Against the backdrop of the Eurozone crisis, next year’s triennial plastic event K2013 is expected to be bigger than the previous event says the show organiser. To be held from 16-23 October in Düsseldorf, Germany, the number of Asian manufacturers from China, Taiwan and India is expected to increase.

The show organiser, Messe Düsseldorf, reports that all 19 halls are fully occupied with suppliers from Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and the US again to be particularly strongly represented.

Some 3,000 exhibiting companies will be participating in K2013 presenting their offers from the fields of machinery and equipment for the plastics and rubber industry; raw materials, auxiliaries, and semi-finished products, technical parts and reinforced plastics to the global trade attendees.

Current information relating to K2013 is available at www.k-online.de

Strengthening its presence in Asia, Rosti has established a subsidiary, Rosti Integrated Manufacturing Solutions (IMS), located in Senai in southern Malaysia.

Indian firm Jain Irrigation Systems will invest US$375 million over the next few years to build sustainable agriculture that will improve income of small farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.

BOPP producer Taghleef Industries has acquired Applied Extrusion Technologies (AET), a US-based manufacturer of specialised BOPP films.

Sabic has shipped its first consignment of ethanolamines and ethoxylates from its manufacturing plant in Jubail, Saudi Kayan, making Saudi Arabia

Rome-based Assobioplastiche and Bangkok-based Thai Bioplastics Industry Association have formed a five-year agreement to carry out R&D of bioplastics.

US-based specialised polymer materials provider PolyOne announced the opening of its innovation centre in Shanghai, China.