Interplastica, the 17^th international trade fair for plastics and rubber, will again be held parallel to Upakovka/Upak Italia, the 22^nd Russian trade fair for processing, packaging and printing, from 28 – 31 January 2014 at the Moscow fairgrounds “Zao Expocentre” in Krasnaya Presnya. The event is being organised by Messe Düsseldorf GmbH and its Russian subsidiary OOO Messe Düsseldorf Moscow in cooperation with Expocentre. According to the organisers, approximately 20,000 visitors attended Interplastica and Upakovka/Upak Italia 2013 in Moscow. Interplastica 2013 was considerably larger than last year with a net occupancy of over 13,000 m² and featuring more than 700 exhibitors from 26 countries. The largest numbers of exhibitors came from Russia (212), Germany (154), China (139), and Italy (65). At Upakovka/Upak Italia 2013, companies from Germany, Russia, and Italy were the strongest groups in the total of more than 300 exhibitors from 22 countries.