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The Plastics Industry in Germany INDUSTRY OVERVIEW The Plastics Industry in Germany ISSUE 2018/2019 THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY IN GERMANY Europe’s Leading Plastics Nation Plastics are an essential part of modern life. In- the automotive, mechanical engineering, pack- creased living standards, growing environmental aging, electrical engineering, and construction awareness, and sustainable development thinking sectors. Growth (carbon composites) and future are driving the demand for new and innovative (INDUSTRIE 4.0) market trends are also making material solutions. As Europe’s largest producer of themselves felt in the domestic plastics sector. chemicals and plastics, Germany is Europe’s lead- Integrated additive manufacturing technologies ing plastics industry. The country’s plastics indus- will play an important role in changing produc- try includes polymer manufacturers, converters tion processes – from design to distribution and and machine manufacturers alike. And with sales maintenance. Germany is setting the international of EUR 92 billion, the domestic plastics industry standard as a plastics industry location, with the counts as one of Germany’s most important country’s leading-edge network of chemical parks industry sectors. The industry plays a major role and unique cluster concept providing industry in providing new and innovative products and actors with swift and easy access to all parts of solutions to a number of key industries including the plastics industry value chain. Sweden Finland Russia Germany’s plastics h by plane industry – at the Norway 3 market crossroads Estonia of Europe Latvia 1.5 h Lithuania Denmark RU Belarus Ireland UK Netherlands Poland 15 h 30 h by train Belgium GERMANY Ukraine Luxembourg Czechia Slovak Moldova Republic France Austria Hungary Romania Switzerland 12 h Slovenia Croatia Serbia Bosnia- Herzegovina Bulgaria Kosovo Montenegro h by truck Italy 24 Macedonia Portugal Albania Turkey Greece Spain Malta 2 Industry Overview 2018/19 | gtai.com The Industry in Numbers International Market Demand and Production generating sales of EUR 7 billion. The growing The global plastics industry has recorded average domestic market is characterized by high-quality annual growth of nine percent since 1950. In the requirements of the end consumer. Within Europe, past 30 years alone, international plastics produc- Germany is the leading market, accounting for tion has grown by around 500 percent. World around 25 percent of plastics demand. plastics production ramped up from 1.5 million tons in 1950 to almost 335 million tons in 2016. Home Market Europe According to the PlasticsEurope Market Research More than 13 million tons of plastics produced Group (PEMRG), global plastics materials demand in Germany found their way to export markets grew around 3.5 percent per annum for the period in 2016, with around 10 million tons of foreign 2012 to 2016. plastics making the reverse journey. With almost 74 percent of all exports, the European single European Market Demand and Production market (EU-28) is the biggest recipient of German The European plastics industry generated total plastics, followed by the remaining countries in annual sales of EUR 350 billion in 2016. Europe Europe (11 percent) and Asia (9 percent). In 2016, accounts for around 20 percent of global plastics German plastics exports generated turnover of production (60 million tons in 2016). To provide almost EUR 23.5 billion. some context, China and the NAFTA trade bloc are responsible for 29 percent and 18 percent of Within the European single market, the main global plastics production respectively. importers of German plastics are Italy, France, Poland, and the Netherlands. Germany is also With plastics demand of around 50 million tons one of the largest importers and processors of per year, the European market belongs to the plastics materials – more than 88 percent of biggest markets in the world. The market is best all plastics imported in 2015 came from EU-28 characterized by a high level of demand for qual- countries (92 percent across Europe). In 2015, ity and performance which has proven attractive EU trade surplus amounted to EUR 8.2 billion. with international investors. Four European coun- tries count among the top ten destinations for global plastics and rubber foreign direct invest- ment (FDI), with Germany leading the way in Structure of the Plastics Industry in Germany 2016 the vanguard of European countries. German Market Demand and Production 396 92 The German plastics industry generates sales in 3,350 Number of Employees Sales (in the region of more than EUR 92 billion each year. companies (in thousand) EUR billion) The industry is made up of around 3,350 com- panies in total. These companies employ a work- 200 50 