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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
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS MDI: BorsodChem declares force majeure in Hungary / Backwards integration with aniline stalled	19.11.2021
EDITORIAL Energy surcharges: exploitation or necessity?	18.10.2021
FAKUMA German plastics trade fair begins / 1,470 exhibitors from 39 countries expected / PIE and sister publications in attendance	12.10.2021
PLASTICS ECONOMY GERMANY Raw material shortages everywhere / Fatal combination of more demand and less production	31.08.2021
FUTURE ATELIER: "LOCATING PRODUCTION IN GERMAN-SPEAKING EUROPE" Shortage of skilled workers, entrepreneurship and bureaucratic madness: What future does plastics processing have in German-speaking Europe? / Discussion with KI Group expert panel	19.08.2021
PLASTICS ECONOMY Cautious optimism for companies in German-speaking Europe / Focus on supply bottlenecks and raw material prices / Expansion of supplier base and search for alternative materials	09.08.2021
RAW MATERIALS IVK Europe warns of raw material shortage, rising prices / Association to monitor situation, political courses of action	23.06.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Polypropylene: Unipetrol declares force majeure on Czech Republic	16.06.2021
FUTURE ATELIER “IMAGE OF PLASTICS INDUSTRY” Is the image of the plastics industry still salvageable? / KI Group expert panel discusses controversies on the way out of the crisis / Improving public reputation with credibility, transparency and communication	26.05.2021
50 YEARS OF KI GROUP Interview with company founder Helmut Hertsch: “KI has become my life's work…”	01.04.2021
NEWS FROM KI GROUP New editor in chief at KI: Christian Preiser	31.03.2021