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GERMAN PACKAGING MARKET Packaging and film manufacturers anticipate rise in sales / Stabilisation in export business expected – IK business survey	31.01.2025
INTERVIEW “Huge potential for recycling remains untapped” / Conversio managing director Christoph Lindner talks to PIE about the material flows of plastics in Germany	21.01.2025
PLASTICS PACKAGING GERMANY Recyclability increases only minimally / Recycling routes lacking / Voluntary commitment nevertheless achievable – IK report	09.01.2025
PET BOTTLES GERMANY Consumption down to 408,000 t / First time recyclates outnumber virgin material in moulding blanks – GVM study	10.12.2024
AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS Recycling infrastructure to include drip hoses, seed bags / Erde cooperation in Germany and Spain	02.12.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Recyclate share rises to 15% / IK to miss target for recycled plastics use of 1 mn t by wide margin / Bio-based polymers still niche	28.11.2024
PACKAGING GERMANY German federal environment agency considers special levy on dairy-product packaging / Decision receives harsh criticism from associations	11.11.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING Regulation, recession, recycling: Pressure on manufacturers is growing / Demand for industrial packaging notably weakened – FachPack trade fair	14.10.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Sales under pressure / Slump in demand takes toll / Further job cuts expected – IK business survey	18.09.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Considerable improvement in raw material availability / Diversification in sourcing – IK economic survey	31.07.2024
PACKAGING REGULATION Tethered caps now mandatory across the EU / Plastic lids account for up to 7% of recycling streams	09.07.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Slight improvement in overall situation / Drop in revenues expected – IK economic survey	09.07.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING German packaging and film makers expect higher sales on rising raw material costs / Earnings situation remains poor	19.06.2024
PACKAGING GERMANY Planned plastics tax favours paper composites – GVM study	04.06.2024
PACKAGING EUROPE “EU member states can exempt their economies for five years” / Lawyer Christian Alexander Mayer talks to PIE about special national routes for the PPWR	09.05.2024
PPWR “Nobody knows how goods are supposed to be transported in Europe in the future” – IK criticises EU packaging regulation	09.05.2024
EU PACKAGING Germany-Italy ‘deal' could scupper EU's packaging waste rules / Legal assessment adds to debate about proposed regulations	27.02.2024
AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS Voluntary self-commitment: sector sets new recycling quotas	24.01.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING Most German firms expect lower earnings – survey / Bleak outlook for 2024	22.01.2024
GERMANY Plastics tax around the corner / Who will have to pay and when? / Mixed voices from the industry	02.01.2024
EU PACKAGING Trade groups warn on erosion of single market under proposed packaging regulation / Fragmentation could deter potential investors	21.12.2023
EU PACKAGING More trade groups attack vote on plastic packaging regs / Some decisions earn praise	23.11.2023
PLASTIC PACKAGING Recyclate use quotas cannot be met, industry warns / European associations call for credit system	20.10.2023
PLASTIC PACKAGING Two-thirds of German firms say economic situation is bad / Companies demand cost relief	05.10.2023
PLASTICS INDUSTRY The EU Commissioner for Climate Protection is changing – what does that mean for the industry? / PIE asks some German associations	04.09.2023