德国杜塞尔多夫国际塑料及橡胶展览会（简称 K 展 - Plastics and Rubber，Kunststoff und Kautschuk）是全球最大的塑料橡胶产业展览会，该展由杜塞尔多夫展览公司主办，从1959年开始，三年一届，在杜塞尔多夫国际展览中心举行。K 是全球最重要的塑料与橡胶工业展会，K 的闻名于世，不光在于她的超大规模，更在于她的召开催生了新的激励因素，也为该行业所有领域带来新的业务机遇。展会上推出了高性能设备和材料，这使当年塑料行业原材料及机械和中间产品的需求得到了满足，让企业把制作工作做得更好更快更廉价。K展是塑料行业的一个理想的商务与企业交流平台，将展出其行业整体的服务范畴，其行业服务标准将拥有国际最高水平。
展会相关数据：来自全球60多个国家的企业超过3200家参展，不包括未登记的合展企业，来自120多个国家20多万专业观众观展，展出面积20多万平米。没有橡胶，生活将无法想象。专题展览将展示橡胶如何影响生活，以及如何影响伴随我们的各个方面。此外，专题展览还会展出橡胶如何能够解决未来的问题。这些行业是不可缺少的：塑料制品生产，橡胶生产/橡胶加工，化工产业，包装/分配，建筑/修建与居住，汽车制造／航空航天飞行设备，电子/电子技术，机械工程与基础建设，农业，医学技术/精密机械学，光学，信息通讯技术，能源技术/光电，运动/休闲。
K 展吸引了更多来自全世界各地的观众，而不仅仅是欧洲，展会的国际化程度再一次加深。而对所有观众的随机调查中发现，有近三分之二认为其主要关注的领域为机械设备，关注原材料 和辅助设备的观众占 40% ，而 32% 的观众主要关注塑料或橡胶半成品和技术部件。此外，专业观众对塑料和橡胶产业的服务领域感兴趣。
K 展观众来源分析：其中一半以上观众来自德国以外，特别是本行业专家们是从远处来的100多个国家和各大洲的 - 他们甚至前往埃塞俄比亚的莱茵河，哥斯达黎加，福克兰群岛，科特迪瓦，毛里求斯，新喀里多尼亚和土库曼斯坦。显然，跻身对海外观众参加的国际专家的进一步转移已经发生。K展最大的集团来自亚洲 - 拥有近3万名专业观众。来自欧洲的观展都以邻国的参观者为主，其后是法国，比利时，意大利，奥地利，英国和北爱尔兰，瑞士，荷兰，西班牙，葡萄牙和波兰。
展品范围(Show Products):
1、塑料机械及设备：注塑机、吹膜机、塑料压延机、中空吹塑机 、塑料成型机、塑料造粒机、塑料挤出机、塑机辅机、其他塑料机械、加料再生破碎机、薄膜拉丝机、发泡设备；
2、橡胶机械及设备：切胶机、橡胶挤出机、混炼机、橡胶造粒机、橡胶裁断机、硫化罐、橡胶贴合机、橡胶成型机、橡胶定型机、橡胶接头机、硫化机、脱硫机、制袋机、橡胶压延机；
3、橡塑加工设备及质量检测仪器；
4、各种塑料制品及塑料薄膜；
5、橡塑加工用化工原料、助剂及辅助材料；
6、橡塑加工用模具及配件；
7、橡塑制品。
展会报告(Show Reports):
K 2022 – Trade fair results fulfil highest expectations
Innovation driver for the global plastics and rubber industry Multitude of concrete solutions, machines and products for the transformation towards a circular economy
The joy of the plastics and rubber industry at finally being able to exchange ideas in person on a global level again after three years characterised K 2022 Düsseldorf and ensured an excellent mood among the 3,037 exhibitors. The companies reported extraordinarily good leads and a marked willingness to invest among trade visitors, mentioning promising new customer relations and the conclusion of numerous, in part, spontaneous business deals.
“K in Düsseldorf has once again fulfilled highest expectations. It continues to be the most international, complete and innovative trade fair of the global plastics and rubber industry,” says Erhard Wienkamp, Managing Director at Messe Düsseldorf, delighting at the good results and adding: “The trade fair has impressively demonstrated just how valuable face-to-face networking, chance meetings and physical brand and product experiences are. We are very satisfied to see that K 2022 succeeded in sending out strong signals as an innovation driver of the industry and that our exhibitors did business with a high number of international customers with great decision-making powers.”
