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Latest european plastics news

Companies

29.01.2026 BASF  Force majeure lifted on polyamide lines / Plants in Ludwigshafen and Antwerp in production again

29.01.2026 SOURCE ONE PLASTICS  Fire breaks out at recycling plant in Germany

29.01.2026 SINOCHEM  Materials segment reports considerable losses / Profit warning expected

29.01.2026 PLASTIVALOIRE  Restructuring costs push automotive supplier into red / Higher investment planned again for 2026

29.01.2026 AUSTHROTHERM  EPS, XPS insulation material recycling plant in full operation after successful test phase

28.01.2026 FERNHOLZ  Packaging manufacturer expands extrusion capacity in Germany

27.01.2026 TREOFAN  Taghleef parent acquires film producer / Operations to continue as Polyopt

27.01.2026 EPAC FLEXIBLE PACKAGING  Capacity increase at four European locations / US investment fund as new owner

27.01.2026 PLASTICS MARKET UK Private equity firm Enact Fund to buy speciality chemicals business GEO, packaging company Waddington Europe

26.01.2026 SABIC  Group retains high-performance plastics amid ETP sale / Relocation from Netherlands on the table

26.01.2026 COMPOSITES  Saudi Arabia investigates epoxy resin imports from Asia for dumping

26.01.2026 AMCOR  Packaging group expands UK recycling activities with pyrolysis plant

26.01.2026 BASF  Sales, operating profit slip / Preliminary 2025 results slip below guidance of EUR 6.7 bn-7.1 bn

26.01.2026 COVESTRO  TPU production starts in China / Further expansion planned

23.01.2026 INDORAMA VENTURES  Thai PET giant ditches Czech recycler UCY Polymers / Sells all its 85% stake without getting anything in return

23.01.2026 NIS  Hungarian MOL acquires majority stake in Serbian energy company from Gazprom

23.01.2026 SÜDPACK  German packaging manufacturer sells US plant in Wisconsin

22.01.2026 ENVALIOR  Producer plans shutdown of glass fibre production in Belgium / Fibre milling to be relocated

22.01.2026 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  TotalEnergies declares force majeure for PP from Feluy

22.01.2026 OXEA  Chemical group to cut jobs at German sites

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People

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

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

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Markets

28.01.2026 EUROPEAN CAR MARKET  Registrations end 2025 on high note / EVs dominate / VW takes chequered flag

28.01.2026 RECYCLING EUROPE  Ten proposals on how EU waste management and plastics recycling must change to drive defossilisation / Joint paper by BZL and nova-Institute

28.01.2026 PET RECYCLING AUSTRIA  Deposit scheme boosts recycling volumes / Sales weaker than last year

27.01.2026 EUROPEAN ECONOMY  German business confidence unchanged / Mood worsens among plastics processors / Eurozone manufacturing improves

27.01.2026 WIND TURBINES  Europe added 6.8 GW of wind capacity in H1 2025 / Landfill ban for blades comes into effect / Turnaround year expected in 2026

23.01.2026 UPDATE - EU TRADE  Parliament freezes US trade deal / Zero tariffs for plastics, chemicals shelved / Mercosur agreement on hold for judicial review

23.01.2026 LOGISTICS  Crisis in European chemical industry weighs on business at major seaports / Following Maersk, CMA CGM also steering ships through Suez Canal again

21.01.2026 PET RECYCLING  EU seeks industry feedback on PET bottle recyclability guidelines

20.01.2026 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  EVA: TotalEnergies plant in France reportedly out of service

19.01.2026 EU-US RELATIONS  European Union reconsiders trade deal with US over Trump's Greenland threats / EUR 93 bn in retaliatory tariffs on US goods back on the table – reports

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Production and Engineering

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

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

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Industry

29.01.2026 POLYAMIDE 6  India investigates dumped imports from China and Russia

29.01.2026 RECYCLING AUSTRIA  Tax on non-recyclable packaging planned

27.01.2026 EU-INDIA TRADE  Landmark deal slashes car tariffs to 40% / Plastics, chemicals tariffs down to 0% for almost all products

26.01.2026 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  California recycling rates in sub-basement / State action to deal with SUP glut stalled / Fresh revision of regulatory proposals held back again

22.01.2026 PACKAGING WASTE EUROPE  EU to implement labelling specifications by August 2026 / Visual harmonisation a PPWR priority

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