The international trade fair for the plastic and rubber industry, called K-Show, takes place every three years since 1952.
More than 3000 exhibitors from more than 60 nations present their products and services during 8 days in Düsseldorf, Germany.
This makes the K-Show the worldwide largest trade fair for the plastic industry.
The products range from raw materials and auxiliaries, machinery and equipment, semi-finished products, technical parts and reinforced plastics to services regarding all other topics about plastic.

Other name: K trade show

A group of experts in the plastic industry founded the company PLEXPERT, 2006 in Germany, in order to save resources, providing a positive impact on budget and environment.
There are two divisions within the company. One is focusing on finite element simulations (FEM) like injection molding simulation and structural analysis.
Based on decades of practical experience DFM conform results are given by the consultant service of PLEXPERT to decrease part costs and increase quality in the production of plastic parts.
The second division is focused on the development and supply of soft- and hardware to the plastic industry. With the state of the art products PLEXPERT contributes to secure production and reduce the need of precious resources.
Today PLEXPERT has offices in Canada, Germany, Thailand and China in order to support its customers fast and effectively.
Due to a close network of plastic experts, partners are available in many other countries as well and offer PLEXPERT products and services.

The development of designs using a computer is called CAD (short for Computer Aided Design).
This includes all computer-aided activities in a design process.
There is a differentiation between 2D and 3D CAD systems according to the available software and the aim.
3D CAD systems can be differentiated into wireframe- surface- and solid modelling tools.
In common CAD systems a mixture of all of the discussed modules can be found.
The design is mostly done in 3D while a 2D drawing can be extracted based on the given model.
Typical data formats are Step (.stp or .step) to exchange models between CAD systems as well as STL (.stl) if it comes to simulation or rapid prototyping.