India, Feb. 21 -- A member survey of the German Rubber Industry Association (wdk) has come to a conclusion that the situation in Germany as a production location remains worrying. The member survey highlighted that industry sales fell by almost two percent last year. Sales and domestic production were even weaker, with a decrease of three percent compared to the previous year.

Michael Klein, President, wdk, termed this as an 'overly clear warning signal' in Frankfurt am Main today with regard to the earnings situation. "While earnings in 2023 were 'only' strained or even threatened the existence of around a quarter of the companies in the industry, this proportion has now increased to more than 40 percent. That is why improving the loca...