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Latest european plastics news

Companies

17.09.2025 LEONHARD KURZ  German film tech specialist commissions mechanical PET recycling plant

17.09.2025 VESTAS Wind turbine manufacturer invests in Italy / Factory takeover in Poland completed

17.09.2025 CHEMOURS  Chemical manufacturer forges global supply deal with India's SRF for fluoropolymers, fluoroelastomers

16.09.2025 EXXONMOBIL  Legal battle with California escalates / AG calls chemical recycling a ‘sham' / Company pursues defamation suit

16.09.2025 SONOCO US group sells temperature-controlled packaging division

16.09.2025 AZELIS  Acquisition of Swiss distributor Distona

15.09.2025 FLEXIBLE PACKAGING  Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo and others launch US Flexible Film Initiative to tackle plastic packaging waste

15.09.2025 ALIAXIS  Decline in sales, profit / Belgian pipe maker plans cost cuts

15.09.2025 GEORGIA PACIFIC  Acquisition of thermoformer Anchor / Significant expansion of US plastic packaging business

12.09.2025 SHELL  Search for partners for petchem segment intensified / Division apparently burning through funds / Divestment of modern PE site in US

12.09.2025 BARKLEY PLASTICS  Closure of UK injection shop underway / Decision follows six decades of business

11.09.2025 SUMITOMO CHEMICAL  Merger of Japanese PP, LLDPE capacities into Mitsui, Idemitsu JV

11.09.2025 INEOS COMPOUNDS  Distribution partnership with Plastcom expanded into Scandinavia

11.09.2025 MURA  Process-tech supplier to build chemical recycling facility in Singapore

10.09.2025 SHELL  Oil giant drops Dutch biofuels projects / Construction not to resume after 2024 pause

10.09.2025 EVONIK  Innovation programme focuses on circularity, exploiting synergies / Newly created infrastructure to manage chemical parks, outside customers

10.09.2025 TUBIS  Groundbreaking ceremony for pyrolysis plant in Germany

09.09.2025 JINDAL FILMS  German Treofan plant enters insolvency proceedings under self administration / Production stops and job cuts expected?

09.09.2025 EXXONMOBIL  Speculation sees US giant pulling out of EU / Mossmorran cracker and Belgian assets up for grabs?

09.09.2025 ENVALIOR  Lanxess-Advent JV diverts 88% of generated waste from landfill / 2024 sustainability report published

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People

03.09.2025 KEM ONE  Paolo Barbieri no longer at the helm of PVC manufacturer

18.07.2025 FLEXIBLE PACKAGING EUROPE  Industry association elects new chair

08.07.2025 EUPC New films group formed within plastics converters' association / Zelcher elected founding president

01.07.2025 PLASTICS EUROPE Benny Mermans named president of European trade association

25.06.2025 BIESTERFELD Marvin Strüfing named head of global Standard Plastics division

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Markets

17.09.2025 SWITZERLAND  Retailers prolong voluntary plastics-reduction commitment

16.09.2025 SPAIN  Household plastics market poised for robust growth / Shift towards environmentally friendly products / Asian countries look into export opportunities

16.09.2025 AUTOMOTIVE  Clepa urges EU to step in with support for auto supply sector / Up to 350,000 jobs could be lost if no action taken

15.09.2025 FRANCE  Reward system for use of recycled material to come into effect next year

15.09.2025 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  Subsidies for innovative products underway / Brussels sets the stage but Netherlands leads on circular plastics

15.09.2025 PLASTICS MACHINERY  Market crisis impacts portfolio of machinery makers / Arburg divests 3D-printing unit / Sumitomo Demag removes hydraulic machines

12.09.2025 LOGISTICS  Artificial capacity shortages lend breath of fresh air to freight rates

12.09.2025 OIL & GAS  ConocoPhillips set to lay off more than 3,000 staff – reports / Other sector giants embarking on cost-cutting drive

11.09.2025 POLYETHYLENE  Global markets caught between tariffs and overcapacities / More and more exports from all directions head to Europe / Brazil imposes punitive tariffs

10.09.2025 RECYCLING BRAZIL  Recycling volumes up, rate down in 2024 / 410,000 t PET recycled / Sector at 23% idle capacity – Brazil PET group

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Production and Engineering

17.09.2025 MILLIKEN Additives manufacturer partners with OQ to launch clarified random copolymer for injection moulding

15.09.2025 RECYCLING Aimplas gains RecyClass accreditation for automotive, E&E testing

10.09.2025 BASF Petchem major unveils water-permeable polyamide for meat casings

22.08.2025 NESTLÉ  New AI-based tech proposes novel high-barrier packaging materials / R&D co-op with IBM

20.08.2025 FKUR  Bioplastics producer showcases expanded sustainable plastics portfolio ahead of K 2025

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Industry

17.09.2025 AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING  Draft EU circularity rules provisionally approved / New vehicle types to include minimum 20% recycled plastics / Waste industry lobby urges stronger action

11.09.2025 TRADE WAR  US imposes full tariffs on imports of PET, rPET / Asian exporters to feel the pinch

05.09.2025 PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE  Competitiveness crisis: Associations call for swift action to bridge EU policy gap / “De-industrialisation is rapidly becoming a reality”

03.09.2025 PLASTICS TAX UK  PPT revenue falls 3% in 2024 / Volume of packaging with recycled content rises for third consecutive year

02.09.2025 TRADE WAR  EU to impose zero tariffs on US industrial goods including chemicals, plastics products / US to impose 50% tariffs on plastics industry equipment

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