For the 22nd time, K in Düsseldorf will showcase the who’s who of the international plastics and rubber industry to Düsseldorf. Some 3,000 companies from all continents will exhibit their innovations in the segments. These include: raw materials, auxiliaries; semi-finished products, technical components and reinforced plastic products; and machinery and equipment for the plastics and rubber industry.

This year, Indian companies which will be participating at K 2022 are: High Grade Industries, M Plast India, NA Roto Machines & Moulds, Plastiblends India, Resource Engimech, Speciality Polyfilms and Shubham Extrusion Technik.

To boost interest for K 2022, the organisers initiated a major industry event: the new K-Talk. On 20 January, K-Talk premiered its show with the topic: "Climate protection and plastics - do they go together?" The panellists were Ulrich Reifenhäuser, CSO Reifenhäuser Group, chairman of the Plastics and Rubber Division of VDMA and chairman of the K Exhibitor Advisory Board; Don Loepp, editorial director of the Global Polymer Group at Crain Communications and editor of Plastics News (USA); and Dr. Feliks Bezati, Global Circular Packaging Director Mars, Incorporated (NL). The K-Talk was moderated by Guido Marschall.

3,000 companies from all continents will exhibit their innovations in the segments

The K show in 2019 saw 3,330 exhibitors from 63 nations who showcased that plastics continue to be "an innovative, indispensable, future-oriented material." Like the show in 2019, this year too will see a lot of focus on renewable energies, material efficiency or zero-waste production. There will be a lot of attention on the innovative power of the material and the industry in terms of resource-saving processes, digitalisation, functionality, renewable energies, circularity and sustainability were centrestage, plus critical themes as marine litter, the throw-away mentality associated with plastic packaging.