PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2018

9 NEWS PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 01+02/18 www.petpla.net Kick-off for K 2019 Starting now, exhibitors from all over the world can register for the world’s No. 1 trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry. A print version of the exhibitor invitation has been sent to all participants in the prior event K 2016 and further interested parties. The registration forms can be found at the website. The deadline for registration is 31 May 2018. Messe Düsseldorf, the event organiser, is expecting a very large number of registrations. The range of exhibits at K 2019 spans the categories of machinery and equipment, raw materials and auxiliaries, semi-finished prod- ucts, technical parts and reinforced plastics. K 2016 was characterised by the good global busi- ness climate in plastics and rubber and the industry’s positive future prospects. A total of 232,000 trade visitors from 161 countries received a warm welcome over the eight days of this Düsseldorf event. Their lively interest in the innovations shown and their ready willingness to invest generated an excellent mood among the more than 3,200 exhibiting companies. K 2019 will take place from 16 to 23 October 2019 at the Düsseldorf exhibition centre. An extensive supporting programme supplements the exhibitors’ presentations. Especially noteworthy are the spe- cial show titled “Plastics shape the future” and the Science Campus as the forum for exchanges on science and research. www.k-online.com Global plastic caps & closures market study With gains boosted by continued growth in bottled water, demand for plastic caps and closures is expected to increase 4.1% per year to nearly 1.9 trillion units in 2021. Growth in the pharmaceutical market will be above average. Value gains will be driven by a shift to dispensing and other closures that offer improved performance characteristics, while unit volume will continue to be dominated by low cost commodity caps. These and other trends are presented in the new study ‘Global Plastic Caps & Closures’ from the Freedonia group. This study analyses the global plastic caps and closures market. It offers historical demand data (2006, 2011, 2016) plus forecasts for 2021 by product (threaded, unthreaded, dispensing, child-resistant) and by market, including beverages (bottled water, CSDs, milk, other), food, pharmaceuticals, and other (household cleaning products, per- sonal care products, etc.), as well as by global region. The study also assesses industry competitors worldwide, including Albéa, Amcor, AptarGroup, Bericap, Berry Global, Closure Systems International (Reynolds Group), Dätwyler, RPC Group (GCS), Scholle IPN, Silgan, and West Pharmaceutical Services. Some of the questions addressed in the study are:  How will regulatory concerns influence the product mix for child- resistant closures?  Will plastic bottles and closures outgrow their niche status in the global beer market?  How will changes in the global wine packaging mix affect the out- look for synthetic corks and other plastic closure types? www.freedoniagroup.com