Michael Weigelt

TRADE WAR US punitive tariffs cause uncertainty among plastics processors / Numerous materials exempt from duties	08.04.2025
GERMAN SUPPLY INDUSTRY Companies still deep in crisis / Lower sales, production output, personnel, plant utilisation – ArGeZ	04.04.2025
GERMAN PLASTICS PROCESSING Manufacturers of technical parts complain about significant drop in sales / Poor ordering situation and gloomy outlook	24.02.2025
SUPPLIER INDUSTRY Sales volume in Germany declines in step with capacity utilisation / Association sees trend reversal in plastics sector	29.04.2024
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY Technical parts makers take stock of mixed 2023 / Sales slightly higher / Profits down, outlook gloomy	01.03.2024
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY Technical parts suppliers defy downward trend in H1 / Frustration 'running high' / Recession possible	23.08.2023
SUPPLIER INDUSTRY Germany: Increased turnover due only to higher energy prices – industry association / Production and capacity utilisation decline nevertheless	21.04.2023
PLASTICS PROCESSING Germany: Technical parts makers report production uptick in 2022 / Association expects “fragile” development this year	03.04.2023
PLASTICS INDUSTRY GERMANY Stunning blow for GKV: assembly of delegates excludes TecPart from the association / Departing President Roth: “irreconcilable differences” / Election of new president failed	24.06.2022
SUPPLIER INDUSTRY German companies feel sandwiched due to cost increases for energy and raw materials / Fair distribution of burden called for / Better business expectations for auto suppliers	08.06.2022
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Reliability in short supply: Trust wanes among industry players / Dearth of raw materials burdens 2021 car production / Situation to first improve as late as 2024	22.11.2021
RAW MATERIALS Follow-up: Even more German builders report supply shortages in May / Construction companies see stagnant growth in 2021	08.06.2021
CHINAPLAS First in-person trade fair in 2021 since Covid-19 / Number of international visitors remains thin / Joy over personal contact prevails nevertheless	16.04.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT VDMA paper stirs discussion / German plastics and processing groups criticise proposals for recyclate quotes and CO2 pricing / Policies 'not helpful'	23.03.2021
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY GKV reports declines in polymer volumes and turnover / Profound change in raw material supply imminent / Roth: “Recyclate quotas cannot be enforced as in a planned economy”	23.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS European plastics processors alarmed by forces majeures / EuPC and French umbrella organisation Polyvia reminded of 2015 / German engineering plastics converters see signs of bottlenecks	21.01.2021
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY Impact of coronavirus crisis shows in H1 2020 balance sheet / Sales down 9% year-on-year / Niche areas in packaging, construction and E&E doing well / Do automotive suppliers face an insolvency wave?	07.09.2020
PLASTICSEUROPE Subdued mood among German polymer producers / Economic figures for 2019 and pandemic effects / Germany's processors order less material	06.07.2020
TRADE FAIRS "Fakuma" to take place in October with caution / Visitor numbers presumably much lower / What does "without active participation" mean? / Video technology will monitor social distancing rules at "Formnext"	30.06.2020
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY Industry takes a hard hit from Covid-19 / Many converters need the “ventilation” provided by the government	26.06.2020
PLASTICS PROCESSING Economic consequences of Covid-19 to peak in next six weeks / Advice to converters – continue production at full speed, then stop / Germany's ArGeZ sees technical parts manufacturing halting between end of March and end of April	23.03.2020
PLASTIC PACKAGING EU commissioner Sinkevicius calls for a blanket ban / German and EU converters associations question environmental impact	22.01.2020
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY Sales fairly stable in Q3 / Order backlog very low / Technical parts still a major worry / Gloomy expectations / Trend turnaround not imminent	27.11.2019
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY GKV corrects annual forecast downwards / TecPart association sharply criticises populistic aberrations	04.10.2019
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY Turnover for H1 2019 down on 2018 / Heavy falls in June / Technical components still a big worry / Industrial packaging, building products and consumer goods also on the decline	06.09.2019