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2013 K 2013 proves a big success
The K 2013 exhibition has been deemed a resounding success by plastics industry organisa- tions. Held in Düsseldorf, Germany on 16-23 October, the event attracted approxi- mately 218,000 visitors, with 58% coming from abroad. Germany’s VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association said that its members enjoyed great feedback and excellent business contacts from visitors throughout the world. Its chairman, Ulrich Reifenhäuser reported that “demand from China, South-East Asia and the USA was extremely positive”. Reifenhäuser, who is also chairman of the Exhibitors’ Advisory Board for K 2013, added: “We had not expected visitors’ willingness to invest to be this high... Many customers are extending their capacities and are investing in new technologies to sharpen their global competitive edge. We very confidently anticipate strong post-fair business and expect continuing growth in our sector”. PlasticsEurope Deutschland, which represents Germany’s
most international event and it will stay that way”. Messe Düsseldorf’s initial
estimate of 218,000 visitors to K 2013 is 2% down on the final figure of 222,486 visitors to the previous K which was held in 2010. The number of exhibitors is up by over 3.4%, from 3,094 in 2010 to more than 3,200 in 2013.
It is estimated that 126,000
Thousands of people from all around the world converged on Düsseldorf last month for K 2013
Ulrich Reifenhäuser: “We had not expected visitors’ willingness to invest to be this high”
polymer producers, was equally enthusiastic. Its chairman Dr Josef Ertl said: “For plastics producers it is true to say that firms exhibiting here meet exactly the right visitors – ones with technical know-how, decision-making powers and a
Werner Matthias Dornscheidt: “This is where new technologies are premiered”
willingness to invest in the future”. Representing Germany’s
plastics processors, the GKV also praised K 2013, saying that expectations were fully met and that it predicts that order levels within the sector to be positively impacted as a result. Werner Matthias Dorn- scheidt, president and CEO of Messe Düsseldorf, the organiser of the exhibition, said: “Once again it becomes very clear that K is and remains the most important event in the rubber and plastics industry! This is where new technologies are pre- miered... and this is also where orders are placed for these innovations. K is the
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visitors came from outside Germany with around 30,000 coming from Asia and the Middle East. India accounted for the biggest share of this total, and the show’s organiser reported that the number of visitors from China, Indonesia, Iran, Japan and Taiwan all “rose considerably”. Visitors from North America
totalled approximately 8,100, which was 1,300 more than at K 2010. Some 11,000 people came from Latin America, with Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia accounting for the largest share.
The Netherlands accounted
for the biggest share of visitors from European countries outside of Germany, with a total of around 8,000. It was followed by France, Belgium, the UK and Italy. Messe Düsseldorf also reported a noticeable rise in interest from Poland, the Czech republic and Hungary.
At the Messe Düsseldorf
press conference held on the final day of the show, Dorn- scheidt announced that the dates for the next K exhibition in 2016 will be 12-26 October. He added: “We hope that every square metre will be sold out!” ❙
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