Interviews

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
INTERVIEW “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
INTERVIEW "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
SOURCE ONE PLASTICS LyondellBasell German recycling JV to begin ops in late 2023 / Output of up to 40,000 t/y / LYB board “really behind” chemical reclaim plant, partner says	23.12.2022
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
INTERVIEW “Universal packaging would be ideal” / What producers of plastics packaging can expect / PIE talked to industry expert Sonja Bähr from Tilisco	30.11.2022
INTERVIEW 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
INTERVIEW “For polyolefins, it is not a matter of availability but price” / PIE talks to Daniel Winkler from Constantia Flexibles	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

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