IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen

PLASTIC PACKAGING Polymers dominate at “Interpack” / Industry in upbeat mood / Have prices overshot their peak?	30.05.2011
PLASTIC PACKAGING German and French industry associations concerned about raw material supply and pricing / Call for new solutions to ensure raw material supplies	10.05.2011
PLASTIC PACKAGING Rising costs expected to drive up prices in Q2 / Pressure on margins / German industry survey	01.04.2011
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW “There will be a collective outcry” if the indexing system is changed / Roland Roth, CEO of RKW, talks to PIE about new price risks, supply and competition issues in Europe's plastics processing sector	25.02.2011
PLASTIC PACKAGING German converters group comments on Italian bag ban	24.01.2011
FRANCE Plastics processors association warns of further plastics price hikes / Calls on customers to accept increases	18.01.2011
PLASTIC PACKAGING German companies adopt positive outlook for 2011 / Price hikes for packaging and raw materials in the cards	12.01.2011
RPC GROUP Purchase of Danish rival Superfos for EUR 240m / Leading European rigid plastic packaging manufacturer expands	17.12.2010
FRANCE Plastic packaging industry set for recovery in 2010 / Optimism for 2011 prevails, despite continued volatility of polymer material supply	06.12.2010
PLASTIC PACKAGING German association expects renewed price explosion in 2011	03.12.2010
FORUM PET EUROPE Federation brings together European PET bottle supply chain / APPE's Rostagno appointed president	01.12.2010
PLASTIC PACKAGING Year of volatile supply markets draws to a close / Forces majeures raise converters' ire / Healthy demand / November halt to slide in polymer prices for flexible materials just a fluke? / Rigid packaging grades still rising	17.11.2010
ASSOCIATIONS EuPC calls frequent declarations of FM “highly questionable” / Calls on converters to take legal action	22.10.2010
PLASTIC PACKAGING German players adopt cautious outlook for Q4 / Margins suffer from extremely high feedstock prices	11.10.2010
ASSOCIATIONS Roland Roth new president of IK	17.09.2010
PLASTIC PACKAGING Demand barometer is rising but high polymer prices put pressure on converters / LDPE leads the upswing / Few players expect substantial short-term price relief / When will the market's temperature cool?	19.07.2010
PLASTICS PACKAGING MARKET German packaging association recommends precautionary actions to ensure feedstock supply / Asserts that many declarations of forces majeures do not meet legal definition	07.07.2010
ASSOCIATIONS Bernhard Borgardt reelected as EuPC president	10.06.2010
INTERVIEW IK managing director Ulf Kelterborn: "Dramatic cost hikes are hitting packaging manufacturers hard"	28.05.2010
PLASTICS PACKAGING German packaging association warns of record high prices / Packaging industry increasingly under pressure	28.04.2010
DRINKS PACKAGING Germany's ifeu puts single-use PET bottle on a par with returnable glass bottles / New life cycle assessment	21.04.2010
PLASTIC PACKAGING German plastic packaging manufacturers optimistic about Q2 / Higher polymer prices are eating away at margins	06.04.2010
PLASTICS PACKAGING European producers weather economic downturn well / Shifts in polymer markets change the game	15.02.2010