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Latest european plastics news

Companies

24.04.2025 ELOPAK  Packaging manufacturer reports higher sales, lower profits / Focus on paper fibre-based solutions

24.04.2025 TOTALENERGIES  Plans to shutter cracker at Antwerp / Major ethylene customer allows contract to expire

24.04.2025 BASF  Second plant for PU elastomer parts in Shanghai / EUR 60 mn investment

24.04.2025 INDIAN OIL  Petchem project in eastern India takes shape / Tech licences from LyondellBasell, Univation

23.04.2025 AUSTROTHERM  Insulation manufacturer enters Italian market / Takeover of Gruppo Poron

23.04.2025 INEOS  Third major US energy deal passes regulatory muster / Terms not disclosed / “Attractive” market

23.04.2025 KINGSPAN Insulation manufacturer gets green light to build factory in Ukraine

22.04.2025 INDORAMA  Sale of 700,000 t/y PTA plant in Portugal / Buyer not yet announced

22.04.2025 ASCEND  PA producer files for bankruptcy protection / Supply agreements will be met, says CEO

22.04.2025 CABKA  Pressure mounts for industrial packaging / Earnings still in red

22.04.2025 STRATASYS  Investor Fortissimo becomes largest shareholder of 3D printing specialist / 2024 net loss totals millions

22.04.2025 EDITORIAL  Silence is agreement: Why the plastics industry should speak up

22.04.2025 RE-MATCH  Artificial turf recycler to supposedly cease business operations in Netherlands

22.04.2025 KÖKSAN  Turkish PET packaging producer invests in China / Large PET production facility planned

22.04.2025 LEHVOSS PolySource to sell high-performance compounds in North America

17.04.2025 VESTOLIT  PVC plant restarts after force majeure / Allocations not ruled out

16.04.2025 IGUS  High-performance polymer manufacturer sees slight decline in 2024 sales / Expansion in China, India, Germany

16.04.2025 HEXPOL  Swedish compounder acquires remaining shares in Almaak

16.04.2025 CONSTANTIA FLEXIBLES Packaging producer invests in blown film extrusion

16.04.2025 BERRY GLOBAL  PCR plastics drive purchases in 2024 / Circular polymers also up

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People

28.03.2025 BASF Helmut Winterling to head Ludwigshafen, Antwerp Verbund sites

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

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Markets

24.04.2025 WORLD ECONOMY  IMF again slashes global growth estimates / Berlin expects flat GDP this year / Tariff chaos drives fears / German, EU spending set to support Europe

23.04.2025 RUSSIA  Polymer exports drop by a third since 2021 / Betting on Asia not paid off / Trade war brings challenges

17.04.2025 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Ineos declares force majeure for PVC from France

17.04.2025 LOGISTICS  Low water puts strain on inland shipping / Transport from China to US, Northern Europe becomes more expensive

17.04.2025 TRADE WAR  US reciprocal tariff policy to reshape Sino-US chemical trade / Heavy interdependence with ethane, propane / Price advantage of Chinese products at risk

17.04.2025 TRADE IMPACT EUROPE How strongly do European plastics processors estimate the impact of US tariffs? / Results from industry association survey

17.04.2025 PACKAGING GERMANY Court categorises long-life carrier bags as ‘packaging subject to system participation'

16.04.2025 US-INDIA TRADE  India set to continue bilateral trade agreement talks / Tariffs could impact only 0.1% of Indian GDP – experts / Pharma, textile industries to be hardest hit

15.04.2025 POLYURETHANE FOAM  EU27+3 industry contributes EUR 233 bn every year – Conversio report / Europur updates environmental data for flexible foams

11.04.2025 COMPOSITES  Europe loses more ground globally / Minimal investment in many cases / Record visitors at JEC show, Paris

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Production and Engineering

24.04.2025 RESEARCH Scientists convert carbon emissions from forest industry into PP, PE

19.03.2025 BOREALIS Launch of LLDPE grade for flexible, non-food packaging with 85% PCR content

18.03.2025 BASF Petchem giant launches biomass-balanced PESU

17.03.2025 RECYCLING Mobile mechanical recycling plant launched by Aimplas project / AI-powered robotic sorting

12.03.2025 TRINSEO  Launch of rPS for food-contact applications

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Industry

23.04.2025 EU POLICY  MEPs in step with industry on energy / Substance reviews to be simplified / EP calls for acceleration of permitting, licensing

16.04.2025 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT EU Parliament, Council provisionally agree on pellet loss regulations / “Building on plastics industry's work”

14.04.2025 STRAPPING BANDS Industry initiative aims to obtain PPWR exemptions

08.04.2025 RECYCLING AWARDS Plastics Recyclers Europe announces winners for 2025

04.04.2025 TRADE WAR  Stock markets plunge as US slaps minimum 10% worldwide tariff on all goods / EU firms to pay 20% / US plastics group warns of damage

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