{"id":1816,"date":"2019-07-22T16:23:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T14:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kunststoffverpackungen.de\/the-association\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T12:30:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:30:33","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kunststoffverpackungen.de\/en\/the-association\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;30&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;50&#8243; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; class=&#8221;ik-page-brick&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; 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animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;8341&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;Fade In&#8221; animation_easing=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221; margin_bottom=&#8221;50&#8243;][vc_column_text]IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. is the German Association for Plastics Packaging and Films. Located in Bad Homburg, our association has 300 member companies. Besides mostly medium-sized businesses in the plastics processing industry, our members also include around 50 supporting members from various industrial sectors.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of sales, ordinary members represent over 80 percent of plastic packaging production in Germany. You can find a list of all our members in our annual report or on <a href=\"https:\/\/kunststoffverpackungen.de\/en\/the-association\/membership\/\">this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Our tasks<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Besides political lobbying, our core tasks consist of public relations work on behalf of the industry and its wide range of products. 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