Chemical Market Weekly | Oct 24, 2026: India Chem Opens in Mumbai, Chicago Packaging Expo Wraps Up, Shenzhen & Nanjing Shows Follow Next Week

A Dense Week of Exhibitions and Conferences, Overseas and Domestic in Parallel

In the final week of October 2026, exhibitions across the global chemical and downstream industries enter a peak period: India Chem opened in Mumbai on October 22, the Chongqing Hotpot Industry Expo opened at Chongqing International Expo Center on October 23, and the Chicago packaging expo wrapped up on October 21. Next week, the Shenzhen adhesive show, the Nanjing plastics show and the Zhanjiang petrochemical conference will follow in quick succession. For equipment buyers, this is a window to compare suppliers and observe process trends within a single week.

### Overseas Exhibitions: India Chem, PACK EXPO, PLASTEX QAZAQSTAN

India Chem 2026: Opens in Mumbai on Oct 22, 200+ exhibitors and 8,000+ trade visitors. The 14th India Chem show runs under the theme "Advantage Bharat: An Emerging Global Chemicals Hub", with 200+ Indian and international exhibitors, 8,000+ trade visitors and 50 CEOs in attendance; Japan is the partner country. India is currently the world's sixth-largest chemicals producer, and the industry is projected to reach USD 300 billion by 2030 and USD 1 trillion by 2040. Source: FICCI

PACK EXPO International 2026: Wraps up in Chicago Oct 18-21, 2,700+ exhibitors. The show covered over 1.3 million net square feet with 150+ educational sessions across seven themed zones including food & beverage processing, logistics, confectionery, package printing and healthcare packaging, drawing buyers from 40+ vertical markets. Source: PMMI

PLASTEX QAZAQSTAN 2026: Held in Almaty Oct 21-23. Companies from four countries — Kazakhstan, China, Russia and Uzbekistan — took part, with 10 local exhibitors and 6 international exhibitors, and the plenary focused on the polymer industry path "from launching petrochemical production facilities to high value-added products". Source: Iteca

### ACHEMA Middle East Launch Edition Rescheduled to October 2027

The launch edition of ACHEMA Middle East, originally scheduled for October 26-28, 2026, has been rescheduled by organizers Messe Frankfurt Saudi Arabia and DECHEMA to October 11-13, 2027, at the new venue Riyadh Front Exhibition & Conference Center (near King Khalid International Airport). The new edition centers on six themes — process, pharma, lab, digital, green and energy innovation — and aims to attract up to 400 local and international brands, with support from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, aligned with Saudi Vision 2030. Source: ACHEMA

### Domestic Exhibitions: Chongqing Hotpot Expo Open to Public, Shenzhen & Nanjing Follow Next Week

11th Chongqing Hotpot Industry Expo: Oct 23-25, exhibition area of about 120,000 sqm. More than 2,000 companies from the industry chain worldwide exhibited 60,000+ products, with 30+ professional events held in parallel across seven indoor halls covering hotpot ingredients, catering ingredients, geographical-indication ingredients, base pastes and seasonings, and food processing & packaging machinery; the event is free to the public on Oct 24-25. The outdoor "Panoramic Exhibition of New Hotpot Catering Consumption" involved around 100 brands, and the 2026 Hotpot Industry Innovation Conference released the "2026 Hotpot Consumption Trend Report". Source: CNR (Central Radio)

2026 Shenzhen International Film, Tape & Adhesive and Chemical Raw Materials Exhibition: Oct 27-29, Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center (Bao'an New Hall). The show brings together 3,500+ exhibitor brands globally, with eight concurrent forums covering film materials & technology innovation, "Bonding the Future", semiconductors, low-altitude economy, humanoid robots, optoelectronic displays, the 16th World CMF Conference, coating industry and e-skin industry chain. Source: Sohu Tech

2026 China International Plastics Exhibition: Oct 28-30, Nanjing International Expo Center. Total scale reaches 70,000 sqm with more than 1,000 exhibitors expected, across six themed halls — plastics green development, new plastics materials, plastics building materials & intelligent equipment, plastics products, molds & intelligent equipment, plastics technology innovation & plastics packaging, and plastics packaging & film technology; international buying groups from Europe, the Americas, Southeast Asia and the Middle East will attend. Source: Nanjing Municipal Government Website

### Petrochemical Conference: CPCIC 2026 Confirmed in Zhanjiang for Late October

The 17th China International Petrochemical Conference (CPCIC 2026) will be held in Zhanjiang from October 28 to 31, with the plenary session on the morning of October 30 at the Grand Ballroom of Sheraton Zhanjiang; five keynote speakers come from PetroChina, ExxonMobil, BASF Greater China, S&P Global Specialty Chemicals and SUPCON. The conference will release the mutual recognition outcome of product carbon footprint between Sinopec and BASF, and the consistency recognition between the energy & chemical industry chain carbon footprint alliance and the TfS accounting standard, with CEO dialogues involving Nouryon, Cefic and the Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association. Source: China Chemical Industry News

### How Should Equipment Buyers Leverage the Dense Exhibition Weeks?

A dense exhibition period means three things for equipment buyers: first, you can compare complete machines and components of multiple suppliers within one week, shortening the selection cycle; second, concurrent forums often reveal process trends (e.g. the Shenzhen show focuses on semiconductor and low-altitude economy bonding, while the Nanjing show highlights green plastics and recycling); third, comparable parameters brought back from on-site inquiries can serve directly as the basis for selecting stainless steel reactors, mixing tanks and dispersers. If customers need to extend from individual equipment to turnkey production lines and turnkey delivery, we recommend deep technical talks with manufacturers after the show to turn exhibition information into parameter-based technical solutions.

Related reading:

• Shanghai Mixing Equipment Expo: Focus on Energy Saving, Explosion-proof and Intelligent Control as Chemical Mixing Equipment Upgrades Accelerate
• Chemical Market Weekly | Oct 10, 2026: Chemical Exhibitions Open Densely in October, Overseas Petrochemical Annual Conferences Wrap Up, Agrochemical & Equipment Shows Follow

This article is compiled by Hyline Shengda Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (hyline.cn). The information belongs to the original authors. Main products: stainless steel reactors, mixing tanks, storage tanks, dispersers, concentrators and complete chemical line solutions, supporting non-standard customization.