K-Messe 2019 in Düsseldorf

The K-Messe is the leading trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry. K-Messe takes place every three years and focuses on the exchange of information and ideas. The trade fair is the industry's most important business platform and the hotspot for innovation par excellence. Both, the advancing digitalization of production processes and its share in new product developments, have a constantly increasing influence on economic success. The K-Messe is of great importance precisely for this reason - it provides important food for thought and thus influences the global megatrends of the industry. It gives trade visitors the opportunity to stay up to date and to not lose touch with the ever-changing challenges and innovations of the industry.

In 2016 the K 2016 attracted more than 230,000 visitors from 161 countries, who were inspired by the innovations, solutions and products of the approx. 3,300 exhibitors on over 173,00 m² of exhibition space. Hot Topics for K 2019 are: Plastics Industry 4.0, Plastics for Sustainable Development, System Integration and Young Professionals. The product categories this year are:

• Raw and auxiliary materials
• Machinery and equipment
• Semi-finished products, technical parts, reinforced plastic products
• Services, Research, Science

The supporting programme of the trade fair includes various events in various formats, including special shows, discussions, forums, keynote speeches, entertaining demonstrations and exciting experiments. The VDMA Circular Economy Forum focuses on the recycling sector and demonstrates possible scenarios on site.