Mara Hancker (41) was appointed Managing Director of the IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. on 1 October 2019.
The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e. V. (Industrial Association for Plastic Packaging) represents Industry association represents the interests of manufacturers of plastic packaging and films in Germany and Europe.
The industry, which is characterised by Over 90,000 employees and generates a Annual turnover of 15 billion euros. Plastic packaging currently accounts for 44 per cent of the German packaging market.
The Germanist has been working at IK since 2015 and was previously Head of Public Relations of the association. In her new role, she will continue to be responsible for communication and strategic development, thereby strengthening the association's management under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Dr Jürgen Bruder.
Before joining IK, Mara Hancker worked as Director Corporate Communications for Logwin AG as well as for Altana AG and Basler Securitas Versicherungs AG - both in the area of communications.
[infotext icon] The IK is the largest supporting organisation of the German Plastics Processing Industry Association (GKV) and is therefore also committed to the interests of the entire plastics processing industry. [/infotext]Source: IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e. V.
