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Interviews
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
'This is not a replacement for humans – it is a reinforcement' / Column on AI as a catalyst for plastics processing – industry consultant Arno Rogalla
 		04.05.2026
PLASTICS RECYCLING
PRE managing director Antonino Furfari tells PIE why higher virgin polymer prices won't fix Europe's recycling problem – interview
 		29.04.2026
SHORT Q&A
From scarcity to opportunity: Paolo Arcelli on how the Middle East crisis could lift Italian producers
 		14.04.2026
FORCE MAJEURE
Does the Iran war justify delivery halts and massive price increases? / PIE interviews lawyer Christian Lührmann
 		10.04.2026
SOCIAL PLASTICS
Focusing on the fundamentals: Plastic Bank CEO & founder David Katz on designing a traceable plastic credit system that works / Utilising blockchain, fintech, AI in emerging markets
 		27.02.2026
RECYCLING GERMANY
'Strapping is a challenging waste stream that calls for specialists' – PIE interviews Re-Strap founder Matthias Schäfer
 		25.02.2026
PLASTICS RESEARCH
‘Experiencing, absorbing, discussing, internalising, and transferring knowledge – that is the core of the colloquium' / PIE interviews institute director Christian Hopmann on the 33rd anniversary of IKV colloquium
 		19.02.2026
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
AMERICHEM
Compounding and masterbatch specialist's CEO John Richard speaks with PIE about global supply strategy, regulation, and market shifts
 		12.01.2026
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
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
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