{"id":7055,"date":"2022-09-01T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kloepfel-magazin.com\/?p=7055"},"modified":"2022-09-12T11:14:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T09:14:33","slug":"plastics-industry-bad-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kloepfel-magazin.com\/en\/industry-news\/supply-chain\/plastics-industry-bad-mood-7055\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastics industry in a bad mood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Energy and material costs as biggest challenges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The German plastics industry is very pessimistic about the consequences of the Ukraine war and inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is evident from the results of the current business survey, which is conducted online every six months by the industry information service Kunststoff Information (KI). The 43rd business survey in the series of the so-called KI Dialog took place between June 27 and July 22. A total of 563 companies in the plastics industry took part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crisis mood<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to KI, the German plastics industry is looking into the abyss. The information service’s press release goes on to say that the German plastics industry is apparently heading for one of the worst economic crises in more than a quarter of a century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mood in the industry is worse than it has been since the financial crisis of 2008. More than 55.6 percent of those surveyed expect their business performance in the second half of 2022 to be worse than in the first half. Only one-third assume they will be able to maintain their business at the previous level. Only one in ten of the companies surveyed anticipates a positive development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenges for the second half of 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to companies in the plastics industry, the biggest challenges for the second half of 2022 are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n