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Latest european plastics news

Companies

08.12.2023 AVANTIUM Deal with compatriot firm to develop PEF packaging

08.12.2023 HUHTAMAKI  Launch of EUR 100 mn savings programme / Strategy to accelerate growth, boost efficiency

08.12.2023 LUKOIL  Evaluation of Bulgarian plants could end in sales / Scrutiny likely to affect plastics ops

07.12.2023 GAIKER  Pilot plant performs PET solvolysis in Spain

07.12.2023 TOPPAN Japanese conglomerate to build Czech barrier film plant

06.12.2023 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS USA  Propylene: Fire at Enterprise Products Partners' PDH plant in Texas

06.12.2023 INEOS  Shutdown at Belgian PTA line to become permanent

06.12.2023 MATERI'ACT Forvia unit opens HQ, R&D centre near Lyon / Automotive supplier sets ambitious goals

05.12.2023 DOW  Chemical giant approves spending for ‘net zero' cracker / Plans for Canadian complex include 2 mn t/y of PE capacity

04.12.2023 IMPACT FORMULATORS Investor Koinos Capital merges competitors Ultrabatch and Masterbatch / Expansion plans for new group

01.12.2023 UPDATE - LYONDELLBASELL Polyolefin supplier to review profitability of European plants / Management could axe low-margin sites

30.11.2023 BOREALIS Resin maker to buy Bulgarian recycler Integra Plastics

30.11.2023 LEGO Expansion of Mexican site to create more packing, warehousing capacity

30.11.2023 LC PACKAGING Dutch firm takes minority stake in competitor Bluepack / Option open for full acquisition

30.11.2023 TRELLEBORG Swedish elastomer specialist opens first plant in Vietnam

29.11.2023 ALOXE US financial investor funds extensive expansion / EUR 25 mn investment for PET recycling in France

28.11.2023 EMS  Polyamide producer to hire more staff in Europe / Increase in demand for electric vehicles

28.11.2023 ALPLA  Mexican plant to more than treble local rPET output

28.11.2023 MÜLLER RECYCLING  PET sorting system relies on AI

27.11.2023 ADNOC  State-owned company reportedly plans to acquire BASF subsidiary Wintershall Dea

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People

29.11.2023 PLAYMOBIL  New management team to help the toy maker get back on its feet

28.11.2023 PETCORE EUROPE Bertaggia replaces Stephan as director general / Annual conference to focus on core PET challenges in 2024

10.11.2023 EUROPEAN BIOPLASTICS Association chief Stefan Barot quits unexpectedly

09.10.2023 LANXESS Van Baarle takes charge of Americas operations

04.10.2023 LEGO Toy giant taps Stube as head of sustainability / Move follows end of plans to replace ABS with rPET

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Markets

08.12.2023 RENEWABLE ENERGY  International Energy Agency examines transition trends in Latin America / Resource-rich region “well positioned” to lead

08.12.2023 LOGISTICS  Less than 14 mn containers shipped worldwide / Austria introduces CO2-dependent lorry toll

08.12.2023 PLASTICS RECYCLING NGO urges swift, collaborative action to scale up reuse systems / Call for shared infrastructure, standardised packaging and incentivising returns – EMF report

07.12.2023 US PLASTICS INDUSTRY  Slowdown likely next year / Sector posts trade surplus in H1 / Consumption to flatten

06.12.2023 PLASTICS WASTE  Eurostat: Turkey remains top destination for EU plastic trash / Exports increase 10% / Regulation still ineffective

04.12.2023 ELECTRIC VEHICLES  Carmakers rethink investments as demand wanes / Consumers still worry about prices / EU examines Chinese imports

01.12.2023 PVC MARKET  European suppliers in fight of their lives / Firms slash production as demand dries up / Plant closure, shift abroad

01.12.2023 LOGISTICS  Will DB Cargo subsidies be cancelled? / A.P. Moller-Maersk to exit Syria / Freight rates mostly down

30.11.2023 FRANCE  Industry to tackle reuse of plastic packaging / R3Emballe iInitiative invites market players to join

29.11.2023 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Repsol declares multiple forces majeures / Fire reportedly impacts styrene, propylene oxide, glycol, polyols

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Production and Engineering

07.12.2023 RECYCLING AI improves sorting of food-grade PP – researchers

27.11.2023 BIOPLASTICS Dutch firms set to create bioplastics from agri-food side streams / PHA ‘can prevent plastic pollution and microplastics'

22.11.2023 MONDI Mono-material PP packaging developed with Sweden's Skånemejerier

15.11.2023 CABOT Launch of Replasblak circular black masterbatches

14.11.2023 RESEARCH Self-healing resin with range of qualities said to biodegrade in seawater / Material contains vitrimer, polyrotaxane

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Industry

06.12.2023 PVC  ECHA report on additives could prompt new regs / Current workplace rules enough for resin / VinylPlus to address concerns

01.12.2023 SUSTAINABILITY Climate change concerns a priority for business leaders / Ambitions lag impact / Inaction could cost industry USD 178 tn over 50 years – Deloitte report

30.11.2023 PFAS  US court rejects class action suit against 3M, DuPont, others / Ruling says plaintiff did not prove source of contamination / Decision calls use of chemicals ‘nearly ubiquitous'

29.11.2023 SPAIN RecyClass launches certifications in line with plastics packaging tax

27.11.2023 UN PLASTICS TREATY  Third round talks end with little progress / Next meeting to be held in Ottawa

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