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INTERVIEW Circulate Capital's April Crow talks to PIE about investment opportunities for reducing marine litter in Asia / India is favourable to funders / "Growing urgency to identify and invest in solutions"	30.04.2019
INTERVIEW CEO Irina Zschaler and board member Marco Bröning talk about new structure for Georg Nordmann Holding / Digital platforms to facilitate information access for partners and customers	23.04.2019
INTERVIEW Plastic Consult's Paolo Arcelli talks to PIE about Italy's plastics industry / Communication and sustainability are challenges for sector / "There is ample room for growth, both in rigid and flexible packaging solutions"	10.04.2019
INTERVIEW Loop Industries' chief growth officer Nelson Switzer / Partnerships with major global brands, rPET from chemical recycling and building up facilities	22.02.2019
INTERVIEW PIE talks to Arnold Wang from China's plastics recycling association CPRRA / Three-year plan for recycling under preparation / Upcoming 2019 conferences to discuss marine litter	15.02.2019
INTERVIEW Chairman of the BPF Additives Group Steve Harrison outlines industry concerns about REACH and Brexit / "Two-year limit is too short for the UK additives sector"	21.12.2018
INTERVIEW PIE talks to Dimitrios Syrmos, president of Greek plastics industry association AHPI / SMEs in Greece face technology and financing challenges	07.12.2018
INTERVIEW “Climate targets impossible to attain without plastics” / Interview with Roland Straßburger, president of Germany's plastic packaging association IK	31.10.2018
INTERVIEW Chemieuro CEO Javier Benito has plans for Spanish distributor / Response to market changes	08.10.2018
INTERVIEW Roland Roth, new president of German plastic converters association GKV / Policy, the environment and raw material supply in Europe	05.07.2018
INTERVIEW “Enormous competitive advantage” through the use of shale gas / Steve Harrington, head of Ineos Styrolution's styrene business, talks about expansion plans and prospects for the industry	22.06.2018
INTERVIEW “We're in the same boat” / New EuPC president Renato Zelcher eyes stronger collaboration with producers' association PlasticsEurope	19.06.2018
INTERVIEW “A PET bottle doesn't leap into the ocean all by itself” / IK managing director Ulf Kelterborn on the German discussion about plastic packaging	04.06.2018
INTERVIEW “We have to take care not only of the low hanging fruits such as PET bottles” / EuPC managing director Alexandre Dangis on the EU plastics policy and industry actions preoccupying Europe's converters	30.05.2018
INTERVIEW Sergey Komyshan, executive director at Sibur / Polyolefins and chemicals complexes to extend output for Russian market and beyond	10.04.2018
INTERVIEW Paolo Arcelli, director at Plastic Consult / Current views on plastics industry in Italy	29.03.2018
INTERVIEW Emmanuel Guichard, managing director at Elipso / A French perspective on EU plastics strategy / Much debate on bottle deposit scheme in France / Emmanuel Macron's goals for recycled plastics exceed EU's	12.02.2018
INTERVIEW Jürgen Bruder, head of German plastic packaging association IK / Over half of domestic plastic packaging is already recycled / Plans in progress to improve eco-design and recyclate use	22.01.2018
INTERVIEW Mike Boswell, BPF's chairman of the “Brexit Task Force” / No-trade deal with EU could raise plastics trade costs by EUR 990m / UK companies more cautious about investing	27.10.2017
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW PIE talks to Stanley Chu, chairman of "Chinaplas" organiser Adsale / Chinese automotive and medical devices markets saw huge growth in 2016 / The "One Belt, One Road" initiative and the plastics industry / Expansion of the 2018 trade fair in Shanghai	30.05.2017
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW PIE talks to Helmut Maurer, senior expert at the European Commission, about the circular economy in Europe / A paradigm shift needed for product design / Regulations for sustainability	23.05.2017
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW EPS: BASF manager Klaus Ries talks about the market, HBCD, the image of insulation and packaging recycling	02.05.2017
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW World Plastics Council: PIE talks to China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation chairman Li Shousheng / "Plastics pollution is a big issue in China" / WPC as platform for sharing best practices / Legislative efforts underway	25.10.2016
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW PIE speaks to Sabic CEO Yousef Abdullah al-Benyan and executive vice president Polymers Abdulrahman al-Fageeh ahead of "K 2016" / Company committed to "diversifying its feedstock sources" / Confident in European and American PC markets	19.10.2016
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW PIE talks to Victrex executive board member Tim Cooper / “We are building markets rather than just selling polymers” / PEEK sales prices highly stable / “Brexit” will have pros and cons / Composites an interesting application field	12.08.2016

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