First meeting of the exhibitors’ council in Düsseldorf, Reifenhäuser is still chairman

Preparations for K 2019 have begun. In its first meeting, the exhibitors’ council set the course for the world’s most significant trade fair for the plastics and rubber industries, which will take place from October 16 to 23, 2019 in Düsseldorf. The exhibitors’ council is made up of representatives from the exhibiting industries as well as the leading industrial associations and represents the entire spectrum of offers at the trade fair - machine and system construction, raw and auxiliary material production and manufacturing of semi-finished products and technical parts in plastic and rubber. It supports Messe Düsseldorf in its preparations for K 2019 and advises it on basic issues involving concepts and organisation.

Ulrich Reifenhäuser keeps his seat as the chairman of the exhibitors’ council. He is the managing partner of the eponymous machinery manufacturing company and is chairman of the association for plastics and rubber machinery in the VDMA. Again, his representative is Rainer Büschl, Innovation Management/IP & designfabrik Performance Materials, Basf, who is also the chairman of the concepts committee. The organisation committee is once again led by Thorsten Kühmann, managing director plastics and rubber Machinery, Forum Composite Technology, within VDMA.

The exhibitors’ council K 2019 Düsseldorf is comprised of the following other members: Marc Gregor Baier (BBP Kunststoffwerk Marbach Baier), Michael Baumeister (Brückner Maschinenbau), Rüdiger Baunemann (PlasticsEurope Deutschland), Siamak Djafarian (Evonik Performance Materials), Boris Engelhardt (WDK, associazione economica tedesca dell’industria della gomma), Manfred Hackl (Erema), Julian Hakes (Arburg), Rainer Höfling (Borealis), Ulf Kelterborn (IK, associazione tedesca dei produttori di film e packaging in plastica), Ulrich Liman (Covestro), Oliver Möllenstädt (GKV, associazione tedesca per l’industria della lavorazione delle materie plastiche), Klaus-Uwe Reiß (Mitras Materials),  Christoph Steger (Engel), Peter Steinbeck (Windmöller & Hölscher), Frank Stieler (KraussMaffei) e Pascal Streiff (Euromap/Swissmem).