International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber

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The worldwide plastics and rubber industry is putting its best foot forward in this K year. Machine builders, raw materials manufacturers and processors can boast good results and, a few risk factors aside, the outlook for the coming months is optimistic. Against this welcome backdrop, exhibitors are working at full tilt to put on a convincing show of innovations for visitors to the world's No. 1 plastics and rubber fair, to be staged from 24 to 31 October 2007. More than 2, 900 companies will showcase their latest developments for all industry segments at the premier event in Düsseldorf.

The spectrum of suppliers extends from major global players to start-ups and the product palette from standard raw materials to individually customised tools. All the building blocks needed for optimal production conditions at each step in the process will be available, starting with basic materials, moving on to plant and machinery and culminating in complex solutions for various user industries.

Suppliers of machinery and equipment are traditionally the largest exhibitor contingent at K. This year, they will be occupying 115, 000 square metres of floor space – an increase of some 2, 000 square metres on the previous event and equivalent to about two thirds of the total exhibition area. Halls 1 to 4 and 9 to 17 are reserved for this exhibitor group. Manufacturers of raw materials, semi-finished products and technical parts will be setting up shop in Halls 5 to 8a.

Of that area, 36, 000 square metres of net space will be used to accommodate raw materials suppliers. This is up some 5, 000 square metres from K 2004 and will account for a good fifth of the total floor space. Stretched across 13, 000 net square metres, the section dedicated to processors has remained at a constant size compared with the previous event (just under 8 percent of the total exhibition area). The new Hall 8b will serve as the interface between the product segments.

The number of companies set to take the spotlight at K has not yet been finalised as participants grouped at joint stands are still to be named. Messe Düsseldorf assumes that the ultimate figure will be somewhere over 2, 900 exhibitors. One thing already certain today is that the mix and proportions of the nationalities represented will provide a 360-degree overview of the global market.

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