Show topic list

Interviews

WINE BOTTLES “PET is the best and most environmentally kind material for bottle packaging” / Packamama founder and CEO Santiago Navarro talks about his rPET flat-packed wine bottles and global expansion plans	12.04.2023
SPAIN "Tax on SUPs to impact entire Spanish industrial chain" / Equiplast president Bernd Roegele talks to PIE about the challenges facing the country's plastics industry	11.04.2023
PLASTRIBUTION British distributor buys domestic plastic sheet maker / PIE talks to CEO Mike Boswell: “Move is part of UK growth strategy – Brexit brought complexity and opportunity”	22.03.2023
BIOPLASTICS What does it take to make a toy out of bio-based or biodegradable materials? / PIE talks with biopolymers expert Harald Käb	22.03.2023
PLASTICS INDUSTRY CANADA “While the industry does not support bans, we have always been a sector of problem solvers” / Interview with CIAC CEO Bob Masterson	22.12.2022
PACKAGING “Universal packaging would be ideal” / What producers of plastics packaging can expect / PIE talked to industry expert Sonja Bähr from Tilisco	30.11.2022
3D PRINTING “If I need a product, I simply make it” / Blueprint founders Jens Harmeling and Jordan Kopping talk about their start-up	25.11.2022
CONSTANTIA FLEXIBLES “For polyolefins, it is not a matter of availability but price” / PIE talks to corporate strategy expert Daniel Winkler	23.11.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING Planned EU directive on packaging and packaging waste: Binding recyclate quotas from 2030, regulations for reusable containers / Isabell Schmidt from Germany‘s IK in an interview with PIE	16.11.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY “Recyclates have become established in the industry”: Jens Kaatze from recycling specialist Wipag in an interview with PIE	20.10.2022
K 2022 "Plastics and sustainability are no longer a contradiction" / Interview with Thomas Franken from Messe Düsseldorf	17.10.2022
PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY “Passion for innovation” / PIE talks to start-up entrepreneurs Daniel Stricker, former editor-in-chief of Kunststoff Information, and his brother, Urban Stricker	12.10.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY New EU regulation aims to pave way for recyclate use in food packaging / Interview with IK managing director Martin Engelmann	29.09.2022
PLASTICS RECYCLING “Policymakers must set targets for recycled material use”: Hosokawa Alpine sales manager talks to VDMA	19.09.2022
INTERVIEW Digital network for circular plastics: Founders of start-up Polytopoly, Marine Charrier and Edouard Garreau, talk to PIE about the challenges on the European market, the state of France's recycling culture	09.09.2022
INTERVIEW Between sustainability and consumption: Greiner Packaging CEO Manfred Stanek on conflicting targets in his industry / PIE exclusive	22.08.2022
RECYCLING Political demands need to be checked to ensure “they make sense”/ Insight on recycling from Herbold Meckesheim sales VP Ebel	15.08.2022
CLARIANT CEO Keijzer: Company prepped for gas supply issues / Will Sabic increase or sell stake? / Interview with German newspaper	12.08.2022
COVESTRO CEO Steilemann says Europe is heading for a long, deep recession / “Every watt counts”	10.08.2022
GKV “The GKV and I are going to have a lot of fun together ” – interview with Helen Fürst, new president of the German converters association GKV	27.07.2022
INTERVIEW “More of a marathon than a sprint” – Ralf Düssel, newly elected president of Plastics Europe Germany, talks about the relationship with processors and why he wants to be proud of plastics	11.07.2022
INTERVIEW “A 100% circular economy is feasible” – PIE spoke with Covestro board member Sucheta Govil about what she calls the “journey” / Plastics recycling, green energy remain important topics	06.07.2022
NATURAL GAS SUPPLY MD of Plastics Europe Deutschland: Lower Russian gas flows could push resin making outside Europe / Lower-cost production areas would profit	22.06.2022
INTERVIEW “Chemical recycling is going in a direction that has not existed before” – Heikki Färkkilä, VP of chemical recycling at Neste, talks about the company's developments and its vision for the future	20.06.2022
INTERVIEW “Solution lies in unity” – Newly elected EuPC president Benoît Hennaut talks about the issues marring the plastics value chain, image management for the converting industry, and Europe's dependence on Russian gas	07.06.2022

