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Latest european plastics news

Companies

28.01.2025 BASF  Full-year EBIT misses market consensus by EUR 1.2 bn / Profits hit by impairments on battery materials business, restructuring costs

28.01.2025 IKEA  Top store operator Ingka continues recycling investments / Spending to total EUR 1 bn

28.01.2025 ALPLA Acquisition of majority stake in Brazilian HDPE recycler / Joint venture with founders

28.01.2025 POLYMER SOLUTIONS Takeover of former Mocom recycling plant in Germany

27.01.2025 BASF  Billion-euro lawsuit against Clariant, Celanese, Orbia, Westlake

27.01.2025 OQ CHEMICALS Creditors take over Monheim-based polyol and carboxylic acid specialist

24.01.2025 TERAPLAST  Romanian plastics processor takes over Wavin's Hungarian pipe business / DACH region targeted as sales market

24.01.2025 RE-MATCH  Restructuring at Danish specialist for artificial turf recycling / Plant to be closed

24.01.2025 OETIKER  Swiss group enters plastics processing industry with acquisition of AD Plast

24.01.2025 HB FULLER  US adhesives manufacturer plans to close a third of its plants / Future unclear for the ten European locations

23.01.2025 KRAHN Distributor adds PVC from Westlake Vinnolit to its portfolio

23.01.2025 MITSUBISHI  Japanese giant backs away from US Gulf MMA plant / Investment a “bad bet”?

23.01.2025 RANI PLAST  Finnish film manufacturer takes over Lithuanian competitor Umaras

22.01.2025 USA  Producers switch off systems as seasonal precaution / No consequences expected for Europe

22.01.2025 APPI  Chinese imports force plan for Belgian recycling plant to be scrapped / Used-tyre recycler Tyros finalises plans for electric pyrolysis reactor

22.01.2025 ALPLA Packaging manufacturer takes over JV partner in Egypt

21.01.2025 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Polypropylene: TotalEnergies reportedly declares another force majeure for Gonfreville, France

21.01.2025 EXXONMOBIL  Lawsuit for defamation, damage to business: Petchem group strikes back against California attorney general

21.01.2025 BIESTERFELD  Distribution of Celanese's LCP, TPS high-performance polymers in EMEA region

21.01.2025 ALBIS  Distribution of diverse medical technologies from Arkema

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People

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

09.12.2024 DOW CHEMICAL Carter tapped as new COO / Ten Bruggencate to head construction division

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Markets

28.01.2025 PET RECYCLING  DePoly, PTI claim closed-loop success with virgin-quality rPET bottle

27.01.2025 ITALY  “Divestment of the chemicals segment” / Trade unions mobilise against planned restructuring of Versalis

24.01.2025 LOGISTICS  Onset of winter affects US goods traffic / Houthi militia to cease terrorist attacks on Red Sea shipping

24.01.2025 RECYCLING AUSTRIA Slight decline in PET recycling volumes / Cost pressure from cheap virgin material

23.01.2025 EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY  Hard choices needed to survive challenges on several fronts / M&A to play critical role in region's restructuring – FTI report

23.01.2025 PLASTICS PRODUCTION GERMANY  Plastics Europe laments decline in production in Q3 2024 / Year-on-year growth still reported

22.01.2025 EUROPEAN CAR MARKET  Rise in December EU registrations supports 2024 growth / EVs account for over half of sales last year

21.01.2025 SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING  Consumer willingness to pay extra drops in 2024 / One-third still sceptical about alternative solutions – Simon-Kucher study

20.01.2025 PLASTICS RECYCLING NETHERLANDS  Pressure on Dutch firms continues / Local market reflects problems in Europe / “Market is flooded with virgin plastics from China”

20.01.2025 EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY  International competitiveness still deficient / Cefic sees need for “bold action”

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Production and Engineering

27.01.2025 BIOPLASTICS DGeo adds BioEPS to portfolio / Packaging product claimed to completely break down in appropriate conditions within four years

21.01.2025 NESTE Co-processed renewable feedstock for polymer production hits the market

17.01.2025 LEHMANN & VOSS Luvoprint launches product line for fused granulate fabrication 3D printing

15.01.2025 PET RECYCLING EPBP releases design guidelines for PET bottles, non-food products

09.12.2024 ZOTEFOAMS Polyolefin foam specialist introduces fully recyclable PP, TPU ranges

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Industry

28.01.2025 UK  Lawmakers vote in favour of DRS for England, Northern Ireland / Tomra set to grab biggest piece of emerging market / Reform to aid Recycling Roadmap targets

27.01.2025 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  EFSA says styrene not gentoxic / First-ever food-contact migration limit expected / EuPC welcomes approach

27.01.2025 PACKAGING UK  Provisional fee schedule for EPR scheme announced / Plastic packaging tops league table

27.01.2025 WASTE LEGISLATION GERMANY  Tübingen sets precedent: Konstanz and Freiburg also levying tax on disposable packaging / McDonald's loses legal fight

24.01.2025 EUROPEAN PACKAGING REGULATION  PPWR published in official journal of the European Union / Unresolved questions surrounding reusable transport packaging

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