— By Plasteurope.com staff — 

Six Europeans are among the latest group of inductees in the Plastics Hall of Fame. They are to be officially initiated during the K 2025 trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany this October.

Among the honourees is Peter Steinbeck, former CEO and shareholder of German machinery manufacturer Windmöller & Hölscher.

The Plastics Academy is also awarding posthumous honours to the long-standing co-managing director of Austrian injection moulding machinery manufacturer Engel Irene Schwarz (née Engel), who passed away in 2016, as well as to Erema founders Helmut Bacher, Helmuth Schulz, and Georg Wendelin, and to Erwin Bürkle, long-time head of injection moulding technology at KraussMaffei Technologies, who died in July 2024.

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Since 1972, the Plastics Hall of Fame has recognised individuals who have made outstanding contributions to shaping the global plastics industry. With these new additions, the list of inductees now includes 253 members from nine countries.

The Plastics Academy recently updated its rules and will now induct 15 individuals every 18 months instead of every three years. There are simply too many people who have rendered outstanding service to the plastics sector, explained academy president Maureen Steinwall.

The KI.PIE Group will also be present at the K 2025 trade fair – come say hello to us in Hall 06, Stand 6C28!