As a trade fair focused on industry, KPA offers decision-makers the opportunity to discuss the feasibility of their project ideas directly with exhibitors. Here, they can find new partners, experts, and high-performing suppliers for their specific projects. KPA is characterized by excellent industry contacts, facilitated by short distances and regional proximity in the heart of the strong industrial regions of southern and northern Germany. With its cross-sector focus, KPA offers trade visitors from various manufacturing industries – including automotive, consumer goods, medical technology, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, household goods, and the furniture industry – a central point of contact. In addition, starting in 2027, the "Tools & Technology" exhibition area will expand the KPA concept to include suppliers from tool and mold making, mechanical and plant engineering, process technology, peripherals, and software. Decision-makers can thus find suitable development and production partners and suppliers along the entire process chain. Next event: February 24-25, 2027

The KRC Kneader is a horizontal twin-shaft continuous kneading and reacting processor. It is our flagship product with more than 50 years of delivery experience. Key features of our KRC Kneader are excellent mixing performance and high flexibility. The excellent mixing performance is due to its unique structure: The clearance between the paddles on both shafts, as well as the clearance between these paddles and the barrel wall, is kept to a minimum to ensure efficient and uniform mixing.　 Our KRC Kneader offers flexible configuration options adapted to the intended application. The paddles and screws are modular and can be rearranged individually to control residence time and axial pressure distribution to the material. It can also be manufactured with a variety of materials. Both ends of the shafts are held by bearings, so that the counterpart paddles and screws, or the paddles, screws and the barrel wall never make contact. This non-contact structure allows for the selection of not only wear-resistant materials but also corrosion-resistant ones, such as stainless steel. The KRC Kneader is available in a wide range of sizes - from compact laboratory scale machines to large scale ones for serial production. In the plastics industry, the KRC Kneader is mainly used for the polymerization of engineering plastics such as POM and TPU, as well as for kneading thermosetting plastics and for the dissolution or crystallization of polymers.

With a screw diameter of 25 mm and a required installation footprint of about 1m2, the KRC S1 Lab-scale kneader is the most compact kneader in our product portfolio. The effective volume is 120 ml. Therefore, trials are already possible with a small amount of material. The split barrel with clamshell design provides easy access, makes cleaning straightforward and simplifies material changeovers. The material can be heated by using an electric jacket heater, while cooling will be achieved by integrated water channels inside the barrel wall. Based on trial results obtained with our KRC S1 Lab-scale kneader, we also offer scale-up to serial production size kneaders upon request.

Lower flow resistance with large screen area.

Since its founding in 1996, Granula Polymer has been developing customized masterbatches. In particular, black masterbatches under the name GranaBlack and electrically conductive masterbatches of the EXL Series, for example with applications in powder coating, are among our long-standing core products. Depending on the customer's requirements, we develop specific recipes and produce the products on our machine park in Germany.

BWF Profiles offers customers a large selection of sheets with a wide variety of photometric properties. Our diverse product range is completed by light-directing, light-diffusing, forward-diffusing and light-reflecting plastic sheets. Choose from a variety of materials such as polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polycarbonate (PC), acrylic satiné or satiné blend. Whether embossed, satin-finished, in BWF colourLED® or BWF reflectWHITE - we have a solution that is right for you. The majority of our sheets are available from stock at short notice. Depending on the quantity purchased, plastic sheets can also be extruded in the colour of your choice, various wall thicknesses and production lengths.

First-class quality, highest precision and surface quality, precise fit and functional. From the project planning phase to tool creation and series production - together we develop and create the ideal plastic profiles for your requirements. Our competent plastic engineers, an experienced construction team, our own colour laboratory as well as a state-of-the-art, in-house tool manufacture and our service-oriented processing centre guarantee demand-oriented, fast and economical implementations.

Extruded plastic tubes are fit for any number of different applications: Lighting, as LED holders with internal webbing, for a wide variety of optical features, as containers in industry or even as decorative elements. Coming in round, oval, rectangular or in more complex shapes, BWF Profiles offers top quality, precision products that further distinguish themselves through their surface finish, accurate fit and function.

Moderne Kunststoff-Formteile sind so individuell und vielseitig wie die Anforderungen an Ihr Produkt. Wir bieten Ihnen: • Perfektion in Form & Teil • Kundenorientierte Lösungen mit System • Kompetenz und Präzision in Kunststoffspritzguss Wir geben Ihren Produkten Form und bringen Ihre Visionen in Kunststoff. In unserer Fertigung stehen uns 20 moderne Spritzgussmaschinen mit einer Zuhaltekraft von 250 bis 7.500 KN zur Verfügung. Derart gerüstet sind wir in der Lage, sogar Artikel mit einem Gewicht bis ca. 3.000 g zu produzieren. Modifizierte Ausführungen, z.B. mit Glasfasern oder Glaskugeln verstärkt, sind ebenso möglich wie Artikel mit Einlegeteilen. Darüber hinaus ist der 2-Komponenten-Spritzguss die ideale Technologie, um Kombinationsmöglichkeiten der einzelnen Werkstoffe zu realisieren. Neben der Montage ganzer Baugruppen übernehmen wir auch die hochwertige Veredelung von Oberflächen – alles aus einer Hand!

Nordhessen TechNet is a consortium of companies specializing in managing the entire manufacturing process of technical plastic parts – from tool design and construction to series production and measurement. We offer a complete, one-stop solution. Our extensive experience and collaborative approach ensure optimized processes and optimal results. As a well-coordinated team, we can implement your project efficiently and effectively.

KUTENO is an annual B2B supplier trade fair that covers the entire value chain of the plastics processing industry. KUTENO is a trade and job fair where decision-makers from the plastics processing industry can meet new partners, experts, and efficient suppliers for their specific projects. KUTENO stands for excellent industry contacts, with the advantages of short distances and regional proximity in the heart of the strong industrial region of North Rhine-Westphalia. Dates: June 9–11, 2026