30% more exhibitors; more visitors than the previous edition; next appointment on 11 and 12 February 2026 at Fiere di Parma
The second and last day of the exhibition also saw the companies in the spotlight with their technological proposals for the processing, transformation, analysis, transport and storage of materials in powder, granules and bulk solids.
‘We are very happy with how the event went: we opened with the presence of more than 30% more companies than last year, and we can already say that the number of visitors has also increased considerably,’ said Ginevra Colombo Ercole, Event Manager of SOLIDS Parma. ’We decided to make this event biennial and to place it in February and no longer in June. A choice agreed with our partners, exhibitors, and the industries we work with, which we believe will allow us to expand and provide increasingly adequate responses to the needs of our target market’.
There was also a lot of time dedicated to in-depth studies, starting with the lecture on the ‘Flowability of powders and granular materials’, held by Eng. Santomaso, Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua. Flowability is a property that describes the ease with which powder particles flow or move relative to each other and is an important parameter in various industrial applications, such as powder handling, conveying, dosing and mixing.
Good powder flowability can have a fundamental impact in industry by improving process efficiency, ensuring uniform mixing of powders in a product, preventing blockages and clogging in handling systems, and reducing the risk of explosions, which can occur when powders are dispersed in the air.
Plastics was another focus in the round table on recycling organised by RePlanet Magazine. One of the speakers was Valentina Brunella, Professor in Industrial Chemistry, Polymeric Materials Group, Department of Chemistry at the University of Turin, who said: ‘At the University, attention to industry has increased, both in terms of collaboration and in the introduction of topics related to degree courses. The University, thanks also to funding from the Region, PNRR funds and others, has state-of-the-art equipment that a company does not necessarily have at its disposal or has the expertise to use. This is why we often work on ad hoc projects and research involving end-of-life materials that companies ask us to put back into circulation, including polymeric materials: PET is the one that lends itself most, but there is also a great deal of attention to devulcanisation. Plastic,’ Prof. Brunella concluded, “must not be abandoned, it is a material with incredible strength not only at the beginning but also at the end of its life”.
Then, it was back to talking about Super Intelligence in the talk show organised by Tecnoedizioni, dedicated to cutting-edge technologies and innovations that are revolutionising industry. In this regard, particularly interesting were the advanced industrial automation systems brought by PROTEO Engineering, one of the first Italian companies to measure itself against the paradigms linked to Industry 4.0 and, today, Industry 5.0. In particular, capturing the attention of the professionals present at the fair were the enabling technologies for processing granules and powders that highlight the ability to integrate
artificial intelligence (AI), centralised operating units (COUs), digitisation and virtual assistants, such as ProMate, into the industries’ plant systems, making them extremely efficient and state-of-the-art. In the afternoon, to close the series of conferences on hot topics in the sector, there was the meeting on preventive maintenance software integrated in screening systems, with the case history brought by Cuccolini S.r.l Virto Group, and the one on regulations and safety in grounding with experts from ATEX Italia.
SOLIDS Parma will return on 11 and 12 February 2026, at Fiere di Parma.
