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The plastics and rubber machinery industry continues to experience challenging times, with the latest figures for incoming orders and sales also being in line with the recent slump in demand. "We still have to wait a little longer for the turnaround", explaind Ulrich Reifenhäuser...

GKV, German association of the plastics converters, IK, German association for plastics packaging and films, and VDMA, plastics and rubber machinery association, sent a joint message to decision-makers in the final phase of the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). If the...

The general assembly of Euromap (the European association for plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers) which took place on June 23, 2022, in Cologne (Germany), re-elected Luciano Anceschi to the post of President for the 2022-2025 term. Vice-President Michael Baumeister...

Order intake in the German plastics and rubber machinery industry in the first quarter of 2022 fell significantly compared to the same period last year (-27%). In the same period, turnover grew by only 3% compared to the previous-year period. On the one hand, this was down to a base effect, as the first quarter of last year was...

The three large German plastics associations GKV Gesamtverband Kunststoffverarbeitende Industrie, Plastics Europe Deutschland and VDMA Fachverband Kunststoff- und Gummimaschinen have forged a unique alliance in the value chain to achieve greater sustainability - ecological, social and economic - by...

German manufacturers of plastics and rubber machinery can look back positively on 2020: a year marked by the coronavirus, and despite the exceptional overall situation. "After a difficult start, which was characterised by major challenges including a lockdown, incoming orders showed a rapid increase from the summer onwards", Ulrich Reifenhäuser...

According to a current survey, the member companies of VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery expect the order situation and turnover volumes to show positive developments for this year. "In the second half of 2020, the demand for plastics and rubber machinery has clearly...

At the beginning of the year, the German plastics and rubber machinery industry - like almost all sectors of the economy - was hit hard by the effects of the corona pandemic. However, the downward trend in sales and incoming orders already flattened out in mid 2020, and incoming orders even rose again from September onwards. Cumulatively...