covering the plastics value chain. The Dedicated Recycling Pavilion was another major attraction, showcasing how plastic waste can be transformed into useful and commercially valuable products and demonstrating the growing importance of the circular economy. The strong machinery sales, substantial business enquiries and positive exhibitor feedback, according to TAAPMA, demonstrate the growing demand for advanced plastics processing technologies and the expanding opportunities in India’s plastics and polymer industry. The organizers expressed confidence that the business leads generated during HIPLEX 2026 would translate into significant investments, technology adoption, capacity expansion and new manufacturing opportunities in the months ahead.