K as Climate Protection

Climate protection is the absolute and most important topic worldwide.

It can no longer be postponed, because the future previously predicted by scientists is beginning to manifest itself worldwide in unusual and negative weather phenomena. The time for postponing is over, action must be taken now. The plastics industry, too, can, will and does face up to this existential question. Because it is absolutely crucial to the goal of CO2 reduction.

Around the topic of Climate Protection you will find at K 2022 ...

exhibitors and products that help you reduce CO2 emissions from your business.
the Circular Economy Forum with exciting presentations and discussions.
the special show Plastics shape the Future, which shows in exciting formats how the future can be shaped with plastics.
exchange with experts on the topics of lightweight construction, electromobility, water management and more.

K as Climate Protection: Exhibitors and products at K 2022

Exhibitors & products around Sustainability

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Rubberstreet

The rubber hotspot at K 2022

Since K 1983, this window into the world of rubber and elastomers has existed to increase the visibility of the rubber industry and highlight its innovative capabilities.

Plastics shape the future

In exciting formats, the special show will demonstrate how the future can be shaped with plastics. Sustainability is one of the topics. Through new materials, the industry is facing up to the global challenges of our time and developing solutions in dialog with all stakeholders.

VDMA Circular Economy Forum

Experience in 10 pavilions and the VDMA Dome how Circular Economy works in practice in the plastics industry!

Circular Economy

Digitalisation

Innovation

Dialogue

Pioneering

Quality

Interview with Professor Stefan Mecking, Chair of Chemical Materials Science, University of Konstanz

08.03.2023

Stable yet degradable: researchers develop chemical pre-determined breaking points in polymer chains

Image: a person pours detergent into a measuring container; Copyright: stockasso

We encounter high-density polyethylene (HDPE) every day, for example as detergent packaging or films. HDPE is particularly stable and resistant. In terms of sustainability, however, it still has a long way to go, because its high stability is often accompanied by poor degradability.

Covestro to build its largest TPU site in China

Image: Rubber shoe soles in different colors; Copyright: abraham_stokero

The company Covestro will build its largest Thermoplastic Polyurethanes (TPU) site in Zhuhai, China. The TPU site will be built in three phases. The first phase will be completed in late 2025 and the final phase in 2033.

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