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After its successful start at the last K, the Start-up Zone will once again be an integral part of the trade fair in 2025 – this time in the immediate vicinity of the Science Campus. The start-up pitch will celebrate its premiere in the special show Plastics Shape the Future.
Start-up Zone
With the Start-up Zone, K in Düsseldorf, the world’s leading trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry, would like to once again offer young companies their own stage from 8 to 15 October 2025. After all, start-up companies in particular play a crucial role for the plastics and rubber industry, as they bring innovations and fresh ideas to an industry that is increasingly confronted with challenges such as sustainability, efficiency and digitalization. Start-ups in particular are characterized by a great pioneering spirit, willingness to take risks and a high degree of flexibility.
The Start-up Zone will be located at K 2025 in Hall 7.0 and thus for the first time in the immediate vicinity of the Science Campus. In the Science Campus, universities, colleges and institutes present the latest results of their plastics research. Both K Specials complement each other perfectly. The immediate proximity of the Start-up Zone and the Science Campus makes Hall 7.0 a unique knowledge and innovation hub.
Young companies currently still have the opportunity to register for the Start-up Zone and thus take the opportunity to present their developments at the world’s most important industry trade fair and make valuable international business contacts. A special participation package has been put together for them, which minimizes the hurdles and the organizational effort to participate in such a large trade fair.
Criteria:
- The company is less than 10 years old
- It employs less than 100 people
- The annual turnover is less than 10 million euros
The registration form can be found at: www.k-online.de/start-up-zone-de.
The contact person for the Start-up Zone is Katharina Kolissnyk, Kolissnyk@messe-duesseldorf.de .
Startup Pitch Towards Zero
In keeping with the Start-up Zone, the official special show Plastics Shape the Future, organised by Plastics Europe, will also offer newcomers to the industry their own format at K for the first time, the Startup-Pitch Towards Zero. Here, start-ups whose innovations and technologies, solutions or new business models contribute to a circular economy with plastics, to the defossilization of the plastics industry or to the reduction of so-called Scope 3 emissions will have the opportunity to present their promising technology projects and network with partners worldwide.
The startup pitch Towards Zero will take place at K 2025 on Monday, October 13, in the special show Plastics Shape the Future in Hall 6 of the Düsseldorf Exhibition Center. Applications for the TOWARDS ZERO – Startup Pitch at K 2025 are still possible until March 1, 2025.
About K in Düsseldorf:
K was organised by Messe Düsseldorf for the first time in 1952 and takes place every three years. The last K in 2022 recorded 3,020 exhibitors from 63 countries on over 177,000 m² of net exhibition space and 177,486 trade visitors, 71 percent of whom came from abroad. For more information, see www.k-online.de.
