European + Benelux plastics converters competitiveness study

27 October 2016

How competitive is the plastics converting industry in Europe? Most companies are currently under pressure from players in the Asian or Turkish markets. Legislative guidelines and a lethargic implementation of EU regulations are significantly impeding business. In addition, these players are being hit by a shortage of skilled labour, which is substantially hindering innovation.
These are the conclusions reached in the study “Competitiveness of the European Plastics Converting Industry”, conducted in collaboration with the European Plastics Converters (EuPC) Association. There is also a separate report with the specific results for the Benelux (News Item NRK, 28 September 2016).
Click here for the news item (in Dutch).
Click here for the EuPC report (5 MB).
Click here for a presentation about the Benelux results (387 kB).
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If you have any questions about this subject, please contact us: info@nvc.nl, +31-(0)182-512411. This item is also included in our monthly overview, the NVC Members-only Update.