PVC MARKET

“Stability is our prime aim” / “Finding the right balance to protect European industry" – interview with Profine CEO Peter Mrosik on PVC industry challenges

PFAS

“You can assume that our concerns will be heard” – interview with GKV president Helen Fürst on strongly worded PFAS letter to German chancellor Scholz

INTERVIEW

“The government wanted to ban importation of waste, but we said no” / “Inflation aids plastics industry” – interview with Pagev president Yavuz Eroglu

INTERVIEW

“There is massive growth ahead for the recycling industry” – PIE talks to Arpan Dhanuka, MD of UK plastics recycler QC Polymer

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

“Society must finally understand that plastics are a resource” / Interview with MKV's Kai Zies on the state of plastics recycling in Germany

INTERVIEW

“PPWR is an anti-plastics regulation”: PIE talks to André Baumann, managing partner of film manufacturer Verpa

EUROPEAN PIPES MARKET

“There are so many reporting regulations” / SMEs particularly burdened / Teppfa critical of sector's exclusion from sustainable financing / Interview with general manager Ludo Debever

PACKAGING EUROPE

“EU member states can exempt their economies for five years” / Lawyer Christian Alexander Mayer talks to PIE about special national routes for the PPWR

LABOUR SHORTAGE EUROPE

“We do not orient our search in terms of a particular industry, but by types of job most needed” / Online recruiting more difficult for blue collar workers / PIE interview with ZAV spokesman Marcel Schmutzler

LABOUR SHORTAGE EUROPE

“Plastics sector is competing for talents across Europe” / Joint educational programmes needed to hire young people / PIE interview with the MD of EuPC, Bernard Merkx

LABOUR SHORTAGE EUROPE

“We need to recruit from non-EU countries in the long term” / Only half of open positions filled in 2023 / PIE interview with Polyvia COO Jean Chaillet

POLYMER MARKETS

What influence does the conflict in the Middle East have on the supply situation and polymer prices? / Interview with PIE price expert Martin Bäcker

TÖNISSTEINER

Why use PET recyclate for returnable bottles, Mr Mallm? / A PIE interview

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

RECYCLING

“Unduly discredited”: BASF's EPS expert Klaus Ries criticises the bashing of the material / An interview with PIE

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Do credit points systems encourage recycling? / Interview with Ansgar Schonlau from Certified Recycled Content

FAKUMA

“No time for gloom” / A short Q&A with Bettina Schall, organiser of the plastics trade fair in Germany

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

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”

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