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

BIOPLASTICS

What does it take to make a toy out of bio-based or biodegradable materials? / PIE talks with biopolymers expert Harald Käb

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

PACKAGING

“Universal packaging would be ideal” / What producers of plastics packaging can expect / PIE talked to industry expert Sonja Bähr from Tilisco

3D PRINTING

“If I need a product, I simply make it” / Blueprint founders Jens Harmeling and Jordan Kopping talk about their start-up

CONSTANTIA FLEXIBLES

“For polyolefins, it is not a matter of availability but price” / PIE talks to corporate strategy expert Daniel Winkler

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

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

“Recyclates have become established in the industry”: Jens Kaatze from recycling specialist Wipag in an interview with PIE

K 2022

"Plastics and sustainability are no longer a contradiction" / Interview with Thomas Franken from Messe Düsseldorf

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

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

New EU regulation aims to pave way for recyclate use in food packaging / Interview with IK managing director Martin Engelmann

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

INTERVIEW

Between sustainability and consumption: Greiner Packaging CEO Manfred Stanek on conflicting targets in his industry / PIE exclusive

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

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

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

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

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

WAR AS A REASON FOR INVOKING FORCE MAJEURE

Four questions for commercial law expert, Peter Coenen

INTERVIEW

Packaging Technology professor Sven Sängerlaub talks about trends in the sector, problems caused by the increasing use of recyclate, CO2 taxes, and the present situation with qualified staff