Tag: IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen

Energy-intensive industries fear additional costs due to the discontinuation of subsidies for transmission grid fees

WsK survey: Germany as a business location needs a reform push

9 December 2025

Recycling rates in Europe: Germany continues to lead the way

3 November 2025

What is the mood in the industry?

22 September 2025

Packaging industry looks ahead to possible UN plastics agreement

5 August 2025

Cautiously optimistic: slight recovery for plastic packaging

8 July 2025

Returning deposit bottles (Image: shutterstock.com/aleks333)

How deposit systems work in other EU countries

7 July 2025

Plastic packaging manufacturers call for more ambition in reducing bureaucracy

22 May 2025

IK economic survey: economic sentiment brightens slightly

2 April 2025

More circular economy called for in coalition agreement

27 March 2025

Significant recyclate gap in 2030

17 February 2025

The HolyGrail 2.0 initiative was able to prove that its digital watermarks enable the precise sorting of plastic waste on an industrial scale. (

Increasing recyclability of plastic packaging

19 December 2024

During the transitional period, companies in the plastics industry can use the associations' guidelines to adapt to the EU requirements.

Recyclate volume for plastic packaging increases significantly

27 November 2024

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The German PET beverage bottle market in 2023

11 November 2024

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Georg Pescher is the new IK President

19 September 2024

IK has a new president

18 September 2024