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Press kit K 2025

Eleven Fraunhofer institutes will be showcasing their innovations at K, the world’s leading trade fair for plastics and rubber, to be held in Düsseldorf from October 8 through 15. These advances include everything from circular design and monomaterials to bio-based films and polyamides made from various production residues. Different material flows will be illustrated in tangible ways in an interactive miniature wonderland of the circular economy. 

 

Date: October 8 to 15, 2025

Booth: 70SC05

 

Visit our press tour:

Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 11.00 to 12.00, Booth 70SC05

 

Press Releases

 

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Sustainable Research Highlights for the Plastics Industry

Eleven Fraunhofer institutes will be showcasing their innovations at K, the world’s leading trade fair for plastics and rubber, to be held in Düsseldorf from October 8 through 15. These advances include everything from circular design and monomaterials to bio-based films and polyamides made from various production residues.

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Compact Radar Sensors for Industrial Process Monitoring

Fraunhofer FHR presents the latest development in the field of highly integrated radar technology: the µRadas demonstrator. This is a microcontroller-based radar sensor with integrated signal processing. With this real-time signal processing for highly accurate distance measurements at measurement rates of up to 4 kHz, it demonstrates the application readiness for industrial process monitoring and quality assurance.

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Advanced Materials for the Circular Economy

How can recyclates be enhanced to reliably perform in demanding, long-lasting applications? The Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF will answer this question at the K Trade Fair. Visitors will learn how intelligent material strategies can make the circular economy fit for the future.

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Digital Solutions for the Plastics and Rubber Industry

Under the motto »Lighter – More Durable – More Digital«, the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM presents its technologies and software solutions for the plastics and rubber industry at K 2025. At the Fraunhofer booth, the researchers showcase their developments in digital material simulation, quality assurance and process optimization.

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Circular Thursday: How Can We Make Material Cycles Work?

The Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Circular Plastics Economy CCPE and Plastics Europe Deutschland have announced a joint event on October 9, 2025 at the K Trade Fair. The “Circular Thursday” will take place as part of the special show Plastics Shape the Future in Hall 6, Stand C40, and will present approaches to achieving a circular economy for plastics.

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Researchers present sustainable materials for industry

Whether it's films made from apple pomace, environmentally friendly flame retardants or electrically conductive polymers: Fraunhofer UMSICHT is presenting its wide-ranging expertise in the fields of plastics and the circular economy at this year's K trade fair in Düsseldorf. The researchers can be found from October 8 to 15 at the joint stand of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Hall 7, Level 0, Stand C05.

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Recyclability and CO2 reduction of plastic products

The Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT will be presenting new findings, exhibits, and manufacturing processes in applied plastics research at the K-Trade Fair in Hall 7, Booth C05 at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft's joint booth.

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The circular economy meets innovation at the K 2025

How can recyclates be developed to be used safely, efficiently, and sustainably in highly stressed technical applications? The Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF will be answering these and many other questions about future-proof plastics solutions at the K trade fair in Düsseldorf. 

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© Fraunhofer IAP / Jadwiga Galties

New Types of the Bioplastic PBS for Industrial Applications

Bioplastics have been at the center of the search for environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional plastics. They can reduce the demand for fossil raw materials and help lower CO₂ emissions. For industrial applications they should be easy to process. This is what the Fraunhofer IAP is working on.

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Large-scale production of thermoplastic sandwich components

Sandwich structures combine rigid outer layers with a lightweight core, resulting in high bending and buckling stiffness with low weight. A process developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS enables the efficient, automated production of 3D-shaped and functionalized sandwich components at a rate of several per minute, for example for the automotive industry. 

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Better, Faster, Bio-Based: Functional New Plastic Alternatives

How can new bio-based and biohybrid materials with improved features be developed faster? Six Fraunhofer institutes are jointly exploring this question in the SUBI²MA flagship project, using an innovative bio-based polyamide developed by Fraunhofer researchers as a model.

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