{"id":108136,"date":"2025-10-16T07:43:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T05:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=108136"},"modified":"2025-10-15T17:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:57:33","slug":"k-2025-reports-175000-trade-visitors-from-160-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/k-2025-meldet-175-000-fachbesucher-aus-160-laendern\/","title":{"rendered":"K 2025 reports 175,000 trade visitors from 160 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Messe D\u00fcsseldorf has concluded K 2025 after eight days and can draw a positive balance: Despite the challenging economic situation, 3,275 exhibitors from 66 countries presented innovations along the plastics and rubber value chain; over 175,000 trade visitors from around 160 countries came to D\u00fcsseldorf.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The motto of the trade fair was \u201eThe Power of Plastics! Green - Smart - Responsible\u201c. According to the organisers, the demand for information and investment discussions was high; numerous innovations were shown for the first time.<\/p>\n

Visitor structure and internationality<\/h3>\n

The K underlined its global claim: 73 per cent of participants travelled from abroad; China (6,300) and India (6,400) were particularly well represented. A total of 10,000 visitors came from the USA and Brazil. The proportion of decision-makers was 67 per cent.<\/p>

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Focus topics and technologies<\/h3>\n

With the key themes of \u201eShaping the circular economy\u201c, \u201eEmbracing digitalisation\u201c and \u201eCaring about people\u201c, the trade fair addressed the circular economy, resource efficiency, automation and AI. Mechanical and plant engineering companies showcased live productions, while material manufacturers presented bio-based and recycled materials as well as new additives.<\/p>\n

Programme highlights and outlook<\/h3>\n

The event was characterised by a high level of satisfaction: 95 percent achieved their trade fair objectives; 98 percent rated the range of products and services as excellent or very good. Specials such as \u201ePlastics Shape the Future\u201c, the VDMA forum \u201eThe Power of Plastics\u201c, Start-up Zone, Science Campus, Rubberstreet (wdk) and the premiere of \u201eWomen in Plastics\u201c were very well received.<\/p>\n

The next K is scheduled for 18-25 October 2028.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/em> D\u00fcsseldorf Trade Fair Centre<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next K is scheduled for 18-25 October 2028.","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":108138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"K 2025 endet erfolgreich: 3.275 Aussteller, 175.000 Fachbesuche, Fokus auf Kreislaufwirtschaft, Digitalisierung und Verantwortung \u2013 n\u00e4chste K: Oktober 2028.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"K 2025","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[55,60940,60595,54,33],"class_list":{"0":"post-108136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-messen-und-veranstaltungen","8":"tag-automatisieren-und-robotik","9":"tag-k_messenews","10":"tag-kreislaufwirtschaft","11":"tag-kunststoff-und-verbunde","12":"tag-veranstaltungen","13":"cs-entry","14":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/300"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}