Reifenhäuser introduced a company-wide machine user interface for its extrusion lines and received a German Design Award during K 2025. The unified system spans blown film, flat film and nonwoven lines with an emphasis on simple, intuitive operation.
At K 2025, Messe Düsseldorf and Riyadh Exhibitions Company reaffirmed their strategic cooperation, marked by a royal visit and an official handshake. The partnership targets expansion of the K, interpack and drupa brands into Saudi Arabia alongside REC’s 2026 plastics and packaging fairs in Riyadh.
Pure Loop will debut DynaShape, an intelligent automation package for the Isec evo shredder‑extruder, at K 2025. The company reports up to 10 percent higher productivity and more consistent quality when feed material shape or bulk density varies.
Arburg will showcase new digitalisation and AI features at K 2025, including the Gestica lite control, AI-based assistants, a recyclate-focused pilot and a virtual twin in the arburgXworld portal, alongside updates to the ALS MES and the Ask Arburg app.
At K 2025, Haitian International will show the fully electric vertical MDVR100S8500 from Niigata Machinery. The exhibit will mold a PMMA telescope tube in a 40 s cycle and highlight features such as wide-platen clamping, a high-speed rotary table and digital process control.
At K 2025, EREMA will introduce the LF 812 laser filter under the Powerfil brand, doubling screen area versus the LF 406 and integrating Lock & Change with the Endurance filter to support high-throughput, high-quality plastics recycling.
Röhm GmbH founder Dr. Otto Röhm has been posthumously inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame. The ceremony in Düsseldorf on the eve of K 2025 recognized 18 pioneers from the chemical industry.
At K 2025,EREMA will introduce Volex, a water-stripping solution for single-screw extrusion that targets higher degassing in post-consumer recycling. The system reports up to 40 percent lower VOCs versus Intarema TVEplus standard degassing and up to 75 percent versus input material in accordance with VDA 277.
SABIC presented the theme "Connecting everyday life" at K 2025, grouping its innovations into five areas and highlighting EV platforms, circular feedstock and applications for consumer and industrial products.
At KShow 2025 in Düsseldorf, Husky is unveiling a new digital packaging molding platform, the multi-material Altanium MultiShot, and updates to hot runner and controller technologies, alongside a live HyperSync cell running a recycled polypropylene thinwall cup.
Hasco, Arburg and Polar-Form present the Domino project, a mould concept that uses a 3D-printed hot runner to produce multiple 2-component parts in a compact family mould. The project will be shown live at K 2025 at the Arburg stand, hall/stand 13/A13.
Arburg will debut the all-electric Allrounder Trend at K 2025, a new performance level for standard injection moulding with simplified setup, operation and maintenance. Orders open at the fair, with global availability from spring 2026.
