A multitude of companies use the Toy Fair in Nuremberg as an opportunity to present their latest sales figures. According to these figures, the industry is thriving more than ever before, with reports referring to sales growth of 5 percent in 2016. Interestingly enough, toys made of plastic represent more than a quarter of the […]
A new publication produced by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) summarises the successes achieved by the energy transition to date and provides an overview of the upcoming steps to be taken. According to the brochure, with the title „The Energy Transition: a Success Story“, the energy transition moved past its […]
After already welcoming Bilcare Research, the PVC experts in Bonn have now confirmed the recycling company Dekura as the second new AGPU member in 2017. Dekura is a joint venture of Tönsmeier Kunststoffe and Rehau. It was founded in June 2016 and claims to be one of the market leaders in the field of PVC […]
Nach Bilcare Research können die Bonner PVC-Experten mit dem Recyclingunternehmen Dekura bereits das zweite neue AGPU-Mitglied in diesem Jahr begrüßen. Dekura ist ein Gemeinschaftsunternehmen von Tönsmeier Kunststoffe und dem Kunststoffverarbeiter Rehau, wurde im Juni letzten Jahres gegründet und gehört nach eigenen Angaben europaweit zu den Marktführern im Bereich PVC-Recycling und Altfensterverwertung. Das Unternehmen ist an […]
Für das fünfte Nachhaltigkeitsforum von VinylPlus, das am 10. und 11. Mai 2017 in Berlin stattfindet, hat VinylPlus sein Programm vorgestellt, an dem eine Vielzahl hochkarätiger internationaler Referenten teilnehmen, die sich mit den wichtigsten Herausforderungen für die Nachhaltigkeit von PVC beschäftigen werden. Das Sustainability Forum wird von VinylPlus organisiert, dem Nachhaltigkeitsprogramm der europäischen PVC-Branche. In […]
AGPU will again run a number of different communication projects in cooperation with VinylPlus in 2017. At the end of last year, the PVC experts proposed three projects: creating and publishing articles on the topic of Green Public Procurement, organising and running a dialogue event with stakeholders on the topic of „sustainable development with PVC“ […]
The „PVC Formulation 2017“ conference will take place in Düsseldorf from 27th February to 1st March 2017. One of the speakers at the international specialist conference, which will be attended by around 300 participants from the entire PVC industry, is the AGPU Managing Director Thomas Hülsmann. In his approximately 30-minute presentation, Hülsmann will discuss the […]
After the last major update of the PVC Recycling Finder at the beginning of last year, the website was yet again updated at the end of 2016. Alongside small adjustments such as changing the details of contacts, the update also involved the addition of further recycling companies to the AGPU directory. As a result, a […]
The first joint PVC Workshop hosted by PlasticsEurope Germany and AGPU in the new year was again a complete success. After the networking dinner held by AGPU the evening before the event, the expert workshop provided its around 80 participants at the Collegium Leoninum hotel in Bonn with an abundance of fresh first-hand knowledge on […]
VinylPlus has announced its programme with a host of prominent international speakers who will be exploring the key sustainability challenges for PVC at the fifth VinylPlus Sustainability Forum, taking place in Berlin, Germany on May 10th and 11th 2017. Organised by VinylPlus, the European PVC industry sustainability programme, this year’s forum will revolve around ‘Towards […]