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ArabPlast 2025, Dubai: the Gulf compounding market met Kerke
Kerke closed the first week of 2025 on the 17th ArabPlast at the Dubai World Trade Centre — ARENA hall, booth A1A33 — with the KTE twin screw platform and the wear-package logic behind every quotation.
Quick answer
Kerke exhibited at ArabPlast 2025, the 17th edition of the Gulf's plastics show, from 7 to 9 January 2025 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. In ARENA hall at booth A1A33, the team walked visitors through the KTE co-rotating twin screw platform — 15.6 to 135 mm screws, 1–4,000 kg/h — two-stage KTE/SE lines and the seven pelletizing methods we build around.
What was on the stand
Three applications carried most of the conversations at the stand:
- Cable compounds. XLPE and HFFR (halogen-free) formulations, where scorch control and filler dispersion decide the lot. The two-stage KTE/SE layout — twin screw for compounding, single screw for low-shear metering and strand discharge — drew the longest discussions.
- Masterbatch. Filler and colour concentrates at 60–88% loading, and the reason our wear package (bimetallic liners, PM screw elements) is quoted as a line item rather than a hidden upgrade.
- PET and film recycling. Two-stage lines for flake to pellet, holding IV through the die instead of losing it to moisture and shear.
Why this market
The GCC conversion industry buys finished polymers and builds downstream capacity fast — cable, pipe, film and masterbatch all localise around the petrochemical base. A regional compounder's cost position is decided by two things we design for: uptime on abrasive fillers, and spare parts that arrive before the line stops. Kerke machines wear-critical parts in its own Nanjing works, so a replacement screw element or liner is a production decision, not a procurement hunt — standard sizes dispatch in 24–48 hours.
ArabPlast is also where we meet the second tier: regional machine dealers and integrators looking for a compounding partner who can prove output on material before shipment. That proof — a 25–50 kg trial with pellets, video and a parameter sheet in 3–7 days — is usually what moves the conversation from catalogue to contract.
The questions we answered
| Question | Answer on the stand |
|---|---|
| Will the line hold 80%+ CaCO3 without surging? | Feeder and screw profile are set in the trial; the measured parameters become the commissioning baseline in the contract. |
| What wears out first on abrasive filler? | Liner grooves at the melting zone — that is why the wear package is a quotation line item with its own lead time. |
| Spare parts lead time to the GCC? | Standard elements, shafts and liners: 24–48 h dispatch, then air freight; wear parts for running models are kept in production. |
| Can we see the machine run first? | Yes — send 25–50 kg of material; the lab trial returns pellets, video, temperatures and kg/h in 3–7 days. |
Visit the works instead
Every machine Kerke sells is built and run in one place: screw elements, shafts and barrels are machined in our Nanjing works, gearboxes are assembled and run in for 24 hours, and every line is tested with material before it ships. If the show was busy, the better meeting is at the factory — send 25–50 kg of your material and we run it on a lab extruder in 3–7 days: pellets, running video, temperatures and output per hour.
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FAQ
What was on the stand at ArabPlast 2025
Kerke showed the KTE twin screw platform for the Gulf market: cable compounds, masterbatch and PET recycling lines. The stand was ARENA booth A1A33.
Can I still get the ArabPlast 2025 stand report?
Yes - write to kerkepm@gmail.com with the show name in the subject; the deck with the machine configurations shown and their measured outputs comes back within one working day.
Which exhibition comes next?
Chinaplas 2026 in Shanghai (Hall 6.1, booth D46, April) and the International Plastics Exhibition in Mexico City (booth A3540, November).
Send your material and target output — an engineer replies within one working day with the closest configuration we have already delivered.