176,000 trade visitors from all continents travelled to their most relevant sectoral event in Düsseldorf. At over 70% the proportion of international guests at K 2022 remained at a constantly high level.
The verdict from Ulrich Reifenhäuser, Chairman of the Exhibitor Advisory Board at K 2022, is also very positive: “After hardly any trade fairs could take place worldwide also on a national level over the past three years, K 2022 was all the more eagerly anticipated as the world’s No. 1 trade fair of the plastics and rubber industry and succeeded in providing fresh impetus in all sectors of our industry. The many, in part, unexpected concrete contract negotiations held at the trade fair speak for themselves!”
The current unpredictability and uncertainty of events does make for a tight situation in the sector overall, but this did not do any harm to exhibitor commitment and visitor interest, quite on the opposite: “Especially now in turbulent times and where the plastics industry is undergoing transformation towards the circular economy K 2022 was the ideal place to jointly and actively chart the course for the future,” sums up Ulrich Reifenhäuser.
It was especially the wealth of new technology developments that raw materials producers, machine manufacturers and plastics processors presented for implementing the circular economy, resource conservation and climate protection that thrilled the trade visitors. Commenting on this Ulrich Reifenhäuser says: “It can be clearly felt that all companies have embraced the need to take on social responsibility and think about plastics in a sustainable way from the beginning of the process chain. The variety of solutions, machinery and products for transformation towards a circular economy presented at K 2022 was incredible.”
The trade visitors at this year’s K travelled from 157 nations to the Rhine. Next to Germany, those European countries strongly represented on the visitors’ part included the Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, France, Belgium, Poland and Spain. With 42% of visitors coming from overseas, the reach of K is as high as usual among the international trade audience. While visitors from the East Asian region, in particular, were less well represented than at K three years ago due to the currently more difficult conditions in those countries on account of quarantine regulations, numerous visitors from the USA, Brazil and India were welcomed at K 2022.
For around two thirds of all visitors polled machinery and plant construction ranked first in terms of interest. 57% and, hence 5% more than at K 2019, said they were interested in raw and auxiliary materials, with recyclates and bioplastics being particularly popular. For 28% semi-finished products and technical parts made of plastics and rubber were the main reason for coming (multiple responses possible). Over 70% of all visitors come from top and middle management.
Top marks were given by visitors to K 2022 for the completeness of its ranges and its mapping of the entire supply chain. 98% of all professionals stated they had fully achieved the goals associated with their visit.
During the eight trade fair days it became clear that this year’s K was right on target with its selection of hot topics, circular economy, climate protection and digitalisation. In terms of investment intentions, machinery and equipment for processing and recycling stood out at 43%. The focus was particularly on sustainability, but also on circular economy and energy/resource efficiency in production. Around 40% of decision-makers said they were looking into the topic of decarbonisation.
The K specials, which also focused on the three hot topics, were also very well received. The official special show, ‘Plastics Shape the Future’, focused on the economic, social and ecological challenges and potential solutions around the K guiding topics in high-calibre discussions and lectures, and this show was well attended throughout. The Circular Economy Forum, where the VDMA and 13 of its member companies impressively demonstrated the importance of technology in the implementation of the circular economy in the plastics industry, scored points with the international audience with live demonstrations and a great deal of well-founded knowledge as well as detailed information on the topic.
At this year’s K in Düsseldorf, there was also a lot of discussion about the global production language, OPC UA. This standard allows the processing parameters of the machinery and equipment involved to be coordinated more precisely and in a more targeted manner. This, in turn, is considered an important prerequisite for optimised circular management. 40 companies from eight countries participated in an OPC UA demonstration project at the trade fair.
At the Science Campus both exhibitors and visitors at K 2022 were provided with a condensed overview of scientific activities and findings in the plastics and rubber sector. Numerous universities, institutes and funding bodies offered opportunities for direct dialogue here.
The offer of the Plastics Training Initiative (KAI) was used by many pupils, trainees and students to gather information on the job profiles and career opportunities in the plastics industry.
The next K Düsseldorf will be held from 8 to 15 October 2025.
