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Latest european plastics news

Companies

16.04.2025 IGUS  2024 sees slight decline in 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

16.04.2025 OQEMA  Chemical distributor buys Italian competitor Chimen

16.04.2025 ROSSIGNOL  Ski manufacturer merges plants in France, Spain / Plans to shutter one of two French sites

15.04.2025 SAUDI ARAMCO Plans for petrochemicals in Saudi Arabia / New cracker construction with partner Sinopec

15.04.2025 NOVOLEX US packaging group completes acquisition of Pactiv Evergreen

15.04.2025 SÜDPACK  Medtech subsidiary Medica expands capacities for PP blister packs in Germany

14.04.2025 VENCOREX  Lyon insolvency court rules in favour of Wanhua / 50 employees to be taken on

14.04.2025 GULFPACK  Arab film producer expands extrusion capacity / Brückner supplies two more lines

14.04.2025 RENEWI  E-waste recycler Coolrec rebrands

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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