At the joint EUROMAP and VDMA press conference – held the day before K2016 officially opened its doors to the public – EUROMAP President Luciano Anceschi, and Dr Karlheinz Bourdon, Vice-President of EUROMAP presented their perspective on the state of the plastics industry in Europe.
Euromap, the European umbrella association of plastics and rubber machinery, is targeting a sales growth of just under 2% for European plastics and rubber manufacturers.
According to Luciano Anceschi:”This forecast [of 1.8 per cent this year and for the next two years] means that the industry in the member countries of EUROMAP will continue to grow. Between 2005 and 2015m sales in our countries rose from €9.3 billion to €15.5 billion – up by 46 per cent – albeit less than the 83 per cent growth recorded worldwide for the same period.”