Seite 3 von 7

Topic search

Plastics Information Europe

Polymer Prices (6.267)
- Petrochemicals (548)
- Standard Thermoplastics (1.007)
- PET (256)
- Engineering Thermoplastics (264)
- Recyclate (391)
  - General (6)
  - Standard Thermoplastics / Recyclate (192)
  - Engineering Thermoplastics / Recyclate (193)
- Polyurethanes (257)
- High Performance Polymers (2)
- Composites (190)
- Announcements (2.591)
- World Regions (607)
  - China (308)
    - Standard Thermoplastics (155)
    - Engineering Thermoplastics (153)
  - North America (175)
  - Russia (124)
- Spot Prices (133)
- Forecasts (21)
Companies (35.809)
- Polymer Materials (17.635)
  - Petrochemicals (3.194)
  - Charge (1.900)
    - General (98)
    - Masterbatches (342)
    - Additives (799)
    - Colours (389)
    - Reinforcements/Fillers (272)
  - Polymers (11.347)
    - General (734)
    - Standard Thermoplastics (3.929)
      - General (113)
      - Polyolefins (2.000)
      - Polystyrenes (352)
      - PVC (686)
      - Polyester (573)
      - Expandable (PS, PP, PE) (205)
    - Technical Thermoplastics (3.333)
      - General (352)
      - Styrene Copolymers (266)
      - PC/PMMA (472)
      - Polyamides (940)
      - POM/PBT/PP (323)
      - Technical Compounds (980)
    - PUR (807)
    - Other (2.544)
      - General (104)
      - Composites/Thermosets (414)
      - High Performance (637)
      - Biopolymers (711)
      - Elastomers/TPE (381)
      - Recyclate (297)
  - Distribution (1.194)
- Machinery (1.118)
  - General (30)
  - Plant Construction (143)
  - Core Machines (758)
    - General (92)
    - Extrusion (182)
    - Injection Moulding (379)
    - Blow Moulding (73)
    - Foam (12)
    - PUR (16)
    - Compression Moulding (4)
  - Peripherals (182)
    - General (32)
    - Control Systems (4)
    - Automatisation (34)
    - Dies/Tools/Moulds (99)
    - Components (13)
  - Finishing (5)
- Processing (7.350)
  - General (920)
  - Extrusion (2.400)
    - General (126)
    - Flexible Films (1.164)
    - Rigid Films/Sheet (389)
    - Pipes (354)
    - Profiles/Rods (260)
    - Other (107)
  - Injection Moulding (1.783)
  - Blow Moulding (527)
  - PUR (324)
  - Other (1.153)
    - General (127)
    - Foam (315)
    - Composites/Thermosets (355)
    - Thermoforming (227)
    - Rotational Moulding (32)
    - Additive Manufacturing (97)
  - Finishing (243)
- Application (7.575)
  - General (134)
  - Packaging (3.271)
  - Construction (746)
  - Automotive / Transport (1.735)
  - Electrical Appliances (354)
  - Consumer Goods (701)
  - Medical (411)
  - Technical (223)
- Other (2.131)
  - Recycling/Disposal (1.706)
  - Services (259)
  - Logistics (166)
Commercial Register (156)
- Insolvency (151)
- Changes (5)
Markets (24.353)
- Polymer Materials (10.509)
  - Petrochemicals (2.586)
  - Charge (880)
    - General (39)
    - Masterbatches (98)
    - Additives (349)
    - Colours (162)
    - Reinforcements/Fillers (232)
  - Polymers (6.644)
    - General (845)
    - Standard Thermoplastics (2.509)
      - General (74)
      - Polyolefins (1.255)
      - Polystyrenes (164)
      - PVC (514)
      - Polyester (359)
      - Expandable (PS, PP, PE) (143)
    - Technical Thermoplastics (1.338)
      - General (89)
      - Styrene Copolymers (112)
      - PC/PMMA (161)
      - Polyamides (466)
      - POM/PBT/PP (114)
      - Technical Compounds (396)
    - PUR (475)
    - Other (1.477)
      - General (47)
      - Composites/Thermosets (301)
      - High Performance (312)
      - Biopolymers (437)
      - Elastomers/TPE (147)
      - Recyclate (233)
  - Other Materials (60)
