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Latest european plastics news

Companies

21.05.2025 POLYTEC  Automotive supplier reports turnaround / Sales growth, positive quarterly result

21.05.2025 STEINBEIS POLYVERT  Recycler launched new production line for polyolefin recyclates / EUR 36 mn investment

21.05.2025 SYENSQO  PPS compounding expanded to US

20.05.2025 BEWI EPS specialist sees signs of possible market improvement / Sales trend up for second consecutive quarter

20.05.2025 VESTAS  Acquisition of LM Wind Power plant in Poland

20.05.2025 WIS KUNSTSTOFFE  Recycling specialist takes over former BOS production facility in Germany

20.05.2025 INDORAMA Partnership with IMG Group and Spanish NGO to tackle waste crisis in Mali

19.05.2025 DELTA TECNIC  Italian masterbatch maker Impact Formulators Group acquired in full

19.05.2025 DENKA  Japanese chemical group to shutter US chloroprene plant / Severe financial losses / Trump's reversal of lawsuit not enough

19.05.2025 VENATOR  Titanium dioxide manufacturer to find operator for Italian plant

19.05.2025 ALBIS German distributor launches subsidiary in Israel

16.05.2025 BRASKEM  Polyolefins group back in the black / Ethane terminal in Mexico now in operation

16.05.2025 ENGEL  Decline in sales higher than expected / Expansion in Mexico, acquisition in Spain

15.05.2025 SABIC  Saudi group reportedly questioning its European activities / Reasons: price pressure, overcapacity, expensive raw materials

15.05.2025 AMCOR  Packaging manufacturer to shutter former Berry injection moulding site in US / Over 100 jobs to go

15.05.2025 VERBANO FILM Italian manufacturer expands production capacity for PP cast film / Second plant in Piedmont

15.05.2025 BASF  Groundwater contamination dogs US site / Problem-solving takes years

14.05.2025 HUNTSMAN  Adjusted net loss widens in Q1 as sales plummet / Tariff uncertainties hit demand in key markets

14.05.2025 SIRMAX  Italian compounder launches E&E business unit with EUR 3 mn investment

13.05.2025 DOW EUROPE  Ethylene cartel: claim for damages against Clariant, Celanese, Orbia, and Westlake

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People

08.05.2025 POLYKEMI Family business prepares for generational shift

29.04.2025 PLASTICS EUROPE Hans Ketelslegers appointed director for sustainable use of plastics

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

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Markets

21.05.2025 PACKAGING SPAIN  Household recycling rates up / Efforts to beef up municipal waste collection system pay off – Ecoembes

19.05.2025 RENEWABLE ENERGY  Policies proposed for EU chemical industry shift to renewable carbon – RCI report / Dutch team outlines transition plan

16.05.2025 LOGISTICS  Trade war truce between US and China pushes freight rates up

16.05.2025 FLEXIBLE PACKAGING  Industry situation worsens in Germany / Manufacturers pessimistic about current year – IPV member survey

15.05.2025 RIGID PLASTICS RECYCLING  Polyolefins reclaim capacity growth stalls in Europe on lower demand / Challenges in collection, sorting systems persist / Extra capacity needed to meet PPWR targets

13.05.2025 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Dow imposes order freeze for LDPE plants in Germany

13.05.2025 IRAN  Petchem production on upward trajectory despite sanction pressure / Economic crisis impacts local consumption / Results of export-diversification campaign unclear

12.05.2025 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Styrene, butadiene, propylene oxide: problems at Repsol in Spain

09.05.2025 LOGISTICS  Trump's tale about Houthi rebels does not affect freight rates / EC approves Italy's International Registry scheme

07.05.2025 PACKAGING  Global push drives growth in food-grade recycled plastic packaging – Smithers report

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Production and Engineering

06.05.2025 LUCOBIT German compounding specialist develops EBA compounds with up to 80% calcium carbonate

29.04.2025 COVESTRO Launch of PCR polycarbonates made from ELV headlamps

24.04.2025 RESEARCH Scientists convert carbon emissions from forest industry into PP, PE

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

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Industry

21.05.2025 PACKAGING EUROPE Trade groups criticise European Commission plans to greenlight state-run PROs / Move “will be a tax on producers”

21.05.2025 RECYCLING UK  BPF requests companies making false claims about recycled plastic content be reported to EA / Trade body calls for verification

20.05.2025 PFAS  Trump EPA to scale back parts of Biden-era regulatory focus / Restrictions on PFOA and PFOS should survive rewrite

19.05.2025 POM  China imposes final anti-dumping duties on imports from US, EU, Taiwan, Japan / Levy on EU reduced to 34.5%

16.05.2025 BPF Hitchin ascends to presidency of UK trade group / New leader familiar with processors' issues

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