From October 19-26, 2022, the world’s leading trade fair for plastics and rubber K in Düsseldorf/Germany, presents new products and innovations from all sectors of the industry – from production to processing, to mechanical engineering. The Special Show “Plastics shape the future” organized by the plastics producers' association PlasticsEurope Deutschland e.V., Frankfurt/Germany, and Messe Düsseldorf GmbH will focus on the 3 topics of K 2022: climate protection, circular economy, and digitalization.
The Special Show is provided by the theme days with speeches, keynotes, and panel discussions on these trending topics. At the start of the trade fair on October 19, 2022, key topics and challenges of the industry will be directly addressed on the K-Forum. As an example, it will focus on the implementation of the results of the “Reshaping Plastics” report presented by the European think-tank SystemIQ GmbH, Munich/Germany, in April 2022. The report outlines several scenarios that are supposed to improve the circularity of plastics and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. The following theme days also focus on the plastics industry’s concrete paths towards greenhouse gas neutrality, or on plastics as enablers of the clean energy transition. This will make sure that the special exhibition will enrich the extensive and socially highly relevant exhibition offering of K 2022.