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

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