  - Distribution (339)
- Machinery (523)
  - General (131)
  - Plant Construction (14)
  - Core Machines (306)
    - General (116)
    - Extrusion (37)
    - Injection Moulding (131)
    - Blow Moulding (15)
    - PUR (5)
    - Compression Moulding (2)
  - Peripherals (72)
    - General (21)
    - Automatisation (17)
    - Dies/Tools/Moulds (34)
- Processing (1.740)
  - General (453)
  - Extrusion (627)
    - General (20)
    - Flexible Films (305)
    - Rigid Films/Sheets (126)
    - Pipes (75)
    - Profiles/Rods (90)
    - Other (11)
  - Injection Moulding (181)
  - Blow Moulding (43)
  - PUR (83)
  - Other (308)
    - General (20)
    - Foam (81)
    - Composites/Thermosets (140)
    - Thermoforming (20)
    - Rotational Moulding (8)
    - Additive Manufacturing (39)
  - Finishing (45)
- Applications (4.295)
  - General (49)
  - Packaging (2.080)
  - Construction (333)
  - Automotive / Transport (1.005)
  - Electrical Appliances (228)
  - Consumer Goods (272)
  - Medical (212)
  - Technical (62)
  - Other (54)
- Regions and Countries (4.177)
  - World (195)
  - German-speaking Countries (496)
  - Europe (2.039)
    - General (501)
    - Italy (145)
    - France (155)
    - Spain/Portugal (105)
    - Great Britain/Ireland (520)
    - Low Countries (75)
    - Central Europe (179)
    - Scandinavia (46)
    - Russia (115)
    - Eastern Europe (55)
    - Southeastern Europe (143)
  - North America (498)
  - Asia (682)
    - General (123)
    - China (392)
    - Japan (51)
    - Korea (28)
    - India (88)
  - Middle East (145)
  - Other (40)
  - South America (82)
- Other (3.109)
  - Recycling/Disposal (2.216)
  - Economic Trend (505)
  - Services (41)
  - Logistics (266)
  - Energy (81)
Production and Engineering (3.836)
- Polymer Materials (2.390)
  - Petrochemicals (62)
  - Charge (445)
    - General (14)
    - Masterbatches (114)
    - Additives (229)
    - Colours (53)
    - Reinforcements/Fillers (35)
  - Polymers (1.852)
    - General (31)
    - Standard Themoplastics (369)
    - Technical Thermoplastics (605)
      - General (19)
      - Styrene Copolymers (63)
      - PC/PMMA (64)
      - Polyamides (209)
      - POM/PBT/PP (69)
      - Technical Compounds (181)
    - PUR (74)
    - Other (773)
      - General (23)
      - Composites/Thermosets (108)
      - High Performance (160)
      - Biopolymers (251)
      - Elastomers/TPE (115)
      - Recyclate (116)
  - Other (31)
- Machinery (95)
  - Extrusion (20)
    - General (8)
    - Flexible Films (5)
    - Calender (3)
    - Rigid films/Sheets/Thermoforming (1)
    - Pipes/Profiles (3)
  - Injection Moulding (32)
    - General (16)
    - Process (10)
    - Tools (4)
    - Automatisation (2)
  - Blow Moulding (10)
  - Other (33)
- Research (443)
  - Polymer Materials (145)
  - Technical (16)
  - Product Development (42)
  - Process (83)
  - Application (95)
  - Patents (4)
    - Polymer Materials (2)
    - Process (2)
  - Other (58)
- New Products (869)
  - Packaging (572)
  - Construction (35)
  - Automotive / Transport (100)
  - Electrical Appliances (27)
  - Consumer Goods (51)
  - Medical (38)
  - Technical (8)
  - Other (38)
- Other (39)
Management (780)
- Purchasing (106)
- General Management (183)
- Company organisation (45)
- Marketing/Sales (15)
- Human Resources (8)
- Finances (99)
- Logistics (324)
People (1.511)
Industry (6.508)
- General (1.260)
- Associations/Institutions (2.479)
- Legislation (1.437)
- Environment / Health (1.322)
- plas.TV - Plastics unite(d) (10)
Events (1.167)
Plastic Fantastic (571)
Commentaries (85)
Interviews (157)
Notes by Publisher (76)