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Latest european plastics news

Companies

11.04.2025 OMV  Polyolefin sales volumes up 11.7% in Q1 2025 / Indicator margins for PE, propylene rise / PP indicator margin down

11.04.2025 ELYDAN  French pipe manufacturer strengthens activities in Scandinavia / Northern Europe, Germany future target markets

11.04.2025 LEGO Toy manufacturer opens new plant in Vietnam / Estimated investment over EUR 900 mn

11.04.2025 SUMIKA POLYMER COMPOUNDS  Compounder plans to process PP from ELVs in France / Investment of EUR 15 mn

10.04.2025 PLASTIVALOIRE  Automotive supplier fears significant drop in sales again / Test centre to be downsized

10.04.2025 CONTINENTAL  Automotive supplier to spin off ContiTech / Sale the most likely option

10.04.2025 FACC Aircraft supplier optimistic / Cost-cutting programme shows desired outcome

10.04.2025 NESTE  Finnish oil refiner to cut over 500 jobs / Move follows profits collapse in 2024

10.04.2025 COMPOSITEC  Forvia composites subsidiary renamed after sale

09.04.2025 DECEUNINCK  Restructuring lifts EBITDA in Europe / Soft demand expected to continue

09.04.2025 INGENIA POLYMERS  Compounder and additive supplier launches production in Germany / “Now was the time to invest in Europe”, says CEO

09.04.2025 FUTERRO  PLA technology company advances French biorefinery project with design contracts

08.04.2025 B.BRAUN Medical technology group on growth path / Volume of processed plastic increases / BVMed urges US tariff exemption for medical devices

08.04.2025 RUSVINYL  Earnings, profit halved in 2024 / Exports fall significantly for Russian PVC producer

08.04.2025 LYONDELLBASELL  Partnership with Nexeo Plastics to distribute engineered polymers in Europe

07.04.2025 ARKEMA  Chemicals group looks back on mixed year / Adhesives, polymers grow as overall profit drops

07.04.2025 GRAMMER  Automotive supplier closes 2024 in red / Difficult product launches, volume shifts

07.04.2025 WEBASTO  Automotive supplier to cut 650 jobs

07.04.2025 RENOLIT  Plastics processor merges production / Massive investment in one site, other to close / Job cuts not planned

07.04.2025 RESRG Start-up of company combining Rehau Automotive, SRG activities / Auto industry supplier with 22 sites worldwide

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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

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

11.04.2025 LOGISTICS  Trump sends shockwaves through world trade / Rhine River drying up endangers inland shipping

10.04.2025 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY EUROPE  Suppliers fear double impact of tariffs / Associations urge ‘negotiated solution' / Carmakers fined nearly EUR 600 mn for cartel participation

09.04.2025 TRADE WAR  EU plans to impose punitive tariffs on PE, PA imports from US

08.04.2025 TRADE CEE  Experts weigh in on potential trade war escalation / “EU businesses, including PE suppliers, can benefit from import restrictions”

08.04.2025 PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Mood of packaging and film manufacturers ‘slightly brighter' – IK business survey

07.04.2025 TRADE WAR  How strongly do European plastics processors estimate the impact of US tariffs? / Industry associations launch survey

07.04.2025 HUNGARY  Plastics industry consolidation draws to an end / Automotive sector: problems and opportunities / Energy costs and shifts in green policy are key factors for competitiveness

04.04.2025 PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE  “An industry that is still fighting has not lost” / Lessons and impressions from PRSE, Amsterdam

04.04.2025 UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Ethylene: BASF reportedly declares force majeure for plants in Ludwigshafen, Antwerp

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Production and Engineering

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

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

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Industry

08.04.2025 TRADE WAR  US punitive tariffs cause uncertainty among plastics processors / Numerous materials exempt from duties

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

28.03.2025 TRADE WAR  Trump slaps tariffs on US imports of cars, parts / Collection to start in early April / Europeans cry foul

27.03.2025 SWEDEN Deposit increase to push recycling rates above 90% / Plastics recycling levels still insufficient

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