Value proposition

K is the most important trade fair for the global plastics and rubber industry.

Welcome to K, the world's leading and most important trade fair for the global plastics and rubber industry. Nowhere else is the internationality higher – as proven at K 2022 by over 3,000 exhibitors from 60 countries and 177,500 trade visitors from 167 countries!

For over 70 years, K in Düsseldorf has been the perfect platform for successful international business, groundbreaking innovations and developments as well as visionary impulses. The trade fair sets global standards in the following product categories:
• Machinery and equipment for the plastics and rubber industry
• Raw materials, auxiliaries
• Plastics goods and plastics processing
• Services for the plastics and rubber industry

Professionals from a wide range of customer industries – vehicle manufacturing, packaging, electrical engineering, electronics, construction, medical technology or aerospace – come to K in Germany to find out about current and visionary applications for plastics and rubber.

An extensive supporting programme complements the presentations of the international exhibitors, above all the special show "Plastics shape the future", organised by Plastics Europe Deutschland, and the Circular Economy Forum of the VDMA.

The world's No. 1 trade fair not only claims to be THE event for the plastics and rubber industry every three years, but also to offer a continuous platform for information and networking. K is more than a trade fair – it is a communication channel. According to this principle, it offers an informative and interactive exchange on relevant topics of the industry. Thus, its current key themes are Circular Economy, Climate Protection and Digitalisation.

The online magazine of K, the K-MAG, is edited all year round and offers news from industry and science, background articles, interviews with experts and videos in German and English.