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Register now and secure Early Bird rates – registration tool open for major FSK industry meeting // 24th FSK Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes Conference from 18 to 20 November 2025 in Eislingen/Fils (BW) GalleryRegister now and secure Early Bird rates – registration tool open for major FSK industry meeting // 24th FSK Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes Conference from 18 to 20 November 2025 in Eislingen/Fils (BW)
Register now and secure Early Bird rates – registration tool open for major FSK industry meeting // 24th FSK Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes Conference from 18 to 20 November 2025 in Eislingen/Fils (BW)
The Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes Association is once again organizing a major industry event this November. The event with many highlights spans three days and offers space for professional exchange, presentation of innovations, contacts and networking as well as discussion of current political and social challenges. Join us at the 24th FSK Conference on Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes from18 to 20 November 2025 in Eislingen/Fils (BW). Registrations are now being accepted via the online registration tool (Note: Please do not close the browser until a successful registration has been confirmed). The current programme (German) is also available on the website. New: Until 30 June 2025, the association will grant all bookers a 5% Early Bird discount on the conference fee.
Register now: FSK Specialist Day Polyurethanes at Cannon SpA in Milan, Italy // International expert meeting on 17 and 18 September 2025
On 17 and 18 September 2025, the Fachverband Schaumkunststoffe und Polyurethane e.V. (FSK – Specialist Association Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes) is organising the Specialist Day Polyurethanes in northern Italy. Together with member company Cannon SpA, the association's largest specialist group, the Polyurethanes specialist group, is organising an expert meeting in Milan. Registrations can be made via the FSK online registration tool.
Expert meeting on the topic of sustainability // Challenges and implementation along the value chain
Together with its member company NEVEON - an internationally successful company for the production and processing of flexible and composite polyurethane foams and part of the Greiner Group - the Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes Association (FSK) is organizing the Sustainability Symposium in Austria on 18 and 19 March 2025. A varied program awaits participants on both days at NEVEON's Austrian production sites in Linz and Kremsmünster.
Among us – New member MA-Industrie GmbH introduces itself
As a manufacturer of packaging solutions and foam products, we are active in a wide range of sectors and offer a comprehensive selection of foam packaging, technical foams, foam blanks and many other foam technology products for industry and electronics. With us, you have an experienced partner at your side who is very familiar with individual customer requirements and always develops economical and high-quality solutions. In addition to legal regulations and individual customer requirements, the speed of packaging development through to series production plays a decisive role. Our foams are produced almost exclusively within the European Union. Around 30 % of them are produced directly in Germany. All processing steps are carried out 100% in Germany, most of them in our district. In this way, we strengthen our region, reduce CO2 emissions during transport and ensure a fast and flexible supply chain.
Wide-ranging and interesting specialist topics in a great atmosphere and impressive setting – Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes Conference a complete success // Association as a central point of contact for research, industry and politics GalleryWide-ranging and interesting specialist topics in a great atmosphere and impressive setting – Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes Conference a complete success // Association as a central point of contact for research, industry and politics
Wide-ranging and interesting specialist topics in a great atmosphere and impressive setting – Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes Conference a complete success // Association as a central point of contact for research, industry and politics
In the new conference and visitor centre, FSK Chairman of the Board Jörg Arntzen, Dow Anlagengesellschaft mbH, welcomed the 106 participants to the 23rd International Symposium on Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes and thanked KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH for hosting the FSK ‘this year’. He emphasised the importance of the associations, especially in these times, and called for a lively exchange in order to achieve something together.
Specialist Association Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes
FSK
The Specialist Association Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes (FSK) is an association of the plastics processing industry, representing a total volume of around 9 billion euros in the polyurethane and foamed plastics industry. The FSK is part of a network of numerous associations, such as the ARGE specialist associations for chemicals, plastics and textiles.
Innovation/Awards
Honouring ideas and innovations, supporting the next generation, encouraging with examples, actively shaping the future – these are the tasks to which the FSK Innovation Award is dedicated. New ideas lead to new products …
Materials / Applications
Here you can find initial material information on all foams such as polyethylene, polypropylene, XPS, EPS, melamine resin foam, PVC foam, rubber foam and polyurethane…
