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In the first four months of 2017, GVM employees used numerous opportunities to exchange experiences and expertise with the packaging industry. Anke Leighty spoke at the 15th Inno-Meeting on the trends in the market for packaging films. At the PTS seminar “Focus on Paper Waste”, GVM’s Managing Director Kurt Schüler devoted a presentation on product […]
The topics of sustainability and recycling are gaining in importance. At the same time, saturated markets and falling margins are forcing plastic film packaging manufacturers to come up with creative solutions. GVM’s new study highlights these and other trends and provides a market overview of flexible sales packaging in Germany and Europe. The special focus […]
GVM’s Managing Director Kurt Schüler opens the parliamentary evening on November 10th, 2016 in Berlin with a keynote speech on the perspectives of recycling-friendly packaging design in the context of Section 21 of the current draft of the German Packaging Act. Material recycling could be strengthened through recycling-friendly design. However, recyclable design is not the […]
The new study “Potential for the increase in material recycling of plastic packaging” was presented at the shareholder workshop of BKV GmbH on September 26th, 2016 in Berlin. The study, conducted by Prognos and GVM on behalf of BKV, shows how eco-design and improved sorting technology can contribute to more recycling of plastic packaging. The […]
The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. (German Association of Plastics Packaging Industry) provides information on the resource efficiency of plastic packaging in a new fact sheet. Topics are: material savings achieved, the contribution of plastic packaging to product protection and recycling. The article is largely based on GVM’s Recycling Report and study of “Development of the […]
