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Typhoon Bavi hits country's east / Numerous plants scaled back, shut down / Key transshipment ports still out of operation, but damage less severe than expected / South Korea not expected to be affected

13.07.2026 — By Plasteurope.com staff — Typhoon Bavi made landfall early on Sunday morning, 12 July, on the coasts of the eastern Chinese provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian. According to Plasteurope.com research, the precautionary measures introduced three days earlier – including the shutdown or scaling back of...

13.07.2026 FLEXIBLE PACKAGING EUROPE  Geopolitical risks drive steep price increases for packaging grades / BOPP film almost doubles in price in Q2

13.07.2026 PLASTICS RECYCLING FRANCE  2025 targets missed by large margin / Noticeable changes in PET reclaim / Processing and compounding capacity reaches 1 mn t/y

10.07.2026 INEOS  Petchem group sues Flemish government over Project One construction delays

10.07.2026 LOGISTICS  Stop-start at Strait of Hormuz / Shipping lines return to the Red Sea and Suez Canal

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13.07.2026 POLYMER PRICES  North America June: Price cuts for polyolefins and PVC, hikes for PS and PA 6.6 / Most engineering grades stay put / Feedstock costs down / Downtrend to continue in July as demand remains poor

13.07.2026 COVESTRO  Plastics group raises full-year forecast, thanks to higher selling prices

13.07.2026 BIESTERFELD  Distributor takes full control of Italian joint ventures

13.07.2026 INEOS  Plans for chemical recycling in Norway / MoU established with Recuro

13.07.2026 ORLEN UNIPETROL  Steam cracker passes pyrolysis oil trials / In-house chemical recycling plant planned

10.07.2026 POLYMER PRICES  Paraxylene June: Asian markdown largely priced in

10.07.2026 PLASTICS INDUSTRY HUNGARY  Cluster launched / Joint efforts to expand plastics exports to Germany, Austria, Japan

10.07.2026 WANHUA  H1 2026 profit set to soar / Middle East conflict appears to boost business

10.07.2026 DYNEON / 3M  Financial investor acquires fluoropolymer producer / Production at HQ to be expanded

09.07.2026 POLYMER PRICES  China standard thermoplastics June: Most prices decline sharply / Demand weak in off-season as feedstock costs ease / Quotations could rise in July if US-Iran military escalation continues

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