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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
WAR AS A REASON FOR INVOKING FORCE MAJEURE
Four questions for commercial law expert, Peter Coenen
27.05.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Hans-Josef Endres, IKK Germany: “There is a lack of higher-quality recyclates and standards!” / VDMA interview
27.05.2022
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