Extrusion International 2-2019

8 Extrusion International 2/2019 CHINAPLAS 2019 21. - 24. 05. 2019 Guangzhou / P.R. China Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd. www.ChinaplasOnline.com bio!PAC – biobased materials for packaging 28. - 29. 05. 2019 Dusseldorf / Germany www.bio-pac.info Plastpol 2019 28. – 31. 05. 2019 Kielce / Poland www.plastpol.com Biobased Coatings Europe 2019 19. - 20. 06. 2019 Dusseldorf / Germany Active Communications International (ACI Europe) www.wplgroup.com/aci/event/ biobased-coatings-europe K’ 2019 16. - 23. 10. 2019 Dusseldorf / Germany Messe Düsseldorf GmbH www.k-online.de Central Asia Plast World 20. - 22. 10. 2019 Almaty / Kazakhstan www.plastworld.kz Plastics Recyclers 21. - 22. 11. 2019 Brussels / Belgium www.plasticsrecyclersam.org PlastEurasia 04. - 07. 12. 2019 Istanbul / Turkey www.plasteurasia.com K 2019 Düsseldorf New technologies as drivers of innovation for a productive and responsible today, tomorrowand future www.k-online.de K 2019 – from 16 to 23 October 2019 in Düsseldorf, Germany – is fully booked. Over 3000 exhibitors frommore than60 countries have registered toparticipate. Kwill occupy the entire Düsseldorf exhibition grounds with some 175,000 m² of net exhibition space, and more than 200,000 trade visitors from all over the world are expected come to the event. K is the performance barometer for the entire industry and its global marketplace for innovations. For eight days, the “Who’s Who” of the entire plastics and rubber world will meet here to demonstrate the industry’s capabilities, discuss current trends and set the course for the future. K 2019 underscores its special position not only through its popularity with the global industry but also by addressing the current challenges of our era and especially of its sector, first and foremost in regard to “plastics for sustainable development” and the “circular economy”. These not only will be among the hot topics touched on at the exhibitors’ stands at the upcoming K but will also be covered compre- hensively in the supporting programme. For example, the special exhibition “Plastics Shape the Future” also sees itself as a po- dium for solutions and answers to current social trends and discussions. Crucial topics will be discussed in detail, including packaging waste, marine litter and climate change on the one hand and resource conservation, energy efficiency and recycling on the other. “Plastics Shape the Future” not only will offer an international information and networking platform but will also provide for greater involvement of policymakers and socially relevant groups in the formof keynote speeches and speed talks. The Science Campus of K 2019 stands for the dialogue between science and industry, with sustainability and recyclingmanagement also being examined intensively. Last but not least, the joint appearanceof VDMA (GermanEngineering Federation) and itsmem- ber companies will also be focused this time on the topic of the circular economy. (Photo: Messe Düsseldorf, Constanze Tillmann)