— By Plasteurope.com staff — 

Messe Düsseldorf, operator of the world’s largest plastics and rubber trade fair K, has officially kicked off preparations for its K 2028 edition. The first order of business was the election of a new chairperson of the exhibitor advisory board, with Axel von Wiedersperg tapped as the successor of Ulrich Reifenhäuser. Reifenhäuser had led the board since 2004.

Von Wiedersperg is the long-time managing director of Brückner Group (Siegsdorf; www.brueckner.com) and has been part of the advisory board since 2023. He also is a member of the board of plastics and rubber machinery association VDMA (Frankfurt; www.vdma.eu).

The K exhibitor advisory board supports the operator in the strategic and conceptual planning of the trade fair, which is set to take place from 18-25 October 2028.

Further members of the board include

• Marc Gregor Baier (BBP Kunststoffwerk Marbach Baier)
• Christine Bunte (Plastics Europe Deutschland)
• Boris Engelhardt (wdk)
• Stefan Engleder (Engel)
• Guiscard Glück (BASF)
• Manfred Hackl (Erema)
• Jochen Hardt (Covestro)
• Juliane Hehl (Arburg)
• Thomas Holzer (Troester)
• Jan Karnath (Reifenhäuser)
• Thorsten Kühmann (VDMA)
• Oliver Möllenstädt (GKV)
• Eric Schönel (Simona)
• Ute Spring (Dow)
• Sascha Witt (W&H)
• Michael Wittmann (Wittmann).