Engel announced that it will not actively participate in Fakuma in the usual manner this year. The board of management made this decision considering the unforeseeable further development of the Corona pandemic, said the company. In an official statement issued on 8 July 2020, the company explained:

Kraton Corporation announced that it has joined the Association of Plastics Recyclers (APR),  the national trade association representing companies that acquire, reprocess and sell the output of more than 90 % of the post-consumer plastic processing capacity in North America.

The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) has announced the release of its Natural Rubber Trends & Statistics June 2020. According to the report, the key factor behind the abnormal fall in the prices of natural rubber (NR) since mid-January 2020 is the huge drop in the world demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 7 July 2020, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag announced that its Management Board and Works Council mutually agreed to refrain from actively participating in Fakuma 2020 – in case the exhibition will be executed this year at all.

Arlanxeo announced the successful completion of its first 24-hour online Technical Marathon. 24 Arlanxeo professionals deployed an equal number of presentations during a live interactive discussion with an international audience.

Nouryon announced that it has completed a project to more than double capacity for organic peroxides at its plant in Itupeva, Brazil. The expansion will add capacity for products including methyl ethyl ketone peroxides (MEKP) as well as dibenzyl peroxide (BPO) pastes and waxes.

According to Siempelkamp, at the end of April 2019, a US customer placed its first order for an SMC composites press system with the company. The successful acceptance took place on 6 March 2020 – after a project course in record time.

On 2 July 2020, KraussMaffei issued a statement on the company's participation in Fakuma 2020, the original wording of which is given below:

Royal DSM and Clariant announced an agreement for DSM to take over certain parts of Clariant’s 3D printing business portfolio. According to DSM, the agreement will allow the company to offer customers rapid product development iterations for filaments and pellets based on application needs. Financial details were not disclosed.

Biesterfeld announced that it is expanding its laboratory capacities in Hamburg, Germany, with the opening of the Biesterfeld Lab and Innovation Centre. Covering a total area of 800 m² the premises will be used with immediate effect for application-related laboratory activities.