{"id":2384,"date":"2026-11-10T14:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T06:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerkepm.com\/company\/news\/arabplast-2025-dubai\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T13:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T05:13:35","slug":"arabplast-2025-dubai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kerkepm.com\/es\/company\/news\/arabplast-2025-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"ArabPlast 2025, Dubai: the Gulf compounding market met Kerke"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"k3\">\n<div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"crumbs\"><a href=\"\/\">Home<\/a><span>\/<\/span><a href=\"\/company\/\">Company<\/a><span>\/<\/span><a href=\"\/company\/news\/\">News<\/a><span>\/<\/span>ArabPlast 2025<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"hero\">\n<p class=\"kicker\">Company \u00b7 News<\/p>\n<h1>ArabPlast 2025, Dubai: the Gulf compounding market met Kerke<\/h1>\n<p class=\"dek\">Kerke closed the first week of 2025 on the 17th ArabPlast at the Dubai World Trade Centre \u2014 ARENA hall, booth A1A33 \u2014 with the KTE twin screw platform and the wear-package logic behind every quotation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"byline\"><div><b>Dates<\/b> 7\u20139 January 2025<\/div><div><b>Venue<\/b> Dubai World Trade Centre<\/div><div><b>Booth<\/b> A1A33, ARENA<\/div><div><b>Focus<\/b> Cable \u00b7 masterbatch \u00b7 recycling<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"grid\"><main>\n<nav class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block k3-toc\" aria-label=\"On this page\"><b>On this page:<\/b><a href=\"#s1\">Quick answer<\/a><a href=\"#s2\">What was on the stand<\/a><a href=\"#s3\">Why this market<\/a><a href=\"#s4\">The questions we answered<\/a><a href=\"#s5\">Visit the works instead<\/a><\/nav>\n<figure class=\"nhero\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/news-arabplast-2025.webp\" alt=\"ArabPlast 2025 invitation poster \u2014 Nanjing Kerke Extrusion Equipment, ARENA hall, booth A1A33, Dubai World Trade Centre, 7\u20139 January 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1415\"><figcaption>The ArabPlast 2025 invitation, as issued \u2014 ARENA hall, booth A1A33, 7\u20139 January.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<section class=\"qa\" id=\"answer\"><h2 id=\"s1\">Quick answer<\/h2><p>Kerke exhibited at <strong>ArabPlast 2025<\/strong>, the 17th edition of the Gulf's plastics show, from <strong>7 to 9 January 2025<\/strong> at the Dubai World Trade Centre. In ARENA hall at booth <strong>A1A33<\/strong>, the team walked visitors through the KTE co-rotating twin screw platform \u2014 15.6 to 135 mm screws, 1\u20134,000 kg\/h \u2014 two-stage KTE\/SE lines and the seven pelletizing methods we build around.<\/p><\/section>\n<div class=\"stats\"><div class=\"stat\"><b>7\u20139 Jan<\/b><span>dates<\/span><\/div><div class=\"stat\"><b>A1A33<\/b><span>booth<\/span><\/div><div class=\"stat\"><b>Gulf compounding<\/b><span>focus<\/span><\/div><div class=\"stat\"><b>3\u20137 days<\/b><span>material trial at the works<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"sec\" id=\"s2\">What was on the stand<\/h2>\n<p>Three applications carried most of the conversations at the stand:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cable compounds.<\/strong> XLPE and HFFR (halogen-free) formulations, where scorch control and filler dispersion decide the lot. The two-stage KTE\/SE layout \u2014 twin screw for compounding, single screw for low-shear metering and strand discharge \u2014 drew the longest discussions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Masterbatch.<\/strong> Filler and colour concentrates at 60\u201388% loading, and the reason our wear package (bimetallic liners, PM screw elements) is quoted as a line item rather than a hidden upgrade.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PET and film recycling.<\/strong> Two-stage lines for flake to pellet, holding IV through the die instead of losing it to moisture and shear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"sec\" id=\"s3\">Why this market<\/h2>\n<p>The GCC conversion industry buys finished polymers and builds downstream capacity fast \u2014 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 \u2014 standard sizes dispatch in <strong>24\u201348 hours<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u2014 a 25\u201350 kg trial with pellets, video and a parameter sheet in 3\u20137 days \u2014 is usually what moves the conversation from catalogue to contract.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"sec\" id=\"s4\">The questions we answered<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tw\"><table><caption><b>Table 1.<\/b> The four questions that came back at booth A1A33, and the short answers.<\/caption>\n<thead><tr><th>Question<\/th><th>Answer on the stand<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Will the line hold 80%+ CaCO<sub>3<\/sub> without surging?<\/td><td>Feeder and screw profile are set in the trial; the measured parameters become the commissioning baseline in the contract.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>What wears out first on abrasive filler?<\/td><td>Liner grooves at the melting zone \u2014 that is why the wear package is a quotation line item with its own lead time.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Spare parts lead time to the GCC?<\/td><td>Standard elements, shafts and liners: 24\u201348 h dispatch, then air freight; wear parts for running models are kept in production.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Can we see the machine run first?<\/td><td>Yes \u2014 send 25\u201350 kg of material; the lab trial returns pellets, video, temperatures and kg\/h in 3\u20137 days.<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"sec\" id=\"s5\">Visit the works instead<\/h2>\n<p>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 <strong>with material<\/strong> before it ships. If the show was busy, the better meeting is at the factory \u2014 send 25\u201350 kg of your material and we run it on a lab extruder in 3\u20137 days: pellets, running video, temperatures and output per hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"k3-rel\"><b>Related on this site:<\/b> <a href=\"\/company\/news\/\">All exhibition news<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"\/company\/factory\/\">Inside the factory<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"\/machines\/\">Machine overview<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"\/projects\/turnkey\/\">Turnkey scope<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"sec\" id=\"faq\">FAQ<\/h2><details><summary>What was on the stand at ArabPlast 2025<\/summary><p>Kerke showed the KTE twin screw platform for the Gulf market: cable compounds, masterbatch and PET recycling lines. The stand was ARENA booth A1A33.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Can I still get the ArabPlast 2025 stand report?<\/summary><p>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.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Which exhibition comes next?<\/summary><p>Chinaplas 2026 in Shanghai (Hall 6.1, booth D46, April) and the International Plastics Exhibition in Mexico City (booth A3540, November).<\/p><\/details><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What was on the stand at ArabPlast 2025\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Kerke showed the KTE twin screw platform for the Gulf market: cable compounds, masterbatch and PET recycling lines. 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The trial bench is still open<\/b><p>Send your material and target output \u2014 an engineer replies within one working day with the closest configuration we have already delivered.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"acts\"><a href=\"\/get-a-quote\/\">Get a quote<\/a>\n<a class=\"alt\" href=\"\/get-a-quote\/#trial\">Send material for trial<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/main>\n<aside><div class=\"sidecard\">\n<b>Talk to the builder \u2014 not a reseller<\/b>\n<p>Your message goes straight to the engineering team in Nanjing. 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