Plasticker is one of the oldest plastics portals in Europe and its raw materials exchange has been a fixture of the German-speaking trade for years. If you are weighing it against a newer English-language marketplace, here is the comparison, drawn from their public site on the date given.
What Plasticker is
Plasticker is a German plastics industry portal published by New Media Publisher GmbH in Kaarst. It combines news and technical coverage with three marketplaces: a raw materials exchange, a used machinery exchange, and a supplier directory. Its site states clearly that use of all the exchanges is free, though registration is required. The site is in German with an English version available as a secondary option.
It is worth being clear that “free” there is a genuine claim on their own site, not an inference. On cost, they and we are broadly in the same place for listing.
How Prime Polymers is different
- Language and market. We are English-first and UK-operated, with listings quoted in the currency and incoterms of the trade — GBP, EUR, USD and others. If your counterparties are in the DACH region, their language advantage is real and ours is not.
- Standing, in their favour. They have been part of that market for a very long time. We launched in 2026.
- Access without registering. Our board is readable without an account, photographs included; theirs asks you to register to use the exchanges.
- Scope. They carry machinery, news and jobs as well as material. We do material only, and the listing form is built around polymer specification rather than being general-purpose.
- Buyer-side posting. A Wanted requirement here is a first-class thing rather than an afterthought — buyers state a specification and tonnage and sellers approach them.
Which should you use?
For German-speaking trade, them — and it is not close. Language, familiarity and thirty years of presence are not things a new site talks its way past.
For UK, Irish and wider English-language trade, or for material moving on international incoterms outside the DACH region, a board built around that is easier to work. Both are free to list on, which makes running both a reasonable answer rather than a compromise.
Plasticker at a glance
From plasticker.de, read on 18 August 2026. Platforms change — check before you decide.
- Describes itself as
- “The home of plastics” — an industry portal, not only a marketplace
- Published by
- New Media Publisher GmbH, Kaarst, Germany
- Marketplaces
- Raw materials exchange, used machinery exchange, and a supplier directory
- Cost
- Their site states free use of all exchanges (“Kostenfreie Nutzung aller Börsen!”)
- Account
- Registration required to use the exchanges
- Language
- German, with an English version available as a secondary option
- Also carries
- Industry news, technical articles and job listings
When Plasticker is the better choice
- You trade primarily in Germany, Austria or Switzerland, where they have decades of standing and we have none.
- You want the industry news and technical coverage alongside the trading — that is a whole side of their site we do not attempt.
- You are looking for used plastics machinery.
- You would rather read and negotiate in German.