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TÖNISSTEINER Why use PET recyclate for returnable bottles, Mr Mallm? / A PIE interview	28.11.2023
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Does Adnoc's potential takeover of Covestro mark the beginning of an M&A boom? / PIE interviews M&A expert, Carlos Robles y Zepf	09.11.2023
RECYCLING “Unduly discredited”: BASF's EPS expert Klaus Ries criticises the bashing of the material / An interview with PIE	08.11.2023
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Do credit points systems encourage recycling? / Interview with Ansgar Schonlau from Certified Recycled Content	28.09.2023
FAKUMA “No time for gloom” / A short Q&A with Bettina Schall, organiser of the plastics trade fair in Germany	23.08.2023
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Toing and froing about life-cycle assessment is not enough – Fraunhofer study / PIE talks to Umsicht's Jürgen Bertling	18.08.2023
PVC MARKET A short Q&A...Paolo Barbieri, CEO of PVC producer Kem One, talks about the approach towards the European market in the future	23.06.2023
PLASTICS AND HEALTH What the PFAS ban proposed by the ECHA means for the plastics industry / PIE talks with materials expert Michael Schlipf about the “forever chemicals”	27.04.2023
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

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