With more than 3,000 exhibitors, K 2019 fully booked

▲Caroline Seidel
A young visitor checks out Hosokawa Alpine AG"s massive film line at K 2016.

▲source image https://www.k-online.com
Düsseldorf, Germany — With more
than 3,000 exhibitors from more than 60 countries registered, the K 2019 trade
show is now considered fully booked.
The show will
occupy 1.8 million square feet of net exhibit space, and the organizer expects
more than 200,000 trade visitors to attend. The show will run from Oct. 16-23
at the Messe Düsseldorf fairground.
A database of
exhibitors is now available at www.k-online.com/2410 and
ticket sales are available at www.k-online.com.
E-tickets are less expensive than tickets purchased at the show, and allow free
use of all public transportation to and from the show within the Rhine-Ruhr
regional network of Düsseldorf.
K 2019 will
address current challenges in the plastics industry, including sustainability
and the circular economy.
A special
exhibition “Plastics Shape the Future” will address packaging waste, marine
litter and climate change as well as resource conservation, energy efficiency
and recycling. According to Messe Düsseldorf, “Plastics Shape the Future” will
involve politics and socially relevant groups with keynote speeches and talks.
K 2019 also will
include a Science Campus, to encourage a dialogue between science and industry,
covering topics including sustainability and recycling management. In addition,
the joint participation of the VDMA (German Engineering Federation) and its
member companies will focus on the circular economy.
K basics
The first K show
was organized by Messe Düsseldorf in 1953 and the fair takes place every three
years. The last staging of K, in 2016, attracted 3,293 exhibitors from 61
countries on more than 1.8 million square feet of net exhibit space and 232,053
trade visitors, with 71 percent coming from outside Germany.
For more
information, North American visitors to K can contact Messe Düsseldorf North
America: Tel. (312) 781-5180; email info@mdna.com, website www.mdna.com.
source : www.plasticsnews.com, edit : handler