• Home
• News
  • Companies
  • Materials / Production
  • Markets
  • People
  • Plastic fantastic
  • Industry
  • Events
  • Regions and countries
• Polymer Prices
  • Feedstocks / Aromatics
  • Standard Thermoplastics
  • Engineering Thermoplastics
  • PET
  • Polyurethanes
  • Composites
  • Recyclate
  • Plastixx - Polymer Price Index
  • North America
  • China
  • Announcements
• Plastics Exchange
• Material Databases
  • Plastics & Elastomers
  • Polymer Additives
• Job opportunities
  • View job offers
  • Listgrove listings
  • Publish your job offer
• Service
  • Suppliers Guide
  • Videos
  • Institutions
  • Events
  • Trade names
  • Your account

Latest european plastics news

Companies

06.12.2022 HONEYWELL Development of first chemical recycling facility in Egypt / Agreement signed with Environ Adapt

05.12.2022 TORAY Significant expansion for carbon fibres in France / EUR 100 mn investment

02.12.2022 VENATOR Titanium dioxide sales slump 25% / Company cashes in iron oxide pigments and US plant

02.12.2022 BORYSZEW Outline of plastics strategy for automotive supply / More components for e-mobility

01.12.2022 PEKUTHERM German recycler to add 25% more capacity for PMMA reprocessing

30.11.2022 NESPRESSO  Paper-based coffee capsules as of 2023 / Barrier layer and lid in biopolymer

30.11.2022 MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL  End of MMA production in UK? / Plant profitability issues remain / Work at US facility postponed

30.11.2022 QUADPACK Spanish packaging maker streamlines manufacture, shortens lead times through decoration in Europe

30.11.2022 INEOS STYROLUTION  Deal for renewable styrene monomer from South Korea's SK picglobal

29.11.2022 ROTOVIA New life for former rotomoulding operations of Promens, Bonar / Aim to double turnover by 2028

29.11.2022 TOTALENERGIES  New French production line for rPP / 15,000 t/y for car industry

29.11.2022 BRENNTAG  Takeover talks with US competitor Univar Solutions

29.11.2022 SIMBA DICKIE Limited use of recyclate in toy production / Inflation stops higher costs from being passed on to end customers

29.11.2022 AUSTROTHERM Expansion of presence in Romania with new EPS insulation plant

28.11.2022 BOREALIS Solar power to feed Schwechat site / Partnership with Verbund

28.11.2022 COVESTRO Production begins at Thai isocyanate plant / Output supports elastomer manufacturing

28.11.2022 LYONDELLBASELL  German JV to build 60,000 t/y reclaim plant / Investment decision pending on local LYB chemical recycling facility

28.11.2022 SABIC Materials giant teams up with Chinese and Mexican firms to trial new polyolefin products

25.11.2022 LYONDELLBASELL  Decision on 400,000 t/y propylene project to be made in late 2023

25.11.2022 PLASTIPAK 20,000 t/y rPET facility opens in Spain / Solar panel power plant significantly lowers carbon emissions

More news...

People

01.12.2022 BASF Alexander Gerding appointed country head for India / Matthias Dohrn responsible for global procurement

30.11.2022 BRASKEM Change of leadership at Brazilian polyolefin group

23.11.2022 BOREALIS Britta Warnke takes charge of automotive compounds

16.11.2022 ELIPSO Bouquet named general secretary of French plastics packaging association

13.10.2022 POLYVIA French processors' association appoints Xavier Chastin as general director

More news...

Markets

06.12.2022 RUSSIA  EU sanctions on Moscow's crude oil exports, price cap come into force / Domestic PP demand at record lows / Southeast Asian imports flood Russia

05.12.2022 PLASTICS AND ENERGY Germany, Qatar announce LNG deal / Gulf state to supply some 2 mn t/y from 2026 / ConocoPhillips tapped as shipper

01.12.2022 LOGISTICS The Kiel Canal is closed / Striking truck drivers in South Korea threatened with fines / Container prices continue to fall

01.12.2022 EUROPEAN ECONOMY  Eurozone inflation drops more than expected / Has the peak passed? / Volatile energy prices remain focus

01.12.2022 TURBINE BLADES  European wind industry growth drives need for recycling / Trade group calls for landfill ban on used blades / Leading market players eye 100% recyclability

29.11.2022 STYRENE  Infringement of cartel ban: EU competition regulators impose million-euro fines

28.11.2022 MANUFACTURING  Economic indicators in Europe show surprise gains / Recession still coming, analysts warn

28.11.2022 MEDICAL DEVICES  Global market disruptions burden industry / New medtech supplier from remaining Benvic companies / Sustainability at the fore for PPE, surgical instruments

25.11.2022 PU MARKET  Economic uncertainties dampen demand in EMEA and Americas / Production static in Europe in 2022 but up in Americas / IAL Consultants reports

24.11.2022 LOGISTICS  Strikes and Covid lockdowns rupture global supply chains / Will the European petchem and polymer industries be dragged into the mess? / Prices for container freight stagnate

More news...

Production and Engineering

06.12.2022 WIS KUNSTSTOFFE Polyolefin recyclate for cosmetics packaging / Toy, food contact certification in progress

01.12.2022 LYONDELLBASELL  US resin maker teams up with Audi to use chemical recycled plastics for automotive interior parts

01.12.2022 SABIC PC-based copolymer resin for photovoltaic connectors

23.11.2022 AVERY DENNISON CO2 emissions reduction with switch to reusable plastic pallets / Partnership with Tosca in the EU, UK

18.11.2022 E&E RECYCLING New protocols on recovery, reuse, ecodesign for E&E components / Multinational C-Servees project

More news...

Industry

06.12.2022 ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING  WEEE shipment rules: European trade bodies seek simplification in Basel Convention amendments

05.12.2022 PACKAGING EU draft law sets targets for reuse, recycling / Goal is to cut packaging waste / Chemical recycling to count towards reclaim quotas / Trade groups raise concerns

29.11.2022 TITANIUM DIOXIDE  EU general court overturns ECHA's classification as a carcinogen / Industry groups welcome decision / Market weakness

22.11.2022 PLASTICS AND CLIMATE  Plastics under attack at COP27 / UN agencies blame materials for waste, climate change / Official says, 'The future is not plastic'

22.11.2022 PACKAGING Trade associations criticise EU packaging waste proposal / Targets said to lack scientific support / Call for guidelines based on ecological impacts

More news...

© 2001-2022 Plasteurope.com  |  Imprint  |  Privacy  |  Cookie settings

Plasteurope.com is a business information platform for the European plastics industry. It is part of KI Kunststoff Information and PIE Plastics Information Europe, one of the leading content providers for the European plastics industry. We offer daily updated business news and reports, in-depth market analysis, polymer prices and other services for the international plastics industry, including a suppliers guide, career opportunities, a trade name directory and videos.

News | Polymer Prices | Material Databases | Plastics Exchange | Suppliers Guide | Jobs | Trade Names | Videos | Associations & Institutions | Register | Advertising