K2022 | EXHIBITION REVIEW
In the face on ongoing travel restrictions – which prevented visitors from Asia in particular from attending – K2022 seemed as busy as ever, and packed with the latest technologies
Visitor numbers hold up despite travel restrictions
Despite the lingering effect of Covid 19, the organiser of this year’s K show – which ran for eight days in late October – was satisfied with visitor numbers. As with K2019, sustainability was one of the major topics and themes of the exhibition. The show – in its 70th anniversary year – drew in
around 224,000 visitors. That was 22% less than the last edition in 2019 – though comes at a time when many restrictions continue to affect international travel. “After hardly any trade fairs could take place worldwide over the past three years, K2022 was all the more eagerly anticipated,” said Ulrich Reifenhäuser, chairman of the exhibitor advisory board at K2022. The final attendance is thought to be at the high
end of organiser Messe Dusselforf’s private expectations. More than 70% of visitors came from outside of Germany – with the Netherlands, Italy, turkey,
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France, Belgium, Poland and Spain the most represented European visitor nations. According to Messe Dusseldorf, 42% of visitors came from beyond Europe. It said that Covid quarantine regulations had reduced attendance from south- east Asia – but that the US, Brazil and India were well represented. Messe Dusseldorf ran three ‘hot topics’ at the
show: circular economy; digitalisation; and climate protection. In addition, the Plastics shape the future programme included presentations on topic as diverse as: moving to climate neutrality; strength- ening digital tools to accelerate a circular econo- my; and how plastics can help towards climate protection. The following pages include launches from this
year’s event. Many other technologies were seen at the show and may be featured in future editions in their relevant subject areas. The next K show is held on 8-15 October 2025.
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Main image: A wide variety of technologies were on show across K2022
IMAGE: CONSTANZE TILLMAN, MESSE DUSSELDORF
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