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PLASTIC PACKAGING ‘Sustainable packaging often fails not because of the material, but because of the cost of the transition' / Peter Désilets and Lea Körber of the Pacoon agency in an interview with PIE	22.01.2026
INTERVIEW Energy costs, cheap imports strain Italy's plastics reclaim sector / Mandatory recycled-content quotas for packaging, anti-dumping duties needed / Interview with Walter Regis, Assorimap president	16.01.2026
INTERVIEW Compounding and masterbatch specialist Americhem's CEO John Richard speaks with PIE about strategy, regulation, and market shifts	12.01.2026
BAERLOCHER Additives manufacturer discusses sustainability and investment strategy / CEO Arne Schulle sees structural location disadvantages in Europe	05.01.2026
BASF CEO Markus Kamieth: ‘Industry in Germany will not vanish' / Collaboration with, instead of dependence on, China	09.12.2025
WASTE LEGISLATION “We are no longer exporting our waste problems” / What amendment to EU waste shipment regulation means for plastics industry / Interview with SAM managing director Olaf Kropp	08.12.2025
PVC MARKET ‘Consolidation remains a possibility' / Interview with Vynova CEO Christophe André	25.11.2025
INTERVIEW “How long European PET producers can hang on depends on how long the companies can afford to keep losing money” – Petcore president Antonello Ciotti	14.11.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE PIE speaks to PRE president Ton Emans about fraudulent recyclate imports, plant closures, energy prices, and much more	30.10.2025
PACKLIANCE German packaging recycling service providers establish consulting company / Focus on helping firms implement PPWR	22.10.2025
GLOBAL PLASTICS FLOW Production climbs 44 mn t over five years / Mismanaged waste rises 10% / Best practices identified to reduce pollution – Conversio study	10.10.2025
STYRENICS ‘We must prevent any further production relocations' / PIE interview with Klaus Ries, styrenics market expert at BASF	03.10.2025
WASTE LEGISLATION GERMANY “You pay for the total weight – not just the plastic content” / Why the Single-Use Plastics Fund Act may become a cost trap for packaging manufacturers / PIE interview with lawyer Christoph Schnoor	01.08.2025
INTERVIEW “The recyclate gap remains real” / Frank Kurrat and Andreas van de Locht from Interzero explain why packaging manufacturers and brand owners are finding it so difficult to prepare for PPWR	08.07.2025
MAAG Culture change with ROI: why the film finisher is focusing on lean management / Interview with managing director Ansgar Schonlau	17.06.2025
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY From shop floor to top floor / EU leads global raw material imports / Interview with new BPF president Martin Hitchin	02.06.2025
LDPE RECYCLING Improving flexible packaging reclaim / IKV's Loopcycling project – Interview with Achim Grefenstein	29.05.2025
INTERVIEW “Neither practical nor fair” / Packaging producer Uwe Fernholz is calling for reform of Germany's Single-Use Plastic Fund Act	01.05.2025
INTERVIEW German plastics machinery: “Investments are being made with the handbrake on” – Reifenhäuser chief sales officer Marcel Perrevort	30.04.2025
NEWS FROM KI GROUP K-Profi: Editor-in-Chief Markus Lüling and team celebrate 100th issue of magazine / Interview to mark anniversary	24.04.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE “An industry that is still fighting has not lost” / Lessons and impressions from PRSE, Amsterdam	04.04.2025
GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY Are M&As booming in the plastics sector? / Interview with consultant Sinan Ikiisik	06.03.2025
INTERVIEW Defossilising plastics production: Vioneo CCO Katja Wodjereck talks to PIE about plans to build green polyolefins plant in Belgium and future strategy	27.02.2025
INTERVIEW “Huge potential for recycling remains untapped” / Conversio managing director Christoph Lindner talks to PIE about the material flows of plastics in Germany	21.01.2025
PFAS / FLUOROPOLYMERS Is the EU serious about the PFAS ban? / Interview with pro-K expert Michael Schlipf	27.11.2024

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