Finally! After three long years of waiting, the world’s leading plastics and rubber fair kicks off in Düsseldorf / Germany 16 October 2013. More than 3,300 exhibitors representing the entire plastics industry spectrum are showcasing the latest products and services, with the trade show organiser anticipating more than 200,000 visitors to have come through fairground doors once the event comes to an end 23 October 2013.

Plasteurope.com and parent company KI Group have also raised the ante for this year’s event – both in terms of the editorial staff covering the mega show as well as our booth – Hall 6, B 27 – which showcases all publications the publishing house has to offer. A new addition to our family is the German-language K-profi, whose team has joined hands with ours, which translates into a network of experienced journalists now on the ground covering the events for you. Apart from our established news media, including PIE’s German sister publication, Kunststoff Information - KI, our booth also provides information about our online public domains www.plasteurope.com as well as www.kunststoffweb.de. In addition, we are also presenting our innovative global capacity database, Polyglobe (www.polyglobe.net), at the booth, located near the northern entrance gate.

In cooperation with the China Synthetic Resin Association based in Beijing and the German plastics converters association Gesamtverband Kunststoffverarbeitende Industrie (GKV, Bad Homburg; www.gkv.de), we would also like to invite you to attend the "Sino-German Polymers Business Forum", held Sunday, 20 October 2013. Attendance is free of charge.

We look forward to seeing you there! Welcome to Düsseldorf!