experts magazine Plastics Insights

Plastics Insights Trade Journal

Profile

Plastics Insights provides information on the latest technical developments and trends in the plastics industry. Plastics Insights (formerly: Kunststoffe international) has been published since 2007 as the English-language edition of the magazine Kunststoffe. Featuring current articles from Kunststoffe, Plastics Insights offers expert coverage of technical developments and industry trends in English. A hallmark of the magazine: its exclusive insider reports. These shape the magazine’s profile as a leading source of information for plastics processors operating on an increasingly global scale. Our exclusively researched country-specific features include market information, interviews, trade show reports, and stories from local plastics processors.

 

Target Audience

Plastics Insights is distributed to 984 highly respected executives in the plastics industry worldwide, as well as at major trade shows. Plastics Insights is also distributed as an e-paper with a circulation of 30,276 unique accesses (paid access to the e-paper, particularly corporate licenses; 2023 average).

 

Frequency: 9 issues per year

Magazine format: DIN A4

Fachzeitschrift Plastics Insights Titelseite Ausgabe 4/2026
Key figure Value
Circulation (Print) 984
Circulation (e-paper) 30,276
= Circulation 31,260
Regional Circulation Value
Europe 53%
Asia / Pacific 34%
Middle East 8%
U.S. / Canada 5%

Organization

  • Plastics Europe Germany e. V.
  • General Association of the Plastics Processing Industry e. V. (GKV)
  • VDI Society for Materials Engineering
  • Division of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Society of German Chemists e. V.
  • Plastics Standards Committee at DIN German Institute for Standardization e. V.

 

Membership/Participation

VDI Subcommittee on Plastics Technology within the VDI-GME