The Hamburg-based distributor Nordmann Rassmann said that an increasing number of its partners and suppliers are becoming more active in medicine and healthcare, with portfolios that offer a wide variety of solutions.

Marubeni Europe will exhibit at K 2016 with a restructured portfolio of its activities for styrene block copolymers.

The Lanxess Rhein Chemie Additives (ADD) business unit is expanding its product range of hydrolysis stabilisers for plastics and polyurethanes with the addition of Stabaxol P 110, the first product in a new line of low-emission polymeric carbodiimides based on alternative raw materials.

The compounder geba will highlight its range of engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethanes.

A highlight of the K presentation of Elastron Kimya will be medical TPE grades.

Compact and modular solutions for quality control will be the topics of the sister companies Brabender and Brabender Messtechnik, based in Duisburg, Germany, at K 2016.

Actega DS will inform K fair attendees about novelties in its portfolio of ADC- and PAH-free, germ-resistant, fragrance-compounded, oil-free, self-sealing, adhesion optimised, wear resistant TPEs.

For the first time, the TPU specialists of Huntsman will share a stand at K 2016 with Huntsman Tecnoelastomeri, a specialist for MDI-based hot cast elastomer systems and machinery, which became part of Huntsman in 2015 through the acquisition of the Italian systems house. Huntsman now has a broad portfolio of elastomers for all sectors from thermoplastic polyurethanes to hot cast solutions.

At its stand at K 2016, Rampf Polymer Solutions will spotlight its sealing systems based on polyurethane and silicone. In addition, the company will present its casting systems for filter manufacturing and bonding systems for assembly applications, sandwich elements, and surface lamination.

Cannon announced that its presence at K 2016 will be characterised by an exhibition programme focused on multi-technical solutions offered under the message “Do It Better”. Polyurethanes, composites and thermoforming plants of a new generation – built by the company in Europe, North America, China and Japan – already make use of dedicated hardware and software packages for process planning, production monitoring, internet of things (IoT), and cloud computing. These technological developments will be illustrated at the exhibition stand through a series of presentations, running a different subject every day.