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Sales down 10%-15% in 2020 / Jan-Oct revenue off 14% / Return to pre-crisis levels likely in 2023 / Waste and recycling business down

Covid-19 crisis hits economy / Q3 GDP down year-on-year / Weakness follows pressure on sales by plastics processing sector in 2019 / Volume decline for machinery imports

First meeting of exhibitors' advisory board marks start of next “K” / Reifenhäuser remains chairman / Change of responsibilities in Messe Düsseldorf team

New Conversio study looks at material flows in 2019 / Decline in raw material production and plastics processing / Upward trend for recycling comes to a sudden halt / Corona crisis leaves major scars

Sales down for the first time in 11 years / Turnover expected to fall by as much as 30% in 2020 / Chinese business and circular economy provide hope

“Balcony singing for the plastics industry” / Guido Marschall from plas.TV talks about his new video series

World's leading plastics and rubber trade fair underscores top position / Düsseldorf the industry's meeting point with 225,000 visitors making the trip / Percentage of international guests increases again / Circular economy a dominant topic

Plastics industry establishes clarity on global plastics flows for the first time / Study based on data from 44 countries shows differentiated picture / More specifically targeted measures should be planned more specifically

Sharp change of direction toward circular economy / Away from industrial civilisation to ecological civilisation / Representatives of China at "K"

The curtains go up / Düsseldorf at the centre of the plastics world for a week / Circular economy features strongly at this year's K / Partnerships along the entire value chain gain importance

Italian processors suffer from economic slowdown / Trade with Germany contracts

Mood in fibre-composite industry is clouding over / Automotive sector putting a brake on growth

Deteriorating outlook for 2019 as orders fall in Q1 / Growth in 2018 lower than anticipated / China takes top export position

Wages rising sharply / German and Austrian machinery manufacturers continue to hire local employees / VDMA survey

Polymer production rises to 11m t in 2017 / A mere 12% of plastics is recycled / Conversio study documents use of recyclate and balance of trade for first time

Solid order situation / Shortage of skilled workers impedes sales growth

Plastics and rubber machinery imports fall in 2017 / China still leading supplier although share shrinks / German exports jump

Roland Roth, new president of German plastic converters association GKV / Policy, the environment and raw material supply in Europe

Euromap celebrates “record” 2017 / Order books full despite hints of slowdown

Eight consecutive years of growth / US remains top importer / Chinese market is most important / Italy moves up a notch

Fifth “Plast Alger” has record visitor numbers

Production of "new energy" vehicles rises steeply in China / Third "Industry 4.0" conference in Shanghai / KI Group trade fair trip

Global plastics and rubber machinery imports drop in 2016 / VDMA data published ahead of “Chinaplas”

Indian plastics trade fair has record visitor numbers / "K" in Düsseldorf overtaken

Moscow plastics trade fair interplastica radiates growth / Italy and Germany report strong increases in exports to Russia