Extrusion International USA 6-2020

14 Extrusion International 6/2020 INDUSTRY NEWS Messe Düsseldorf GmbH www.k-online.de „ On 22 October 2020, the fi rst meeting of the exhibitors’ ad- visory board marked the kick-off to the next ‘K’ in Düsseldorf to be held from 19 to 26 October 2022. The body of experts has met to chart the course for the most important trade fair for the plastics and rubber industries worldwide and to enter into the concrete planning stage. The exhibitors’ ad- visory board supports Messe Düsseldorf in the preparations for ‘K 2022’ and provides consulting on basic conceptual and organisational issues. Here particular attention is paid to considering current developments as well as to the global Course Charted for K 2022 economy and the discussion of forward-looking trends and technologies. The advisory board of ‘K 2022’ is composed of representatives from the exhibiting industries and leading trade associations. It mirrors the complete spectrum of ranges represented at ‘K’ in Düsseldorf, mechanical and plant engineering, raw and auxiliary materials as well as semi- fi nished products, technical parts and reinforced plastic products. Actingas theChairman for theexhibitors’ advisoryboardagain will be Ulrich Reifenhäuser, Managing Partner of the mechan- ical engineering company of the same name and Chairman of VDMA’s Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association. The com- munications committee of ‘K 2022’ will be headed by Thorsten Kühmann, Managing Director of VDMA’s Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association. Alongside them, the exhibitors’ advisory board of ‘K 2022 Düsseldorf’ includes the following members: Marc Gregor Baier (BBP Kunststoffwerk Marbach Baier GmbH), Michael Baumeister (BrücknerMaschinenbauGmbH&Co. KG), Siamak Djafarian (Röhm GmbH), Boris Engelhardt (wdk - Wirtschafts- verband der deutschen Kautschukindustrie e.V.), Dr. Guis- card Glück (BASF SE), Manfred Hackl (EREMA Engineering Recycling), Juliane Hehl (Arburg GmbH & Co. KG), Vedran Kujundzic (Borealis AG), Matthias Lesch (Pöppelmann GmbH & Co. KG Kunststoff-Werkzeugbau), Dr. Ulrich Liman (COVE- STRO Deutschland AG), Dr. Oliver Möllenstädt (GKV Gesamt- verband Kunststoffverarbeitende Industrie e.V.), Klaus-Uwe Reiß (Pro-K), Dr. Michael Ruf (KraussMaffei Group GmbH), Dr. Ingo Sartorius (PlasticsEurope Deutschland e.V.), Dr. Christoph Steger (Engel Holding GmbH), Peter Steinbeck (Windmöller & Hölscher KG), Pascal Streiff (EUROMAP). „ ALPLA Group has taken over a plant for rigid plastics in India from the global packaging specialist Amcor with ef- fect from September 28, 2020. The plant in Alandi, West In- dia, is in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis of Pune. It manufactures preforms for the production of PET bottles for the beverage industry. Customers include Coca-Cola and the Indian dairy company Amul. With this takeover, ALPLA is expanding its core business in the PET area in India. All 50 employees will be taken over by ALPLA. Vagish Dixit, Managing Director ALPLA India: „The newly acquired facility near Pune will primarily help us to better serve the market in the Western Region of India and further expand existing partnerships with customers such as Coca-Cola.“ ALPLA Pune is the ninth location of ALPLA in India and the second in the west of the country. Acquisition ALPLA Group www.alpla.com Left to right: ErhardWienkamp (ManagingDirectorOperativeTrade Fair Business), PetraCullmann (ExecutiveDirectorOperativeTradeFair Business), UlrichReifenhäuser (Chairmanexhibitors’ advisoryboard) and Thomas Franken (ProjectDirector for thePortfolioPlastics&Rubber) (Image:MesseDüsseldorfGmbH) Part of the workforce at the newly acquired ALPLA Pune plant (Copyright: ALPLA)