Raw materials for plastic packaging are becoming scarce
...surprise: in autumn 2020, 80 percent of IK member companies had expected stable supplies. The background to the tense supply situation is the lack of imports from the USA and...
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Uncertain supply: Manufacturers of plastic packaging lack important raw materials
...defuse the situation as quickly as possible.” The shortage of raw materials has caught many plastics converters by surprise: Back in autumn 2020, the industry had expected a stable supply....
EPS/polystyrene boxes for fresh fish, ice cream and cakes not affected by the ban
...and cakes etc. are not affected EPS packages are sustainable and can be successfully recycled On 6 November 2020, The German Bundesrat (Federal Council) passed the Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Ordinance,...
High-quality recycling industry needs ambitious European policy, not national actionism
Bad Homburg, March 6, 2020 – The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen sees the “European Plastics Pact” published today as pure actionism, raising false expectations and thus doing more harm than good...
From capacity limits to short-time working: Corona affects manufacturers of plastic packaging in many different ways
Bad Homburg, May 4, 2020 – The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen asked its member companies at the end of April in a survey for a status report on the effects of...
Commission´s new Action Plan on Circular Economy - Plastic Packaging in the focus
On 11 March 2020, the European Commission presented its new Action Plan on Circular Economy. We take a look at the main announcements in the plan regarding plastic packaging, what...
EU action plan for Circular Economy: IK calls for faster landfill bans and stronger markets for recyclates in Europe
On 11th March 2020 the EU Commission presents its new action plan for the circular economy. In order to set the right course for the necessary change in the industry,...
European FIBC Association confirms and strengthens the board / FIBC Academy presented for the first time
...EFIBCA meeting will be the Dinner Reception dated May 6, 2020 (evening before start of the fair Interpack) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Düsseldorf. About EFIBCA: Founded in 1983,...
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Clear environmental policy targets: IK welcomes EU-strategy for plastics products
...2020, 2030 and 2040. Of particular interest are polypropylene or polyethylene (polyolefin) packaging, constituting the biggest share of around 70% of the European plastics packaging market. For comparison: in Germany...