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Latest european plastics news

Companies

08.09.2026 SYENSQO  Expansion of high-performance polymer compounding planned in India

08.09.2026 AUMOVIO  Former Continental automotive division sells windscreen, headlamp cleaning business to Certina / Adjusted EBIT plunges in H1

08.09.2026 LEAR  Production of car seat components in Germany reportedly set to halt / Trade union says 180 jobs affected

08.09.2026 TOSCA  Goldman Sachs acquires pool operator for reusable containers from Apax / Investment in expansion announced

07.09.2026 GROUPE SEB  Turnover holds roughly at previous year's level / Up to 2,100 jobs set to be lost

07.09.2026 PREZERO  Loginplast buys PET recycling plant in Spain / Acquisition to double buyer's plastic treatment capacity to 100,000 t/y

04.09.2026 POLYBLEND  Compounder plans to modernise production line for plastic compounds containing recycled materials

03.09.2026 ORLEN  Takeover of Grupa Azoty Polyolefins moves step closer / Green light received from competition authority

03.09.2026 SOCAR  Polyolefin anti-dumping probes end, averting new polymer duties / Producer retains access to Russian market / Import competition challenges Sibur's pricing power

02.09.2026 RCS  German PET recycler expands operations to polyethylene, polystyrene / Food-grade HDPE to be produced from caps

01.09.2026 UPDATE - ENGEL / BILLION  Strategy partnership established / French manufacturer abandons own machine assembly; recommends Engel for new injection moulding machines

01.09.2026 ENVALIOR  Partners with Secara to develop chemically recycled PA 6 for automotive applications

01.09.2026 GREENDOT  Acquisitions boost mechanical plastics recycling business in H1 / Packaging licensing sales decline

01.09.2026 BYK  High-performance additives capacity expanded in Germany

31.08.2026 EVERTIS  Portuguese PET film producer expands in Mexico / Focus on North American business

31.08.2026 FYSOL  Besler Glassfiber acquired / Move to number two in European market

28.08.2026 PURECYCLE  Solvent-based PP recycling: European launch in Antwerp delayed until 2029

28.08.2026 LEGO  Toymaker posts record sales in H1

28.08.2026 AUSTROTHERM  Austrian insulation manufacturer in talks over possible acquisition of Etex's XPS business

27.08.2026 RUSSIA  Major explosion, fire at Amur Gas Chemical / Polyolefin line start-ups delayed

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People

02.09.2026 EUPC Erich Cuaz appointed new Director General

31.08.2026 EVONIK  Speciality chemicals group appoints interim CEO following chief's surgery

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

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Markets

08.09.2026 UK CONSTRUCTION  Housebuilding decline drives down output in August / Major UK housebuilder warns it will make loss this year

07.09.2026 EUROPEAN ENERGY MARKET  Gas-storage refill lags as Germany, Netherlands fall behind / Brussels sees no immediate need for intervention

04.09.2026 LOGISTICS  Traffic backs up at Panama Canal / Ships pay record sums for passage

02.09.2026 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Russia's largest polyolefin plant suspends operations following drone strike / Capacity concentration weakens Russian petchem industry / Experts say polymer shortage unlikely

01.09.2026 CHEMICAL RECYCLING  JRC puts numbers on price difference to virgin plastics / CRE says findings unsurprising for a 'young, capital-intensive industry' / What would it take to close the gap?

28.08.2026 LOGISTICS  Rhine shipping: Situation eases as water levels rise / Panama Canal's low water, typhoon season keep global markets on edge / Logistics entrpreneur Kühne dies

27.08.2026 EUROPEAN ECONOMY  Eurozone manufacturing hits four-and-half-year high as growth broadens in August / Germany strengthens, France weakens / UK activity rises overall, manufacturing retreats

27.08.2026 EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION  Rate of activity decline slows in July / Demand still weak, project cancellations rise

26.08.2026 AUTOMOTIVE EUROPE  Popularity of EVs reaches tipping point / Trump's conflict with Iran continues to drive sales

25.08.2026 TURKEY  Production and sales of household appliances continue to decline

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Production and Engineering

03.09.2026 DEMETER Start-up launches biobased water- and oil-repellent coating for textiles as alternative to PFAS

26.08.2026 RESEARCH Birka, Aimplas, Ideko to develop recyclable lightweight composite panels for transport sector

20.08.2026 DOW Chemicals major partners with Adient to launch bio-attributed PU seating foam

05.08.2026 TOTALENERGIES CORBION Compostable PLA alternative for XPS food packaging launched

22.06.2026 ALGENESIS / P2 SCIENCE  Partnership targets fully biobased polyurethane supply chain / On track for 1,000 t/y within five years

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Industry

07.09.2026 GALA  Additives alliance Gala takes over from Elisana on global scale

04.09.2026 PLASTICS TAX UK  Revenues from PPT fall 4% / Volumes of taxable material decline by 7%

01.09.2026 PLASTICS MARKET USA  New Senate bill seeks science-based framework for tracing recyclate content / Current standards termed inconsistent / Environmental claims must be backed up

31.08.2026 EUROPEAN CAR MARKET  PPWR puts automotive packaging supply chains under new pressure

21.08.2026 PACKAGING EUROPE  PPWR: Dispute over producer's role in pallet packaging / "Stretch film on a roll is not yet packaging"

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