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Latest european plastics news

Companies

03.03.2026 INEOS  Polyolefin giant preparing for downturn? / Firm allegedly weighing asset sales as European horizon darkens / Inovyn in the spotlight

03.03.2026 ERCROS  Spanish PVC producer rejects takeover bid from Bondalti / Net loss widens

03.03.2026 WEBASTO  German automotive supplier plans third plant in India

03.03.2026 MASTERPLAST  Hungarian insulation manufacturer cease production of EPS boards in Italy

02.03.2026 LYONDELLBASELL  Polyolefin major lowers recyclate targets / CEO says group needs to align pace to market conditions / Competitor Borealis seemingly failing to achieve its goals

02.03.2026 GRÄSSLIN  Distribution of Borealis polyolefins in Germany

27.02.2026 COVESTRO  Steep drop in 2025 earnings following lower selling prices, Dormagen fire / Core profit projected flat in 2026 / Net debt cut after Adnoc capital infusion

27.02.2026 BASF  Pace of cost cuts quickens as economic slowdown deepens in final quarter / Profits, sales in Q4 drop on lower prices, currency swings

27.02.2026 FORVIA  Auto supplier posts billion-euro loss / Sale of interiors division at advanced stage / No dividends in 2026

27.02.2026 DECEUNINCK  Higher profile sales point to impending upturn

26.02.2026 BAUDER  Plant for PIR boards and bitumen membranes opens in France

26.02.2026 ORLEN  Takeover offer for Azoty's polyolefin business to expire end of March

26.02.2026 SORTIERKONTOR NORD  LVP sorting plant in Germany back in operation

26.02.2026 TOMRA  Weak demand triggers savings programme / Recycling unit plans 175 job cuts in Germany / Sorting plant project shelved

26.02.2026 IMCD  Distributor reports slight rise in sales in 2025 / EBITDA declines

25.02.2026 RÖCHLING  Industrial business to take over insolvent semi-finished product specialist Terbrack

25.02.2026 ADVANSIX  Polyamide producer could benefit from restrictions in Europe, China / Reports stable figures for 2025

24.02.2026 CCL LABEL  Label maker to expand operations in Spain / IML and shrink sleeve labelling operations to be brought under one roof

24.02.2026 DANGOTE  Major expansion of PP production planned in Nigeria / Europe targeted for exports

23.02.2026 KRONES  Packaging systems manufacturer reports increase in 2025 sales / Revenue of EUR 7 bn targeted by 2028

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People

25.02.2026 COVESTRO  CEO Steilemann announces departure in 2028

12.02.2026 BIESTERFELD Jonas Borgsten appointed global business director, engineered polymers

08.01.2026 CEFIC BASF CEO Markus Kamieth appointed president of Europe's chemical industry association

07.01.2026 PLASTICS EUROPE Ineos CEO Rob Ingram appointed president

19.12.2025 CHEMOURS President of titanium dioxide unit departs / Successor to take over in early 2026

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Markets

03.03.2026 MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT  How Iran war is affecting global plastics industry / Strait of Hormuz a bottleneck for world trade / Is this the turnaround for European polymer production?

02.03.2026 AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING  EU: Council and Parliament agree on lower recyclate targets under ELVR / Extension to include trucks and motor bikes

27.02.2026 EU TRADE  Commission to enact Mercosur trade deal / Move bypasses Parliament's call for legal review

27.02.2026 TURKEY  Plastics processors invest less in 2025 / Machine utilisation stagnates / Low domestic value creation – Pagev report

27.02.2026 LOGISTICS  DB Cargo plans to cut nearly half of all jobs / Freight rates in rollover

27.02.2026 PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE  Heavy capacity losses in 2025 confirmed / Future legislation must build on momentum of Winter Package, says PRE

25.02.2026 EUROPEAN CAR MARKET  Sales start year on sour note / EVs dominate / Most majors suffer declines

24.02.2026 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Sabic restarts LDPE plant in Wilton, UK / Force majeure remains in effect

24.02.2026 EUROPEAN ECONOMY  German business climate best in six months / Local processor optimism impresses / Eurozone, UK manufacturing moods brighten

20.02.2026 PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY  ‘Something is clearly going very wrong in Germany' – GKV president / Industry turnover, processing volume to fall by 2% in 2025

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Production and Engineering

17.02.2026 PAL PLAST  Compounder expands portfolio with fully PCR-based material

11.02.2026 AGRICULTURAL FILMS  EU project developing stronger cellulose-based material to replace plastic film / Aims to cut soil pollution from microplastics, improve growing conditions

11.02.2026 KRILL DESIGN Italian SME develops packaging biomaterials from food waste

09.02.2026 ASAHI KASEI Polymer group develops PFAS-free PA 6.6 for low-friction uses

29.01.2026 INEOS Polyolefin giant launches grade with 70% recycled content for contact-sensitive packaging

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Industry

02.03.2026 PACKAGING WASTE LEGISLATION  Wrapping, straps officially exempt from 100% reuse targets under PPWR / EU Commission adopts delegated act

24.02.2026 GLOBAL ECONOMY  MEPs delay vote on US trade deal – reports / Trump announces 15% global tariff rate

20.02.2026 GLOBAL ECONOMY  US Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs / Next steps unclear / Business groups warn of more uncertainty

20.02.2026 PLASTIC PACKAGING  Germany's federal cabinet approves PPWR Implementation Act / Recycling rate for plastic packaging rises to 75% / Criticism from industry bodies: ‘the political brakes are on'

19.02.2026 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Trump rescinds EPA's 2009 Endangerment Finding / End to greenhouse regulation in US / Effect on manufacturing unclear

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