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PLASTICS PACKAGING IK general manager Ulf Kelterborn: The mood within the industry segment has improved	18.04.2013
PLASTICS PACKAGING German packaging producers start 2013 on an optimistic note, new IK association survey shows / Raw materials price situation remains tense	14.01.2013
YEAR IN REVIEW Life is a roller coaster ride, the European plastics industry finds again in 2012 / Forces majeures and consolidation / North-South profitability gap grows as the shadow of Middle East and China shrinks	14.12.2012
FRANCE Flexible packaging producers face “difficult economic environment” / Business slowdown in 2012	22.10.2012
PLASTICS PACKAGING German plastics packaging association IK predicts economic decline in Q4 / Warns of rising feedstock costs, supply shortages	09.10.2012
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Roland Roth, president of the German packaging producers' association, talks to PIE about the state of Germany's plastics packaging sector	04.10.2012
PLASTICS PACKAGING German manufacturers still in a good position / Exports expected to decline / Pressure from electricity costs / Latest data from German packaging producers' association	03.07.2012
PLASTICS PACKAGING Detailed 2011 figures for Germany released / Volume sales grow faster than sales by value / Margins pressured by high polymer prices / End markets apply the brakes because of high costs	15.05.2012
INTERVIEW German plastics packaging: Ulf Kelterborn, head of IK business association, talks to PIE about plastic bag bans	11.05.2012
PLASTIC PACKAGING PAFA industry association warns of inflationary pressures linked to high raw material and fuel prices / Cautions that rising costs will have to be passed down	26.04.2012
PLASTIC PACKAGING German packaging producers association warns of rising raw material prices / Survey nevertheless shows optimism for Q2 economic development	04.04.2012
EVENTS EuPC's "Back to Basics" training on food contact regulation	01.02.2012
GERMAN PLASTICS ECONOMY IK industry association warns of rising energy prices / Calls for government guarantee to cap costs	26.01.2012
ENERGY POLICY EuPC: Eight European nations sign voluntary agreement to reduce energy consumption / “EuPlastVoltage” project completed	18.01.2012
PLASTICS PACKAGING German companies positive about business in 2012 / Raw material prices on the up / Margins under threat again	11.01.2012
PLASTICS PACKAGING Unbroken global growth for flexible and rigid packaging / Plenty of potential in the health and cosmetics sector / Amcor has highest sales in Europe / Further consolidation in the industry / AMI report	04.10.2011
PLASTIC PACKAGING Economy still strong but slowing down / High polymer prices eat into earnings	26.09.2011
PLASTIC BAGS Rome's legal push forces Brussels' hand / Italy is Europe's leading plastic bag consumer / Some 2.5m t of polyethylene were processed into bags and pouches in 2009 / 15,000 respond to EU bag ban survey	23.08.2011
ASSOCIATIONS ESWA warns of rising raw material costs / Cautions that sector's competitiveness is at serious risk	08.07.2011
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS German packaging association lashes out at EU's “apparent” plans to ban non-biodegradables	27.06.2011
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