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Latest european plastics news

Companies

12.08.2025 SAPERATEC  Recycling company slides into insolvency

11.08.2025 BRASKEM  Polyolefin major announces revaluation of asset portfolio / Quarterly results slip back into red

11.08.2025 SGL CARBON  Consolidated loss widens in second quarter / Initial successes in restructuring carbon fibre production

11.08.2025 ARKEMA  French chemicals group issues profit warning / Cost-cutting efforts to be intensified

11.08.2025 VERSALIS  Italian petchem giant signs deal with Acea Ambiente to boost chemical plastics recycling in Italy

11.08.2025 PETRUS  Russian's Tatneft takes over PET processor by decree / Possible influence on Baltic PET producer Neo

11.08.2025 COVERIS  Cast film extrusion line starts operations in Germany

08.08.2025 AUSTROTHERM  Price hike for XPS boards in October

07.08.2025 TOTALENERGIES  Petchem segment produces more polymers in Q2 vs 2024 / Cracker utilisation remains weak

07.08.2025 TRINSEO  Plastics group slips deeper into red / Bleak outlook for year as a whole

07.08.2025 UPDATE - WESTLAKE  PVC group tightens cost-cutting measures after significant losses in Q2

07.08.2025 EASTMAN  Q2 EBIT falls by over one fifth; focus shifts to cost cuts / Plans to increase US chemical recycling capacity by 30%

07.08.2025 HELLA  Automotive supplier reports lower H1 earnings, stable sales / Full-year outlook confirmed

06.08.2025 MARELLI  Creditors led by financial investor Strategic Value Partners become new owners of automotive supplier

06.08.2025 WEBERIT German automotive supplier slides into insolvency again / Local court orders reorganisation under self-administration

06.08.2025 CLARIANT  Additives business improves operating margin / Whole group reports decline in sales, earnings

06.08.2025 EVONIK  Q2 core profit drops 12% due to deteriorating economy

05.08.2025 UPDATE - LYONDELLBASELL  Massive profit decline in Q2 / Capacity utilisation in Europe at only 75% / EU Commission approves acquisition of parts of the business by investor

05.08.2025 HUNTSMAN  Aggressive cost cuts to continue in Europe / Q2 group core profit slumps by nearly half / European losses mount amid fierce competition

05.08.2025 PREZERO Major sorting line comes onstream in Austria / Recycling rate lags behind minimum EU levels

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People

18.07.2025 FLEXIBLE PACKAGING EUROPE  Industry association elects new chair

08.07.2025 EUPC New films group formed within plastics converters' association / Zelcher elected founding president

01.07.2025 PLASTICS EUROPE Benny Mermans named president of European trade association

25.06.2025 BIESTERFELD Marvin Strüfing named head of global Standard Plastics division

19.06.2025 EUPC Federica Gallicchio appointed managing director / Association launches European Plastic Films group

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Markets

11.08.2025 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Repsol declares force majeure for LDPE, EVA in Puertollano

11.08.2025 UK CONSTRUCTION  Output falls at sharpest level in five years / Decline in housebuilding to blame – report

11.08.2025 EPP RECYCLING  General Industries launches Europe-wide initiative for take-back, recycling

08.08.2025 LOGISTICS  EU suspends punitive tariffs on US imports – for now / Global trade weakens: concerns about US economy weigh on freight rates

05.08.2025 TRADE WAR  EU-US tariff deal to stir issues for plastics industry in CEE, Finland

04.08.2025 POLYSTYRENE  Global market volume to grow by 4.51% per year to 2034, led by Asia / HIPS to overtake GPPS by market share – report

04.08.2025 PACKAGING GERMANY  AVU packaging monitor shows high willingness among consumers to separate waste, but uncertainty regarding its utilisation / Decrease in packaging volume by 2030

01.08.2025 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Repsol declares force majeure on polyols from Spain

01.08.2025 LOGISTICS  Land reclamation, railway jigsaw puzzles, and forces of nature

01.08.2025 PACKAGING UK  Recycling rate at nearly 54% / Reporting requirements yield more accurate data

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Production and Engineering

05.08.2025 PET RECYCLING Launch of PET circularity test as tool to simulate multiple recycling loops

04.08.2025 PFAS Canadian team finds substitutes for PTFE in non-stick coatings / PDMS said to have fewer negative effects / Open to collaboration with coatings makers

21.07.2025 MASTERBATCHES  Choppy waters for manufacturers / Imports of standard products on the rise / Demand for functional additives mounts

17.07.2025 SULZER Launch of recycling tech for contaminated PS / Viable for food-contact applications

08.07.2025 SYENSQO Deal with Terma for joint initiatives in defence, aerospace applications / New grades launched for critical EV components

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Industry

12.08.2025 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  EU Commission opens consultation on Circular Economy Act

11.08.2025 TITANIUM DIOXIDE  European Court of Justice overturns ECHA carcinogen classification in final instance / EU committed “manifest error” / NGOs concerned about precedent

07.08.2025 UN PLASTICS TREATY  Global Plastics Treaty talks underway in Geneva / ‘Make or break' for the planet, environmental experts warn

07.08.2025 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  Plastics-linked diseases cost world USD 1.5 tn yearly – report / Medical journal to monitor plastics production, pollution, health risks

06.08.2025 UN PLASTICS TREATY  Environmental protestors target Ineos with surprise stunt / Greenpeace and plastics makers at loggerheads over global waste crisis

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