Six expert committees and 60 specialists chart the new course for Expoquimia and Equiplast

Expoquimia and Equiplast, Spain’s leading trade shows for the chemical and plastics industries—taking place from 2 to 5 June 2026 at Fira de Barcelona—are entering a new stage as strategic platforms for business, innovation, and industry knowledge. To reinforce this joint event, the organisers have established six working committees made up of nearly 60 leading experts from Spanish companies and institutions across the value chain. Their mission is to provide specialised guidance to help shape trade fairs that are more representative, effective, and in tune with the market.

With a more specialised focus and complementing the Organising Committees of both shows, these expert groups serve as advisory bodies, offering sector-specific market insight to guide and enrich the strategic vision of Expoquimia and Equiplast. These forums for analysis and knowledge exchange will help the organisers anticipate industry needs, ensure comprehensive representation across all areas of the commercial offering, prioritise key themes and strategic markets, engage with key stakeholders, and develop content agendas tailored to the concrete interests of the industries represented.

“Industry involvement is essential for Expoquimia and Equiplast to remain relevant, strategic, and impactful platforms. These expert committees are a valuable tool to detect opportunities, inspire new ideas, and build a fair that meets the real challenges of the chemical and plastics sectors, as well as other process industries that rely on their technologies,” says Xavier Pascual, director of both events.

Five Working Groups at Expoquimia 2026

Given the cross-cutting and diverse nature of Expoquimia’s offering, five expert committees have been formed, bringing together representatives from companies and organisations that are benchmarks in sectors identified as priorities for this renewed edition.

The Basic Chemicals and Raw Materials Committee brings together key players in the business ecosystem specialised in the distribution and commercialisation of basic and intermediate chemicals. Members include Barcelonesa Chemicals, the Spanish Association of Chemical Trade (AECQ), STOCKMEIER Química, Brenntag, DKSH, and Grolman Group. Their combined sectoral expertise helps address today’s major challenges in the field and identify new opportunities linked to efficiency, sustainability, and competitiveness.

In the Laboratory Equipment and Analytical Instrumentation area, the expert committee is led by Labmas as a sectoral reference, along with a broad group of companies that reflect the market’s diversity: Scharlab, Honeywell, Panreac, Calibre Scientific, DICSA, Agilent, Telstar, Vidrafoc, Labbox, and Merck. This team focuses on identifying technology trends, success stories, and opportunities to spotlight innovation in laboratory instruments and analytical solutions that are critical to scientific research and industrial quality assurance.

The Pharmaprocess Committee, focused on pharmaceutical and biotechnological production processes, includes Coyma, Marchesini, Klinea, Fette, Sermatec, IMCO, Montcasyer, Manageart, Net Pharma Hub, and AEPIMIFA, the Spanish association of professionals involved in pharmaceutical engineering and maintenance. Together, these organisations represent a comprehensive view of the pharmaceutical chemical development value chain at a time marked by technological innovation, sustainability, and interdisciplinary convergence.

In the field of Engineering and Automation, the panel includes AG Solution Group, BASF Digital Solutions, Bosch, Sener, and Siemens—major engineering firms and automation and robotics system integrators that are instrumental to the digital transformation of the chemical industry. Their expertise is vital to the rollout of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, real-time data analytics, and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), enabling safer, more efficient, and sustainable production models. Their work will be showcased at the Industry Showcase, Expoquimia’s knowledge and networking hub, which on its final day will focus on digital transformation and technological innovation in the chemical and process industries.

Finally, the Pumps, Valves, Measurement and Control Committee is composed of Fluidex, Samoa Industrial, Sánchez Carbó, Quilinox, and VYC Industrial. This group addresses the challenges and opportunities related to the engineering, operation, and connectivity of fluid process equipment, with a specific focus on innovative solutions aimed at improving energy efficiency, operational reliability, and safety in highly demanding industrial environments.

Equiplast: Environment and Recycling

In response to the challenges facing the plastics industry, Equiplast 2026 has formed a dedicated expert committee focused on sustainability, circularity, and plastics recycling, bringing together representatives from across the sector’s entire value chain.

This expert panel brings together key organisations such as Plastics Europe, the Technological Institute of Plastics (AIMPLAS), the Spanish Association of Plastics Industrialists (ANAIP), the National Association of Plastic Recyclers (ANARPLA), the Hazardous Waste Management Association (ASEGRE), the Spanish Plastics Centre (CEP), the Catalan Waste Cluster (CREC), the EURECAT Technology Centre, and ACCIÓ, the Government of Catalonia’s agency for business competitiveness. Also participating are leading recycling machinery manufacturers like EREMA, AMUT, and Lindner Recyclingtech; environmental solution providers like REMONDIS IBERIA and Veolia; and plastics recyclers and converters like ROTOTANK and 2G Chemical Plastic Recycling.

This wide range of profiles—spanning machinery, materials, recyclers, and converters—allows for a cross-cutting approach to the sector’s most pressing environmental challenges. The committee actively works to identify real-world solutions, successful case studies, and innovative proposals to be showcased during the event, fostering meaningful dialogue across all ecosystem stakeholders.

As a result, Equiplast will expand the reach of its Rethinking Plastic initiative, now firmly established as the show’s new knowledge and networking space. This area will include a showroom of products made from recycled plastic, biodegradable and/or compostable materials, as well as a conference space featuring inspiring use cases and applied solutions from key plastic-using industries, all under the banner of sustainable plastics. In this way, the trade fair strengthens its position as a leading platform for innovation, environmental stewardship, and the plastics sector’s transition toward a more sustainable, efficient, and circular future.

Barcelona, June 2025

Maria Dolors Herranz
Tel. +34 93 233 25 41
mdherranz@firabarcelona.com