The world's leading trade fairs K, interpack and drupa are further expanding their international presence and are jointly expanding to Saudi Arabia. The framework for this is the expansion of the partnership between Messe Düsseldorf and the Riyadh Exhibitions Company. The trade fairs Saudi Plastics & Petrochem and Saudi Print & Pack will in future be complemented by regional editions of K, interpack and drupa.

In Saudi Arabia, you can currently experience how dynamically the economy in the Middle East is developing. The Riyadh Exhibitions Company (REC) is organising the Saudi Plastics & Petrochem and Saudi Print & Pack trade fairs there from 12 to 15 May with more than 500 exhibiting companies from four sectors: petrochemicals, plastics, print and packaging. The flourishing quartet of trade fairs, whose number of exhibitors has increased by 70% since 2018, thus offers points of contact for Messe Düsseldorf. Prince Saud Turki Al Faisal Bin Abdulaziz, Chairman of REC, and Wolfram N. Diener, CEO of Messe Düsseldorf, have signed a cooperation agreement to integrate future participations of Düsseldorf's leading global trade fairs K, interpack and drupa into Saudi Plastics & Petrochem and Saudi Print & Pack. For decades, K, interpack and drupa have stood for innovative strength, international appeal and strong impetus for their industries. In Saudi Arabia, they are joining forces in a market with high growth potential and utilising the synergies of their respective industries. The new presence in Riyadh complements the existing international portfolio in the processing and packaging segment with the "interpack alliance" and in the print technologies segment with "drupa global".