The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen asked its member companies at the end of April in a survey for a status report on the effects of the corona crisis. The answers of the more than 120 mostly medium-sized companies show how differently the manufacturers of plastic packaging are affected: While the manufacturers of system-relevant packaging for food, pharmaceutical and medical products are in some cases reaching the limits of their capacity, suppliers to the automotive industry in particular are confronted with a considerable drop in demand. Across all segments, 37% of the companies stated that they had fewer orders compared to March. A quarter of all companies even reported declines of more than 20%. In contrast, a good half of the companies reported an increase in orders in April, although mostly in the range between 10 and 20%.