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Latest european plastics news

Companies

13.03.2025 BRENNTAG  Earnings under pressure / Chemicals distributor tightens cost-cutting programme

13.03.2025 SAPA  Italian automotive supplier acquires Megatech Industries / Move to drive innovation in mobility

13.03.2025 DOW  Chemical giant buys into Xycle / Chemical recycling unit at Rotterdam

13.03.2025 SOREMA / AXENS  Deal to advance chemical recycling of PET waste

12.03.2025 BRASKEM  Negative currency effects push results deeper into the red / Expansion of PE capacity in Brazil

12.03.2025 SIEMENS GAMESA  Renewable energy firm invests EUR 200 mn for rotor blade plant extension / Operations set for next year

12.03.2025 BARKLEY PLASTICS Business looking up after two-year slump / UK injection moulder celebrates 60-year milestone

11.03.2025 RECTICEL  PU processor expands full-year turnover, profitability / Order books ‘solid' at start of 2025

11.03.2025 NEVEON / BRANTNER  Loop-it mattress recycling JV opens for business in Austria

10.03.2025 SIG COMBIBLOC  Carton packaging grows as bag-in-box, stand-up pouches weaken / Cautiously positive outlook for 2025

10.03.2025 OPMOBILITY  French auto supplier attains good results despite declining production / North American business boosted by Tesla

10.03.2025 PREZERO  Waste disposal giant acquires white goods recycler / Plans for Lidl, Kaufland to accept used appliances for recovery

10.03.2025 BORYSZEW German auto supplier subsidiary slides into insolvency / 500 employees affected

07.03.2025 EVERTIS  Portuguese PET film maker builds first US production plant

07.03.2025 SAMCO Agricultural film producer ramps up output / Coop with Italian components specialist Syncro to upgrade machinery

07.03.2025 NESPRESSO Portion coffee system with paper capsules / Barrier layer, lid made of biopolymer

06.03.2025 EVONIK  Back in the black in 2024 after cost cuts, restructuring / Strong operating profit despite 1% drop in sales

06.03.2025 SHELL  Energy giant may quit chemicals in US and Europe / Asset sales planned?

06.03.2025 AMCOR Takeover of packaging manufacturer Berry Global progressing / Shareholders give green light

05.03.2025 BP  Back to petroleum / CEO says renewables don't pay / Activist shareholder holds sway

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People

06.02.2025 CELANESE Main engineered materials division under new leadership of industry veteran

13.01.2025 COVESTRO Leadership change at Covestro's European production sites

02.01.2025 DOMO CHEMICALS Juha Jokinen appointed chief sales officer

20.12.2024 FORVIA Martin Fischer to take over as CEO of French automotive supplier

16.12.2024 CELANESE Scott Richardson new CEO after Lori Ryerkerk steps down at end-2025

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Markets

11.03.2025 PLASTICS INDUSTRY JAPAN  Production declines across the board in 2024 / Exports, imports slightly up / Engineering plastics market set for robust growth through 2032

10.03.2025 TRADE WAR  Concerns mount over US tariffs on Canada, Mexico / National plastics groups jointly call for free trade / Trump starts, stops import fees on many goods

10.03.2025 PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY  Significant drop in revenue, volumes last year / Subdued expectations for 2025 / Hopes of action from new government

10.03.2025 CONSTRUCTION  UK output dives in February / Slump in residential activity leads downturn

10.03.2025 EUROPEAN TUBES MARKET  Lacklustre demand for pharma, cosmetics products in 2024 / Moderate outlook for H1 2025

07.03.2025 LOGISTICS  ‘Reclaiming' the Panama Canal: US consortium buys ports from Hong Kong operator

07.03.2025 PLASTICS RECYCLING GERMANY  Polystyrene bottles are disrupting PET recycling, says bvse

05.03.2025 WIND ENERGY  Turbine construction in Europe loses momentum / Energy security targets at risk / Trump tariffs have limited impact on industry

03.03.2025 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  ABS, PP: Force majeure follows power outage in Daesan, South Korea / Key EU import volumes at risk?

03.03.2025 POLAND  Robust economic performance lifts plastics industry in 2024 / Strict regulations, rising energy costs fuel fears over competitiveness / Associations call for stringent measures

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Production and Engineering

12.03.2025 TRINSEO  Launch of rPS for food-contact applications

11.03.2025 HUHTAMAKI  Finnish packaging group brings paper cups for dairy products to market

11.03.2025 POLYPLASTICS New Plastron LFT grade for audio equipment components

10.03.2025 SABIC Launch of conductive polymer range / PPE for inline paintable automotive exteriors

27.02.2025 PAL PLAST Compounder adds three new engineering grades to portfolio / Varying levels of recycled content possible

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Industry

13.03.2025 PLASTIC PACKAGING  Uzbekistan devises plan to tackle plastics pollution / Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan admit lack of packaging alternatives

12.03.2025 PLASTICS RECYCLING  Report highlights value of recovering small plastics from recycling streams / Investment essential

07.03.2025 UK  Welsh government pressing ahead with its own DRS strategy / World number two recycling nation goes it alone

06.03.2025 GLOBAL ECONOMY US halts support for Ukraine, threatens EU with tariffs / Member states, Brussels counter with huge spending plans / Plastics groups in US, Canada raise concerns

06.03.2025 ABS  Registration of imports from South Korea, Taiwan has begun as part of anti-dumping investigations

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