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Latest european plastics news

Companies

16.12.2025 ROSTI  New plant opens in India / Plans for injection moulding facility in Vietnam

15.12.2025 USA  Gap between US citizens' recycling intentions, actions / 77% report they recycle / WM survey highlights barriers

15.12.2025 POLYTEC  Automotive supplier sells UK operating business

12.12.2025 BOREALIS / BOROUGE  Low-cost mechanically recycled polyolefin compounds aim to boost global acceptance of recyclates

11.12.2025 COVESTRO  Acquisition by Adnoc completed

11.12.2025 TRINSEO  Management takes final decision to shutter PS production at Schkopau

11.12.2025 COKO-WERK  German injection moulding company sells its Polish subsidiary

11.12.2025 ALPLA  Packaging producer enters HDPE recycling for food-contact applications / Development project launched in Netherlands

10.12.2025 LYONDELLBASELL  Plans for German waste sorting plant paused / Pyrolysis start postponed

10.12.2025 RECYCLING UK  Better recycling policies, including ban on plastics waste exports, could add GBP 1 bn to UK economy – Biffa-commissioned report

10.12.2025 GREENDOT  German recycling group acquires Italian compounder Forplast / Chemical recycling central to strategy

10.12.2025 RANI PLAST  Finnish film manufacturer acquires Swedish competitor Kullaplast

09.12.2025 LYONDELLBASELL  No market recovery in Q4 / Europe remains under pressure

09.12.2025 BASF  CEO Markus Kamieth: ‘Industry in Germany will not vanish' / Collaboration with, instead of dependence on, China

09.12.2025 RENOLIT  Healthcare business spin-off planned by end-2027

08.12.2025 ASAHI KASEI  Production of PA precursor HMD to end by 2027

08.12.2025 ENSINGER  Plastics processor cuts 100 jobs at German plants

08.12.2025 SÜDPACK  Packaging manufacturer expands capacity for PP blister films

05.12.2025 RENOLIT  EUR 20 mn factory inaugurated in China

05.12.2025 GARBO  Major chemical PET recycling project in Italy / EU funding for ChemPET technology

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People

16.12.2025 ASCEND  CEO McDivitt quits insolvent polyamide producer / Patrick Schumacher appointed successor

06.11.2025 BEWI RAW Rick Klop appointed CEO of EPS producer

30.10.2025 BASF Mary Kurian moves to top of petrochemicals division / Executive board departments to be restructured

18.09.2025 SYENSQO Division head Radossich to succeed CEO Kadri

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

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Markets

16.12.2025 YEAR-ENDER 2025: TARIFFS Trump tariffs shook EU plastics industry in 2025 / 15% duty ignited retaliatory firestorms / Diversification and capacity shifts ahead in 2026

16.12.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  Decline in production, sales predicted for 2026 / Industry sending out SOS, says VCI president Steilemann

15.12.2025 YEAR-ENDER 2025: EU ECONOMIC OUTLOOK OECD predicts slowdown in '26 / Spain to lead, Italy to lag among EU Big Four / UK expansion to ease

15.12.2025 RECYCLING UK  Industry on the brink – BPF / Shutdowns continue / Shops face multiple problems

12.12.2025 LOGISTICS  Peace and calm on most trade routes / Freight rates from China to Europe rise

11.12.2025 RUSSIA  Polymer profits plummet / Market demand on downward trajectory / Outlook for 2026 uncertain

10.12.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  More and more energy-intensive companies are moving away – Simon-Kucher study

09.12.2025 EU POLICY  Commission launches bioeconomy strategy / Substitution of fossil fuels / Cefic says enthusiasm is premature / Bioplastics capacity growing rapidly

09.12.2025 SOUTH KOREA  Lotte and HD Hyundai present plans for restructuring cracker activities

08.12.2025 UK CONSTRUCTION  Output continues to slide / New orders down / Sector employment numbers fall for 11th month in a row

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Production and Engineering

11.12.2025 HEXPOL Swedish compounder gains Porsche certification for low-emission recycled-content TPEs

09.12.2025 BROADWAY Launch of carbon-black-free, NIR-detectable black and silver masterbatches

02.12.2025 RESEARCH  ‘Satisphaction' guaranteed? / Scientists aim to produce PHAs that are both biodegradable, scalable

20.11.2025 AMPACET Launch of TiO2-free colourant range for PET packaging

11.11.2025 CJ BIOMATERIALS Partnership to tackle microplastics pollution caused by artificial turf

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Industry

15.12.2025 PLASTICS TAX UK  BPF hails government's mass-balance decision / Move gives companies confidence to invest in recycling facilities, says trade group

12.12.2025 AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING  Provisional ELVR deal sets 15% recycled content target after six years / Closed-loop share fixed at 20%

12.12.2025 POLYPHENYLENE SULPHIDE  China initiates interim review of anti-dumping measures on high-performance polymer / Asia, US particularly affected

09.12.2025 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  New EU pellet rules target microplastics leak along value chain / Regulation takes effect 16 December 2025

01.12.2025 PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY  PPWR: Draft bill for new packaging law submitted / Plastics Europe welcomes potential eligibility of chemical recycling

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