PLASTICS RESEARCH

‘Experiencing, absorbing, discussing, internalising, and transferring knowledge – that is the core of the colloquium' / PIE interviews institute director Christian Hopmann on the 33rd anniversary of IKV colloquium

PLASTIC PACKAGING

‘Sustainable packaging often fails not because of the material, but because of the cost of the transition' / Peter Désilets and Lea Körber of the Pacoon agency in an interview with PIE

INTERVIEW

Energy costs, cheap imports strain Italy's plastics reclaim sector / Mandatory recycled-content quotas for packaging, anti-dumping duties needed / Interview with Walter Regis, Assorimap president

AMERICHEM

Compounding and masterbatch specialist's CEO John Richard speaks with PIE about global supply strategy, regulation, and market shifts

WASTE LEGISLATION

“We are no longer exporting our waste problems” / What amendment to EU waste shipment regulation means for plastics industry / Interview with SAM managing director Olaf Kropp

PVC MARKET

‘Consolidation remains a possibility' / Interview with Vynova CEO Christophe André

INTERVIEW

“How long European PET producers can hang on depends on how long the companies can afford to keep losing money” – Petcore president Antonello Ciotti

PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE

PIE speaks to PRE president Ton Emans about fraudulent recyclate imports, plant closures, energy prices, and much more

GLOBAL PLASTICS FLOW

Production climbs 44 mn t over five years / Mismanaged waste rises 10% / Best practices identified to reduce pollution – Conversio study

STYRENICS

‘We must prevent any further production relocations' / PIE interview with Klaus Ries, styrenics market expert at BASF

WASTE LEGISLATION GERMANY

“You pay for the total weight – not just the plastic content” / Why the Single-Use Plastics Fund Act may become a cost trap for packaging manufacturers / PIE interview with lawyer Christoph Schnoor

INTERVIEW

“The recyclate gap remains real” / Frank Kurrat and Andreas van de Locht from Interzero explain why packaging manufacturers and brand owners are finding it so difficult to prepare for PPWR

MAAG

Culture change with ROI: why the film finisher is focusing on lean management / Interview with managing director Ansgar Schonlau

UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY

From shop floor to top floor / EU leads global raw material imports / Interview with new BPF president Martin Hitchin

LDPE RECYCLING

Improving flexible packaging reclaim / IKV's Loopcycling project – Interview with Achim Grefenstein

INTERVIEW

“Neither practical nor fair” / Packaging producer Uwe Fernholz is calling for reform of Germany's Single-Use Plastic Fund Act

INTERVIEW

German plastics machinery: “Investments are being made with the handbrake on” – Reifenhäuser chief sales officer Marcel Perrevort

GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY

Are M&As booming in the plastics sector? / Interview with consultant Sinan Ikiisik

INTERVIEW

Defossilising plastics production: Vioneo CCO Katja Wodjereck talks to PIE about plans to build green polyolefins plant in Belgium and future strategy

INTERVIEW

“Huge potential for recycling remains untapped” / Conversio managing director Christoph Lindner talks to PIE about the material flows of plastics in Germany