Kunststoff Information

INTERNATIONAL RECYCLING FORUM Fourth edition takes place in Wiesbaden / Status quo, developments, regulations in circular economy	03.12.2024
EDITORIAL After a political earthquake, the plastics industry sits somewhere between relief and trepidation	08.11.2024
PLASTICS ECONOMY GERMANY “Germany needs a more positive underlying mood” / Business development, expectations are improving / Mechanical engineering, recycling companies hit particularly hard – KI Dialog survey	26.07.2024
EDITORIAL In between ambitious and absurd: Sibur's change in strategy	03.04.2024
PLASTICS ECONOMY GERMANY “It (hopefully) can't get any worse!” / Companies look to future with cautious optimism, but real recovery not expected until 2025 – KI Dialog survey	09.02.2024
EDITORIAL A clear position is not an end in itself: the plastics industry must also take a firm stand	26.01.2024
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Euro area purchasing manager index hits 35-month low / German business confidence improves, optimism rises at plastics and rubber firms – ifo	26.10.2023
PLASTICS INDUSTRY ‘Germany as a location faces an acute risk of being left behind': Poll by industry initiative reveals low mood among companies	24.10.2023
FAKUMA Is a trend reversal around the corner? / Head of PIE price team Martin Bäcker, industry expert Dimitri Koranis discuss volatility of polymer prices, energy costs	18.10.2023
FAKUMA Plastics face 'highly complex challenges', but are 'absolutely essential' / German trade fair begins for 28th time / Show features over 1,650 exhibitors, nearly half from abroad	17.10.2023
PLASTICS ECONOMY GERMANY “The crisis has only begun” / Mood in the industry remains gloomy / Majority of companies expect improvement in 2024 at the earliest – KI Dialog survey	03.08.2023
EDITORIAL Of red lines and crossing them	01.03.2023
PLASTICS ECONOMY Crisis mode becomes the norm for plastics industry in German-speaking Europe / Costs for materials, energy also fuel concerns about this year – KI Dialog survey	10.02.2023
EDITORIAL A lot of zeros, but not much behind them – why the announcements of polymer corporations must be put into perspective	27.01.2023
EDITORIAL Is Germany's proposed law to fund SUP recovery a long overdue move or a bureaucratic monster?	17.11.2022
K 2022 News from KI Group: Short presentations on polymer prices at PIE booth	18.10.2022
PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY “Passion for innovation” / PIE talks to start-up entrepreneurs Daniel Stricker, former editor-in-chief of Kunststoff Information, and his brother, Urban Stricker	12.10.2022
PLASTICS ECONOMY German plastics industry staring into an abyss / Pessimism prevails / Mood plummets, as it did at the height of the financial crisis and the pandemic / KI Dialog poll	19.08.2022
PLASTICS INDUSTRY Flash poll on Russian gas situation: most firms in German-speaking Europe fear supply halt / Countermeasures include more stockpiling, customer communication / Polymer prices could rise even higher	30.05.2022
SCHUR FLEXIBLES Media reports cite liquidity issues / Company says financing solid / Ex-managers under scrutiny / Is new ownership coming?	23.05.2022
EDITORIAL The perversity of war: Russia's billion-dollar export surplus	19.05.2022
PLASTIC FANTASTIC Pick a card, or pick three	13.05.2022
EDITORIAL We didn't start the fire …	21.03.2022
PLASTICS ECONOMY Pandemic blues in German-speaking Europe / Supply situation to first improve in H2 2022 / Investments set to rise	18.02.2022
FUTURE ATELIER: CIRCULAR ECONOMY Climate, recycling, and more – can the plastics industry reverse the trend with a focus on recyclates? / A PIE discussion panel with experts	22.12.2021