K 2019 Final Four Highlights Highlights

On Wednesday (October 23), the eight-day K 2019, the world's leading trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry, came to a close in Düsseldorf, Germa.

Audience: About 225,000 viewers from 165 countries 

In terms of audience, K 2019 recorded respectable numbe.

In addition, Russia, Japan and Brazil also saw a significant increase in the number of visitors, and again, the number of K 2019 visitors to the middle and senior level increased slightly: about 68% of the audience were middle or upper manageme.

In terms of visitor satisfaction, efficiency improvements are the most important issue for the German domestic audience, while the expansion of the product and service portfolio is the most important for audiences in Europe and other countri.

Innovation and sustainability become the trend

3,330 exhibitors from 63 countries demonstrated at the show that plastic remains an innovative, indispensable material that will shape the futu.

It is clear that despite the current complex world economic situation or the unfavorable conditions of certain consumer industries in certain regions, the current global market demand for innovative machinery and raw materials is particularly hi.

Ulrich Reifenhäuser, Chairman of the K 2019 Advisory Committ.

Ulrich Reifenhäuser, Chairman of the K 2019 Advisory Committ.

According to the organizer's survey of the audience, countries and regions outside Germany are significantly more interested in machinery and equipment for plastic recycling and recycling than Germa.

Investment intentions on the rise

K once again became a platform for exhibitors to release many trend-setting products and applications to the world for the first ti.

The high investment intentions expressed by the audience at K 2019 sent a clear signal: they all hope that new technologies will lead them to quickly adapt to future developme.

"We found high investment intentions in all countries and regio.

        For audiences across the globe, investment in business expansion is particularly high, especially in the expansion of extruders and extrusion lin.

        Flexible materials perform well

        Flexible materials such as rubber and thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) showed their strength again at K 201 Although elastomers will generally be shown less in scope than plastics at K, there is still a large number of companies presenting elastomer-specific products and services, be it raw materials, additives, compounds or special machines and equipment for recycling and conversi.

        Huge 74-meter-diameter tire took center stage at the Huntsman booth at the K show, demonstrating the flexibility and durability of Huntsman's heat-cast elastome.

        Special events during the same period gather core topics such as renewable energy and waste reduction

        A series of supporting projects at K 2019, covering keynote speeches and high-level discussions such as renewable energy, material efficiency or zero waste production, aroused great interest from international audiences, especially the K 2019 special exhibition "Plastic Shaping" Plastic Shape the Futur.

        This year, materials and the power of industry innovation in resource-saving processes, digitalization, functionality, renewable energy, circularity and sustainability were at the center of the discussion at the concurrent eve.

In addition, topics such as marine litter, packaging waste plastic disposal and the utilization of non-renewable resources cannot be ignor.

        Next : October 2022 _

        The next K show (Messe Düsseldorf 2022) is scheduled to take place from October 19 to 26, 202