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European Plastics News and Price Reports

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K 2025 

World's leading trade fair for the plastics industry comes to an end / Organisers provide positive assessment / Date set for 2028

15.10.2025 — By Plasteurope.com staff — With a total of 175,000 visitors over eight days, the world’s leading trade fair, K 2025, was able to maintain its 2022 visitor numbers despite unfavourable global economic conditions. At the closing press conference, Marius Berlemann, managing director of Messe Düsseldo...

15.10.2025 HEALTHCARE AND PLASTIC  Waste volumes in Europe, North America seen rising up to 40% by 2040 if no action taken on SUPs / Systemiq, Eunomia report highlights strategies for hospitals, suppliers

15.10.2025 BOREALIS  More cross-linked PE in Sweden / Two new plants / Focus on cable applications

14.10.2025 MERAXIS  Rehau compounding plant in Germany to be assigned to distributor

14.10.2025 PIE SPOT PRICE MONITOR  Polymer prices continue to plummet / PE grades lose more ground than PP / Price war expected to unfold

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15.10.2025 BOSCH SIEMENS  Home appliances manufacturer to close German plants / Loss of further 1,400 jobs

15.10.2025 KAUTEX  Sales target for 2025 to be missed / ‘A new start takes time' – CEO Wedell

15.10.2025 GABRIEL-CHEMIE  Masterbatch specialist opens expanded site in Hungary

15.10.2025 CLARIANT  Expansion of flame retardants and stabilisers in China

15.10.2025 HROMATKA  Distribution cooperation for PA 12 expanded by Evonik

14.10.2025 OP MOBILITY  French automotive supplier opens sixth plant in India / Seventh already under construction

14.10.2025 BIESTERFELD  Distributor expands application technology services for polymer additives in DACH region

14.10.2025 KRAUSSMAFFEI  ‘Not everything is negative' / Future lies in smaller, all-electric machines / Potential in additive plastics processing – CEO Stech

14.10.2025 SUMITOMO DEMAG  Job cuts done – at least for now / Sales continue to stagnate

13.10.2025 POLYMER PRICES  Standard thermoplastics trend October: Polyolefin prices fall / Monomers also down / Strategy for some producers: Volume before price

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