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Latest european plastics news

Companies

30.06.2025 DESCH PLANTPAK  Dutch plant pot manufacturer plans to shut UK factory / Jeroen Schipper to take over as new CEO

30.06.2025 SYMPHONY ENVIRONMENTAL  Ireland's EPA clears dw2 oxo-biodegradables / Materials technology group hails announcement

30.06.2025 WOODBRIGDE  Canadian PU converter expands in Asia / JVs in China and India begin operation

26.06.2025 SABIC  Petchem giant to shutter UK cracker / European exit unfolds

26.06.2025 COVESTRO  Acquisition of Swiss film manufacturer Pontacol

26.06.2025 IMPACT PACKAGING  Private equity group invests millions in UK recycling tech firm / Focus on polyolefin waste streams

25.06.2025 BRASKEM  Polyolefin major exits Dutch recycling JV

25.06.2025 RENEWI  UK plastics recycler acquired by Macquarie, BCI for over EUR 800 mn / New CEO announced

25.06.2025 NOVAMONT  Bioplastics specialist and parent Eni fined more than EUR 32 mn / Italian antitrust authority slams ‘exclusionary' marketing scheme for biodegradable bags

25.06.2025 ALPLA  Expansion in injection moulding sector / takeover of closure manufacturer KM Packaging

25.06.2025 ALBIS  Distribution of technical BASF compounds in Italy

25.06.2025 TRELLEBORG  Elastomer specialist expands plant in Malta

25.06.2025 SANNER  Packaging producer plans expansion in US / Plant in North Carolina starts production

24.06.2025 BALTIC STATES  Plastics industry follows upward trajectory despite turbulence in Europe / Evertis to construct EUR 30 mn PET film plant in Lithuania / Political turbulence, imports from non-EU countries exert pressure on businesses

24.06.2025 AGILYX  MoU with GreenDot / Polystyrene feedstock supply for chemical recycling

24.06.2025 MARELLI Sale failed for time being / Automotive supplier places itself under creditor protection

24.06.2025 ENSINGER  Production of polyimide powders now also in Germany

24.06.2025 WIENERBERGER  Construction components supplier buys Irish plastic pipe manufacturer / CEO says deal signals faith in housing recovery

23.06.2025 ALPLA  Around 150 UK workers strike over ‘fire and rehire' tactics / Practice soon to be banned

23.06.2025 INEOS  First step into chemical recycling / Pyrolysis oil to catalyse packaging polymers at Lavera cracker

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People

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

18.06.2025 BIESTERFELD  German distributor reorganises business divisions following departure of MD Sergej Lazovic

04.06.2025 ADNOC  Former OMV CEO Rainer Seele to head chemicals business

08.05.2025 POLYKEMI Family business prepares for generational shift

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Markets

30.06.2025 PLASTICS MACHINERY  Fewer exports from Europe / Germany, Austria, France struggling / India booms as importing country

30.06.2025 WASTE MANAGEMENT  Truckloads of Scotland's rubbish to be sent to England due to landfill ban – BBC / Landfill ban for biodegradable municipal waste in Scotland starts 2026

30.06.2025 GERMAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY  Sector hopes to stabilise / 2024 characterised by further declines / Majority of construction-related plastics industries hit hard / Pipe makers positive exception

27.06.2025 LOGISTICS  Oil market calms as Strait of Hormuz remains open – for now

27.06.2025 GERMAN ECONOMY  Business confidence improves again / Plastics processors more pessimistic

26.06.2025 EUROPEAN CAR MARKET  Mixed signals from EU registrations / UK sales rise / Chinese firms double market share

25.06.2025 PVC RECYCLING  European recovered waste volume drops again in 2024 / Market outlook for 2025 highly challenging – VinylPlus report

25.06.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  Slight rise in production / Front-loading effects due to threat of US tariffs / Decline in polymer revenue continues

23.06.2025 UKRAINE  Polymer imports plunge by a third since start of war / Stake in Karpatnaftokhim reportedly sold to new investor

20.06.2025 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Polyolefins: Carmel Olefins reports outage after rocket hits Bazan refinery

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Production and Engineering

12.06.2025 CLARIANT Speciality chemicals group launches PFAS-free processing aids ahead of K 2025

02.06.2025 ARTAPLAST  Launch of mono-material PP food packaging including lid solution

28.05.2025 JOKEY Launch of PP sealed cup for Nesco

27.05.2025 FAERCH Danish recycler launches recycled PET lid for hot beverages

06.05.2025 LUCOBIT German compounding specialist develops EBA compounds with up to 80% calcium carbonate

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Industry

27.06.2025 AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING  EU member states endorse slower ramp-up for plastics reclaim targets in ELVR / Plastics Europe supports faster timeline / FEAD, EuRIC urge EU to preserve ambitions

26.06.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY EUROPE  Cefic unveils five-point plan to accelerate shift to circular economy / Trade body urges action over ambition

25.06.2025 MICROPLASTICS  Glass bottles more contaminated than plastic / Beer bottles found to have highest content but wine is fine – Anses report

18.06.2025 PLASTICS WASTE  OECD records another fall in global trade for 2023 / More waste sent to non-member countries, halting previous trend

13.06.2025 POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE  Best Polymer Producer Awards winners announced at EuPC annual meeting / Industry leaving Europe overarching issue

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