Plastics processing force of around 396,000 people. The industry 250 29 Plastics machinery enjoys more than six percent share of domestic 24 industrial production. Plastics production 7 The German plastics production market, with 200 companies and 50,000 employees, generated sales of EUR 24 billion in 2016. Germany is home 2,900 317 to more than 2,900 companies active in plastics 61 processing. They can call upon a workforce of 317,000 people. In 2016, plastics processing com- panies reached sales of around EUR 61 billion. Germany’s plastics and rubber machinery compa- nies are world leaders. In 2016, they employed a labor force of 29,000 people in 250 companies – Source: PlasticsEurope Deutschland e.V. 2017 3 MARKET OPPORTUNITIES Increased Global Plastics Demand Global plastics demand is forecast to further grow number one plastics location, Germany enjoys a three percent annually as a result of global mega- global plastics production share of around eight trends including urbanization, energy demand, cli- percent.Germany is a major FDI destination coun- mate change, and new technology developments. try for companies in the whole plastics industry The differ ent megatrends driving growth are value chain – in both international and European closely linked to in dustry sectors including con- comparison. Germany occupies third place in struction, energy efficien cy and housing – areas in terms of internation al plastics FDI attractiveness, which plastics are playing an ever-increasing role. and has been Europe’s leading plastics FDI nation for the last decade. The Ger man plastics industry Worldwide plastics demand is spurred by an produces for the international market with the increased application of new materials in almost added advantage of having the Euro pean market all industry sectors. German industry association as its home market. Carbon Composites e.V. predicts an annual growth rate of between 10 to 13 percent for the world- International companies have also been setting wide market for carbon fiber-reinforced plastics up businesses along the entire carbon fiber-rein- (CFRP) through to 2022. forced plastics (CFRP) idea-innovation-implemen- tation chain, investing in German companies and According to research conducted by PEMRG, entering into collaborative efforts with German per capita plastic materials consumption has firms and research institutions. reached the 135 kg level in western Europe and the NAFTA region. Inter nationally, growth is Within Europe, Germany is the undisputed predicted in the developing Asian nations. leader in terms of both plastics manufacturing production and sales. Germany is also Europe’s Europe’s Number One Plastics Industry best-served country in terms of available plas- Centrally situated in Europe, Germany is optimally tics production facilities. It also records the high- located to meet the new business opportunities est level of plastics demand by converters (i.e. presented by current market developments. At demand expressed as tonnage of virgin resin). present, Europe accounts for one fifth of total global plastics consumption. It is forecast to main- tain current consumption levels in global compa- rison throughout the end of 2015. As Europe’s European Plastics Demand 2016 Top European FDI Destination Countries 2012-June 2017 Netherlnds 4% Others 21% Others 20% Germn 20% Bel um 5% Polnd 6% U 7% Totl demnd Czech 3% Totl proects Bel um 4% U 10% Sp n 8% 50 768 m ll on tons Netherlnds 4% Germn 25% Hunr 4% Polnd 9% Frnce 10% Ture 5% Russ 5% Itl 14% Sp n 8% Frnce 8% Source: PlasticsEurope Market Research Group 2017 Source: fDi Markets, GTAI – FDI Competence Center 2018 4 Industry Overview 2018/19 | gtai.com The Plastics Value Chain As a cross-sectional material, plastics are vital Value Chain Benefits to technological innovation: without them the Germany’s unique industry value chain infrastruc- basic materials required to make and realize ture secures the country’s position as Europe’s new innovations simply would not be available. leading “value added at factor cost” and “gross The plastics industry in Germany operates from investment in fixed assets” plastics processing a position of strength. Innovative plastics pro- nation. As well as benefiting from the highest duction and processing companies (i.e. plastics standards and industry leadership, investors in compounders and plastics converters) located in Germany’s thriving plastics sector are able to take Germany play a significant role in shaping the advantage of excellent partnership and synergy Europe's leading global plastics market; that they are able to do opportunities. New investors are provided with plastics industry so is testimony to the country’s highly developed unparalleled access to local enterprise partners; opens up new plastics industry
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