Energy efficiency and preservation of resources

Plastics are the key technologies that protect resources with low consumption of material. For example, the use of the plastic offers great advantages for the insulation of buildings or for mobility through light constructions in the car, bus, train and plane.

Plastics are essential to the expansion of renewable sources of energy: from blades rotor for wind turbines, which only can imagine thanks to plastics Composite fibers, passing through the membranes of fuel cells, until photovoltaic elements, which have to be printed with great style on plastic sheets with the help of the technology of plastics: the range of application of plastics in the modern energy technology is very broad.

K 2010, to be held from October 27 to November 3, is expected some 3,100 exhibitors and more than 200,000 visitors in Düsseldorf. The largest world exhibition of plastics and rubber industry will be 19 pavilions of the fairground of Düsseldorf. From Wednesday October 27 to Wednesday, November 3, 2010, the fair will open from 10 a.m. to 18.30 hours.

K 2010, the largest fair global plastics and rubber, to be held from 27 October to 3 November in Düsseldorf, you will see multiple examples of applications that save energy and production processes that conserve resources.

Presentations of the manufacturers of machines and facilities, commodity producers and processors of plastics are complemented this year by a special exhibition with the title ' Visions in Polymers'. On the basis of examples of different vital areas are development trends and innovations that prepares the industry. Also will be here especially into account the issues of energy efficiency and conservation of resources. Through multimedia, movies, text articles and selected exhibited objects is revealed what important contributions currently made plastics and what future opportunities exist. In addition, high-level scientists answer important questions for the future in the daily discussion.

The special exhibition will appeal to exhibitors and trade visitors from K 2010 and also to the public in general. The head of the organization is the German plastics industry, under the direction of PlasticsEurope Deutschland e.V. and Messe Düsseldorf.

' Visions in Polymers'. Thematic areas:

-Energy

Among other things, is to expand the possibilities of making usable solar energy and increase the use of renewable energy sources, to a large extent by providing efficient electronic applications through functional surfaces.

-Sustainability

At the Centre they are, for example, measures against global warming, among other things, through construction and mounting economic and intelligent concepts. The possibilities not been exhausted yet!

-Mobility

The innovative light constructions, which offer greater safety and comfort, will make the mobility of the future.

-Communication

Many developments in communication technology are only possible with modern high-performance plastics - can yield us the future research and industry?

-Nutrition

Multiple applications in the cultivation, storage, transport, packaging and protection of food products require the use of plastics, that also offer solutions for the efficient use of water. Protection of resources and the environment will also mark the future developments.

During the six days of K 2010, on the podium of the special exhibition in Hall 6 will be discussions of experts which will deal with current issues. Every day, 11.00 to 12.00 hours, in German and English Alternatively will explain the prospects for the future under different aspects. The special exhibition K program is completed with a day for young people ' young people in conversation with...'.

The debate initial Wednesday 27 of October, under the direction of Professor and Dr. Bernhard Rieger of the Wacker Chair of Macromolecular chemistry of the Technical University of Munich, will have the title ' the CO₂ as raw '. The debate will be in English.

The debate on 'Energy efficiency in the processing of plastics' will take place on Thursday, October 28. The doctor and Professor Johannes Wortberg of the Institute of engineering product of the University of Duisburg-Essen will lead the discussion in German.

'Lightweight plastic construction' is the title of the debate to be held on Friday, 29 October, in English. The driver of the same will be the Volker Altstädt engineer, of the University of Bayreuth.

'Surfaces' is the theme that will be a group of specialists under the direction of Matthias Rehahn of the Institute of Macromolecular chemistry of the Technical University of Darmstadt on October 30 (in German).

Dr. Rolf Mülhaupt, of the Institute of Macromolecular chemistry of the University of Fribourg will moderate from November 1 the debate that will focus on 'Smart materials'. The talk will be in English.

The final act of the 2nd of November will deal with the 'plastics and resource efficiency'. You will be directed by the engineer Martin Bastian of the Süddeutsches Kunststoffzentrum (in German).

The talks on Sunday, October 31 IFF on environmental aspects, prospects for the future, developing training and career opportunities. Invites young people to learn about the use of the material, e.g. in the automotive, the preservation of resources, activities in the industry, but also the possibilities of the current German training system and the evolution of the labour market. The partners will be, among others, Professor Rolf Mülhaupt, of the Institute of Macromolecular chemistry of the University of Freiburg, and Professor Ernst Schmachtenberg, rector of the University RWTH of Aachen (11.00 to 11.30 a.m.); Rudolf Stauber, Chairman of the Special Committee of plastics in the automotive, VDI (12.30 p.m.); Martin Brudermüller, Member of the Board of Directors of BASF SE (14.00 15–2); Patrick Thomas, Chairman of the Board of management of Bayer MaterialScience AG (3: 30 pm to 4 pm); as well as Hans-Theodor Kutsch, managing director of Albis Plastic GmbH, and Frank Schneider, President of the General direction of Solvay GmbH (1630 to 1715 hours).