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Nearly 2,900 companies from 53 countries will be present in Düsseldorf

The 2004 K grows in participation and business expectations

María Escribano15/09/2004

Submit the highest bid of innovations in the world of the plastic and rubber, be the reference for this industry exhibitions and gather in eight days to the best companies and global industry leaders make Düsseldorf the capital world of the plastic and the K in a mandatory appointment for fair.

Internationality and the structure of the exhibiting companies from the Düsseldorf 2004 K provide a comprehensive overview of the global market of plastics and rubber. The represented offer covers from specialized suppliers to small global operators and standard products at a good price to molds, raw materials or fully custom processes.

To structure this immense way offer clear and practical, the K 2004 is divided into three sections: machinery and equipment, raw materials and additives and, finally, semi-finished products, technical parts and reinforced plastic products.

Nearly 2,900 exhibitors from 53 countries will present their services, products and processes on a net exhibition area of about 162.000 square meters (2001: 2.886 exhibitors K, 152.292 square metres of net surface). This means that the fair will occupy all the fairground of Düsseldorf, whose ability has been increased with the construction of a new Pavilion and the expansion of the Pavilion number 13.

63 Per cent of the registered companies, i.e., 1.817 exhibitors come from outside of Germany. Italy is still the foreign country with greater representation: 441 Italian companies will occupy a net area of 29.105 square meters. The representations of United States (124 companies/3.793 square meters), Great Britain (119/4.290), Taiwan (118/4.544), Switzerland (113/6.882), France (101/4.751), Austria (77/5.764), Belgium (68/3,381) and the India (63/2.675) are equally numerous. Spain, for its part, will be represented by 59 companies, who will occupy 2,800 square meters.

Supply is distributed in the pavilions in the following way:

The largest group of exhibitors from the K, the manufacturers of machinery and equipment, will occupy halls 1 to 4 and 9 to 17. This group integrate it 1,770 companies, which will be a net area of 113.881 square meters (2001 K: 1.702/103.622 square meters).
In halls 5 to 8 524 companies of raw materials and additives will present their products on a net area of 32.103 square meters; 434 manufacturers of semi-finished products and technical parts will do likewise on a net area of 13.001 square meters.

Italy is still the foreign country with wider representation, with 441 companies

The offer of the exhibitors will be complemented with a monographic exhibition dedicated to the use of plastic and rubber in the sport and leisure. In this Olympic year 2004, the exhibition "Plastics-first choice for winners" of the K in Düsseldorf will present numerous examples of "amateur" and professional sports, as well as architecture of the sport, which illustrate the various applications of polymers in the sport and competitive advantages and business opportunities that involve in this sector. On a surface of about 500 square meters, in Hall 6, innovative technologies and transformation techniques will be presented and will be held round tables with the presence of prominent sportsmen and architects.

The motto of the K

2004 K motto is "vision - Innovación-Negocios", three proven concepts for many years and that the K materialized through facts. In business, it is clear that to make sound business investment decisions should be an overview of the global market. The internationality and composition of the exhibitors of the K guarantee an offer comprehensive and complete in each of the sectors. Companies from more than 53 countries have registered in the K, and among them are the market leaders from around the world, and also a large number of exciting new companies from five continents.

Spain will be represented by 59 companies, which shall dispose of 2,800 square meters manufacturers of machines and equipment are the largest group of exhibitors

Also, innovation is the cornerstone to dominate a highly competitive market. The K in Düsseldorf presents the largest selection of innovations in the world. And the news that the exhibitors of the fair made available to users a high interest. Innovations are aimed towards more productive solutions, it is making improvements to extend the range of applications, get a faster operation, as well as the modernization of production processes and increase profitability. In fact, say the organizers of the fair, "it has already long been industrial customers know and positively valued the K and visit to seek and take home new ideas for your sector and its products." "Exhibitors have adapted to the demand for this circle of clients: almost half of the companies participating in the K run its offer to industrial consumers of semi-finished products and technical parts made of plastic and rubber".

The K in Düsseldorf presents the largest selection of innovations in the world. And the news that the exhibitors of the fair made available to users a high interest.

2004 K motto is "vision - Innovación-Negocios", three proven concepts for many years and that the K materialized through facts

Finally, and by reference to the concept of vision, from the fair affirms that the K is designed to go beyond a mere statement of the "status quo" of the industry; It is the perfect forum to deal with the issues and debates in which focus the research and industry. Issues, ultimately, to decide the prospects for the future of the products and, thereby, of the companies in the sector of the plastics and rubber.