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K 2019 Düsseldorf –Mumbai Meet

esse-Duesseldorf the organizers of K 2019 - the World’s – but also on niche segments. As always, K 2019 exhibitors
MNo.1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, arranged will be presenting their products and services in all of the
media and industry interaction at Ahmedabad and Mumbai venue’s 18 halls with a total area of almost 174,000 m2.
during the second week of March 2019. On the panel in Products and services, grouped by topic, will be located
Ahmedabad, were Mr. Werner M. Dornscheidt, Chairman in the following halls:
of the Board of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, Dr. Büschl - • Machines and equipment: Halls 1, 3-4 as well as 9-17
Member of Exhibitors’ Council K 2019, Mr. Thomas Schlitt
- Managing Director, Messe Düsseldorf India & Mr. Jigish • Raw materials, auxiliaries: Halls 5, 6, 7, 7a, 8a, 8b
Doshi – President, PlastIndia Foundation, while the panel • Semi-finished products, industrial components and
in Mumbai had Mr. Werner M. Dornscheidt, Chairman of the reinforced plastics products: Halls 5, 6, 7, 7a, 8a, 8b

More than 3,000 businesses from the plastics and rubber
industry will again present products, processes and
practical solutions for a productive and responsible future.
K Düsseldorf has been the most important meeting place
of the international plastics and rubber industry for 68
years – and counting. At tri-annular intervals, exhibitors
and visitors from all global continents come together in
Düsseldorf in order to present and experience at first hand
leading edge developments and products from this dynamic
and innovative industry. They use the opportunities offered
by the K flagship fair, a unique information and networking
Board of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, Dr. Büschl - Member of platform for innovators seeking new prospects. Only in
Exhibitors’ Council K 2019, Mr. Thomas Schlitt - Managing
Director, Messe Düsseldorf India, Mr. Ajay Shah – National Düsseldorf, can visitors experience and compare such a
varied and international range of developments, solutions
Executive Council Chairman, Plast India 2021 & Mr. Meela
Jayadev – President, AIPMA who interacted and updated and trends and enjoy a practical discourse with experts.
Only the K trade show features such a high density of
the Industry on the latest developments at K 2019 , market
trends and Industry insights” international product launches. In terms of importance,
the K plastics flagship fair leaves all other international
K 2019 will welcome the international plastics and rubber events of its kind far behind.
industry to its exhibition centre in Düsseldorf/Germany
from 16 until 23 October, . More than 3,000 exhibitors from Special presentation “Plastics shape the
future”
more than 60 nations will take part. As usual, the largest
group of exhibitors comes from Europe, particularly from The special presentation with the title “Plastics shape the
Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, France and Turkey, future” aims to show how polymer materials have shaped
but there is also an impressive number of participants the appearance of modern settings. Expert discussions,
from the US. At the same time, the K trade fair is a clear kick-off speeches, interesting demonstrations and exciting
indicator of changes in the global market: over the past experiments will alternate on seven theme days. Economic
few years, the number of participating Asian companies and ecological aspects will be given as much attention as
and the exhibition area that they have booked has been problem areas and potential solutions.
rising steadily, and this year, particularly China, Taiwan, This special presentation, a project of the German plastics
India, Japan and South Korea will be impressing visitors industry spearheaded by PlasticsEurope Deutschland e.V.
with their prominence. As the K trade fair features a wide and Messe Düsseldorf, will enhance the official program
abundance of companies from all over the world, the of the K trade fair offering new insights and visions for
spotlight is not only on the major issues that concern the exhibitors and visitors as well as for the media and the
industry – such as energy, resource and material efficiency interested public.

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