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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
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
PIE talks to World Plastics Council chairman Abdulrahman al-Fageeh and PlasticsEurope executive director Karl H. Foerster / WPC as platform for sharing best practices / Localising global solutions / Focus on marine debris / Increasingly global scope
17.06.2016
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
PIE talks to Ulf Kelterborn, head of German plastic packaging industry association IK, about the economic situation, feedstocks and the Renewable Energy Act
14.06.2016
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
PIE talks to Philippe Hanck, head of DuPont Performance Materials' Asia Pacific business / Group's largest compounding plant to start up in China at the end of June / Strong start to 2016
23.05.2016
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
PlasticsEurope president Patrick Thomas: Plastics industry needs to be at the forefront of combating problems like marine litter / Lessons from "PolyTalk" to be applied at global level / Europe is the source of the solution
03.05.2016
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
NPC manager Reza Mohtashami talks about polyolefins production, exports and development perspectives in Iran
29.04.2016
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Ton Emans, president of Plastics Recyclers Europe: Reduction in waste exports to China benefits European recyclers / Recycling is the solution to efficient waste management and marine litter
19.04.2016
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Tom Crotty, group director at Ineos: UK test drills could begin this year / Despite low oil price, fracking still economically viable / Mulling new cracker in Norway / Offshore North Sea assets: Ineos enters the oil business
24.03.2016
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
PIE talks to European Commission spokesperson Enrico Brivio about the latest Circular Economy Package / Landfill goal "very ambitious" / Marine litter to be addressed in 2017 plastic strategy / "Innovative plastic should come from the EU"
24.02.2016
INTERVIEW
PIE speaks to EPDA president David Ladyman / Macro-economy has forced semi-finished plastics parts distributors to become more cost-effective / Europe's skills set will ensure its future competitiveness
06.11.2015
INTERVIEW
“Our industry needs reliable suppliers!” / IK president Roland Roth on the situation on the polyolefin market / Need for more choice / US processors could become a threat
16.10.2015
INTERVIEW
PIE talks to Ron Marsh, head of the Polymers for Europe Alliance, about the goals of the plastics processors‘ initiative / "Best European Polymer Producer" award
12.10.2015
INTERVIEW
Michael Effing talks to PIE / “Hybrid moulding, SMC and high-pressure RTM will come out on top” / Composites Germany chairman believes composites applications still have huge potential
28.09.2015
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
PIE talks to Stanley Chu, chairman of "Chinaplas" organiser Adsale / Key challenge for mega-fair is to maintain healthy growth amid economic slowdown / Revamping show's image for next year's 30th anniversary / Market sentiment generally optimistic
15.06.2015
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
PIE talks to BASF vice president Performance Materials Asia Pacific Andy Postlethwaite / “Automotive will remain our biggest market in China“ / Attention shifts from engineers to designers
27.05.2015
INTERVIEW
"Plethora of FM announcements difficult to comprehend" / IK general manager Ulf Kelterborn on the current situation
30.04.2015
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