The plastics and rubber industry will be presenting its full scope and innovative power at its leading global trade fair, K 2013 from 16 to 23 October in Düsseldorf.
More than 3,200 exhibitors will be presenting their latest developments. The net exhibition space covers some 171,000 square meters, and the Düsseldorf exhibition centre with all its 19 halls is filled to capacity. The exhibitors come from 59 countries, including large numbers from Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and France. What is remarkable is that South European countries that were hard hit by the Euro crisis, such as Italy, Spain and even Greece, have the same or even a larger presence at K 2013 than in 2010. The net exhibition space of the five largest Asian exhibitor nations China, Taiwan, India, Japan and South Korea is almost one third larger (just under 18,800 sqm in 2010, almost 25,000 sqm in 2013).
As Ulrich Reifenhäuser, chairman of the Exhibitors Council of K 2013, emphasised at the press conference before the trade fair: “For months, machine builders, raw materials producers and processors around the globe have been preparing intensively for the biggest event on the industry’s calendar. Development departments have been working flat out to be sure they will convince trade visitors with new features and innovations that will meet the demands for resource conservation and energy efficiency in materials, machinery, technologies and applications.”
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