K (plastics fair)
The K is the world's largest trade fair of plastic - and rubber -Industrie. The K has been organized by Messe Düsseldorf since 1952 , currently every 3 years.
history
In 1952, companies and trade associations decided, together with the Northwest German Exhibition Company (NOWEA), today's Messe Düsseldorf GmbH , to launch an event that was supposed to demonstrate the performance and versatility of polymer materials. In the same year the first K took place with 270 exhibitors from the Federal Republic of Germany and 165,000 visitors.
In the first few years, the K was a showcase for German industry and presented consumer goods from plastics processors, such as "washable toiletry bags" or "ultra-delicate nylon stockings". In the course of the increasing specialization of the plastics industry, the K turned into an international trade fair for experts from the plastics and rubber industry.
In the 60-year history of K, the proportion of international visitors rose from 24 percent (1972) to 71 percent (2016). On the exhibitor side, 61 nations were represented in 2016.
Range of offers
- Raw materials and auxiliary materials
- Semi-finished products, technical parts, reinforced plastic products
- Machines and equipment for the plastics and rubber industry
- Services, research and science
Key figures
- Fair 2016:
- 232,053 visitors
- 3,293 exhibitors from 61 countries
- Net exhibition space 173,025 m²
- Fair 2019:
- 225,000 trade visitors from 165 countries
- 3,333 exhibitors from 63 nations
Trade fair dates
- K 2010 : October 27 to November 3, 2010
- K 2013: October 16-23, 2013
- K 2016: October 19-26, 2016
- K 2019 : October 16-23, 2019
- K 2022 : October 19-26, 2022
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Structural data 2016. Accessed October 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Structural data 2016. Accessed October 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Final press release 2019. Accessed on October 24, 2019.
- ↑ Homepage. Retrieved October 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Homepage. Retrieved October 24, 2019.