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Olefins, LDPE/LLDPE, EVA: Versalis declares force majeure on products from Dunkirk

28.04.2025 — By Plasteurope.com staff — Due to a fire in the electrical system on 21 April 2025, Versalis (Milan, Italy; www.versalis.eni.com) has shut down its cracker at the French site of Dunkirk in a controlled manner. The subsidiary of the Italian energy group Eni also declared force majeure, reportedly o...

28.04.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY SPAIN  Call for cut in electricity costs to boost competitiveness / Base chemicals production remains in decline

25.04.2025 DOW CHEMICAL  US group to review closure of cracker in Germany and other activities in Europe

25.04.2025 LOGISTICS  Trump's punitive tariffs send containers sailing empty across world's oceans

25.04.2025 GERMAN ECONOMY  Business climate improves slightly despite trade dispute / Manufacturing industry, plastics pessimistic again – Ifo Institute

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28.04.2025 IRELAND Country celebrates one year of DRS with billion returned containers

28.04.2025 MEDICAL PACKAGING Aimplas-VinylPlus study confirms recyclability of flexible PVC

25.04.2025 NOVARES  French automotive supplier acquired by US group

25.04.2025 NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS  Japanese glass fibre producer puts remaining UK plant under ‘strategic review'

25.04.2025 POLYTEC  Automotive supplier aims to be out of red in 2025 / Reduction in deficit reported

25.04.2025 POLYMER PRICES  Butadiene May: Naphtha deduction drives price down

25.04.2025 BOSCH  Power Tools division to shutter two plants in Germany / Over 500 employees affected

25.04.2025 PLASTIC FANTASTIC A whale of a problem

24.04.2025 ELOPAK  Packaging manufacturer reports higher sales, lower profits / Focus on paper fibre-based solutions

24.04.2025 BASF  Second plant for PU elastomer parts in Shanghai / EUR 60 mn investment

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