The best basis for your success.
Materials with unsurpassed quality features.

Along with the optimisation of standard plastics, the important overriding themes will be resource and energy efficiency from the ecological and economic points of view. The focus will be on products and problem solutions, such as renewable raw materials and bioplastics, plastics and rubber modified with nano-scale particles, fibre composites etc. for a vast diversity of applications.

The perfect setting for you to make a lasting impression with your company on the international stage. So that you can build on your competitive edge.
K makes the difference.

At a glance
Resource conservation
Energy efficiency
Functional solutions
Sustainability
Globalisation

Make it easy for your customers and attract new customers in growing user markets.
Energy-saving and cost-cutting product solutions that are also easy on the environment are no longer conceivable today without plastics and rubber.
Progressive technologies open up huge potential for innovative applications combining intelligence with efficiency. At K 2013, leading international experts can expect new developments and landmark innovations for automotive engineering, aerospace, medical technology, electrical and electronic engineering, building construction and the ICT industry.
K makes the difference.

At a glance
Improved efficiency
Progressive technologies
Outstanding composites
Environmentally gentle lightweight construction

The ideal platform for world premieres!

The live demonstrations of complex production configurations at K are unparalleled worldwide. Take this opportunity to present your product to international experts in a live process. An ideal occasion for machine and plant manufacturers to hold in-depth talks with knowledgeable primary decision-makers – something you can find only at K.
Integrated production processes to boost energy and resource efficiency and reduce set-up times are just two of the important highlighted themes.
K makes the difference.

At a glance
Energy and resource efficiency
Forward-looking process optimisation
Integrated production processes
Reducing set-up times
Live demonstrations

Where would the plastics and rubber industry be without the pioneering groundwork performed by scientists and researchers – out-of-the-box and forward thinkers who combine theory and practice and convert their in-depth expertise into strategic and operative concepts. K helps you know more.
K makes the difference

In this forum at k-online.de, you can present your company’s chief innovations. Before and during K, k-online.de is the ideal medium for preparing your visit to the fair and offers visitors, with the aid of the Innovation Compass, the direct route to special new technological innovations. Make use of the Innovation Compass as an information source and public relations strategy.

Plastics are the material of the 21st century for helping us to sustainably conserve the world’s resources. At the visionary “Plastics move the world!” special show, the vital themes of mobility, sustainability and resource conservation will be discussed. Multimedia presentations and selected exhibits will highlight the contribution that plastics and rubber can make to a mobile life.