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Latest european plastics news

Companies

21.02.2020 COVESTRO  Sales and earnings down sharply in 2019 / MDI expansion at Baytown “paused” as cost-savings programme accelerated

21.02.2020 EASTMAN  Full-year profit and sales drop on lower selling prices and volumes / Slow growth projected to continue

21.02.2020 APTAR Acquisition of Fusion Packaging in the pipeline

20.02.2020 DSM  Slight decline in EBITDA for plastics business / Focus on higher-margin activities

20.02.2020 BORGWARNER US car components supplier acquires Delphi Technologies / Plastics processing at German site to focus on propulsion concepts of the future

19.02.2020 CHEMONE Energy group plans aromatics complex in Malaysia / Major volumes of paraxylene and benzene for the Chinese market

19.02.2020 FOREVER PLAST Ineos teams up with Italian recycler / Hybrid plastics from PE bottle caps

19.02.2020 RESINEX Distribution of Premix's electrically conductive compounds extended to Austria, Germany and Switzerland

17.02.2020 INEOS Polyolefins from bio-based feedstock to be made in Cologne / UPM's "Bio Verno"

17.02.2020 PETCYCLE German operator for reusable bottle system sees drop in sales in 2019 / Proportion of recyclate will soon reach 75%

17.02.2020 COVERIS Additional film capacity planned in Austria

14.02.2020 ASCEND Takeover of Italy's Poliblend and Esseti Plast GD / Gain in compounding and masterbatches

14.02.2020 OMAN Germany's Oxea part of new energy giant OQ / Polymer lines at Liwa complex to start this year?

14.02.2020 SABIC  Chemical recycling partnership with Plastic Energy brings “Trucircle” polymers to further collaborations

13.02.2020 KRAUSSMAFFEI Plastics machinery manufacturer plans layoffs / Affected jobs largely in Germany / Investment programme remains untouched

13.02.2020 BIESTERFELD 3A Composites Core Materials distribution partnership extended to Norway and Sweden

13.02.2020 JABIL Nypro and medical businesses now under Jabil Healthcare

12.02.2020 WESTLAKE Distribution of subsidiary Vinnolit's speciality PVC in North America

12.02.2020 ICELAND  UK supermarket chain trialling removal of nearly all plastic packaging on fresh produce

11.02.2020 TRINSEO  Sales dip 18% on pass-through of lower material costs / Restructuring pushes down net profit / Outlook includes negative impact from coronavirus

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People

21.02.2020 DUPONT Top executives booted in corporate shake-up / Ed Breen back as CEO / Fiscal 2019 results decline

05.02.2020 PLASTICSEUROPE Virginia Janssens appointed managing director of producers association

03.02.2020 LOGOPLASTE Stefano Mirti named as CEO / New production site in Poland

31.01.2020 WEENER PLASTICS Adrian Whitfield joins as CEO

30.01.2020 NEXAM CHEMICAL Appointment of business development manager / Initial focus on high-performance range

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Markets

21.02.2020 WORLD TRADE  China lists nearly 700 US products for tariff exemptions / Polyolefin purchasing could rise

20.02.2020 CHINA  Country's economic recovery from coronavirus epidemic not expected until mid-year / Automotive industry projects significant slump / European machinery companies are contemplating a two-year cycle for "Chinaplas"

20.02.2020 MEDICAL PLASTICS UK recycling operation is expanding / Scheme covers 37 hospitals

18.02.2020 PORTUGAL Country joins global "Plastics Pact" network / Aim to recycle 70% of packaging by 2025

17.02.2020 PET MARKET EUROPE  Recycled PET set to take up over half of total PET demand by 2030 / Collection and design major obstacles to meeting targets

14.02.2020 PLASTICS ECONOMY  PIE Readers Survey: Europe's plastics industry largely weathers the storm / One third of companies plan to invest more / Plastics-related regulations a growing concern / Majority expect backlash against plastics to impact business

11.02.2020 TURKEY  Output and exports of electrical and electronic plastics climb during 2014-2018 / Government aims to boost domestic E&E industry

11.02.2020 PLASTIC PACKAGING UK Wrap publishes guidance for compostable packaging

10.02.2020 BREXIT  BPF poll shows UK trade with EU remains priority / Most members prepared for end-of-year deadline / Videos launched to address customer misunderstanding

07.02.2020 PET RECYCLING AUSTRIA Over 26,000 t of PET material recycled last year

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Production and Engineering

19.02.2020 KOMPUESTOS Three bioplastics launched / Biodegradable in water

18.02.2020 BOREALIS Launch of ADCA-free HDPE grade / Blowing agent to be restricted under REACH

12.02.2020 BASF Compostable cling film for fresh-food packaging developed with Italy's Fabbri

11.02.2020 EVONIK New process for precursor adipic acid / Greening of polyamide chain

11.02.2020 COVESTRO Launch of low-friction and glass-filled polycarbonate grades for medical applications

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Industry

19.02.2020 PLASTIC TAX  EU council president Charles Michel reawakens topic / Funds could help plug the hole left by Brexit

18.02.2020 USA  Draft legislation presents national strategy to combat plastics pollution / Proposed moratorium on new plastics plants / NYC bans single-use beverage bottles

18.02.2020 PET Over 300 attendees at latest Petcore Europe conference / Agreement that EU's SUP directive focuses too much on plastics

14.02.2020 PVC RECYCLING EU plenary also turns thumbs down on amended lead rules / VinylPlus and EuPC warns

12.02.2020 PAGEV Yavuz Eroglu re-elected head of Turkish plastics industry association

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