K 2025 wasn’t just any other event on our calendar. For TSM, it was an opportunity to show the world how our technologies, partnerships, and customer-focused approach are helping shape the next chapter of plastics processing. As the larger plastic processing community met in Düsseldorf to explore sustainability, automation, and intelligent control, we focused on the practical progress that matters most to processors.
More than 175,000visitors from over 160 countries attended K 2025, but the real impact for us came from all of the different conversations that were sparked over the course of the show around topics like smarter production, more efficient operations, and partnership opportunities that can help to move the industry forward.
K 2025 was also TSM’s largest K Show presence to date, a reflection of our continued growth and our commitment to supporting customers and collaborators worldwide.
The TSM Booth at K Show 2025, our largest presence at the show to date
Key Themes from K 2025
Circular Economy, Energy Efficiency, and Digital Connectivity
These three topics defined the conversations throughout the show. The industry is united around smarter resource use, data-driven production, and measurable sustainability outcomes.
Visitors to the TSM stand were eager to discuss practical strategies for:
Integrating higher percentages of post-consumer recyclate (PCR) without compromising product quality.
Meeting stricter EU sustainability and carbon reduction targets.
Digitizing blending and extrusion lines for predictive, consistent performance.
Our answer was straightforward: continuous innovation is shaped by customer feedback and real-world production goals. Across hundreds of conversations, it was clear that our evergreen themes of retrofitting, sustainability, and automation resonated strongly with visitors, reinforcing that processors are prioritizing long-term reliability and future-ready investment.
Efficiency, Control, and Data Integration
Across extrusion, compounding, and recycling, one theme stood out: efficiency through data. Processors are no longer looking for just new equipment, they want integrated process control and automation solutions that deliver measurable results.
Visitors didn’t ask “What’s new?” but instead “What difference can it make?”
That’s where TSM’s gravimetric blending and automation technologies stood out. Our systems are designed to optimize performance continuously, improving material usage, throughput, and production consistency through intelligent data management.
TSM at K 2025: Evergreen Innovation in Action
At K 2025, TSM showcased its most advanced product lineup yet, technologies purpose-built to help processors achieve smarter extrusion, greater flexibility, and higher efficiency across their operations. Guided by our theme of Evergreen Innovation, we focused on solutions that support a connected, circular, and continuously improving production environment. This year’s introductions spanned blending, controls, and cooling, each engineered to help processors stay flexible, sustainable, and ready for the future.
Automation was a core focus at K 2025, but what’s changing is the mindset around it. Processors now see automation as a collaborative tool for workers to use, not to replace them. By simplifying workflows, enhancing consistency, and reducing downtime, automation in plastics processing empowers teams to perform at their best.
TSM’s control and automation systems support this evolution by making production more transparent, connected, and adaptable, helping processors improve performance with the resources they already have.
Sustainability as Standard
Sustainability in plastics processing is no longer just a headline, it’s a production standard. Processors are integrating traceability, material optimization, and energy efficiency into every step of their operations.
Our technologies deliver measurable sustainability through accurate dosing, reduced material waste, and optimized process control, making sustainability not just achievable, but profitable.
Collaboration in Action: Solutions Through Partnership
One of the highlights of K 2025 for us was reconnecting with customers, OEMs, and partners who share our vision for a connected and circular production future.
Our networking event at O’Reilly’s Irish Bar in Düsseldorf captured that collaborative spirit, creating space for open dialogue and shared innovation. The event drew an exceptional turnout, creating a lively and energized atmosphere where technical discussions blended naturally with personal conversations. This gathering not only strengthened existing relationships, but it also helped create new connections that will drive future collaborative projects.
Video looking back on the events of TSM’s Customer Networking Night in O’Reilly’s Irish Bar during K 2025!
At TSM, we believe progress in plastics doesn’t happen in isolation, it happens through partnership. That belief drives our long-standing philosophy: Solutions Through Partnership.
Looking Ahead
If K 2022 was about recovery after Covid-19, K 2025 was about moving forward. The industry is aligned and focused on measurable progress through technology, data, and human expertise working together.
As the show closes, one thing is clear: the future of plastics manufacturing is connected.
Processors are looking for technology partners who can bridge innovation with performance, partners who understand that data, design, and sustainability form one intelligent ecosystem.
From advanced blending systems and automation controls to plant-wide integration and analytics, TSM continues to help processors reduce waste, increase yield, and create smarter, more sustainable production lines.
Insights from K 2025 will directly shape our 2026 roadmap, with an even stronger focus on automation, deeper data integration, and expanded partnership-driven R&D initiatives designed to solve the next generation of customer challenges.
Contact our team to discuss any of the technologies or themes showcased at K 2025 via [email protected]
