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Latest european plastics news

Companies

05.06.2023 LYONDELLBASELL Refinery shutdown pushed to 2025 / Polyolefins giant cites impact on workforce / Houston to become a circular polymer hub

05.06.2023 ALPLA Packaging giant buys UK caps and closures specialist iTEC Packaging

02.06.2023 PLASTIPAK Captured carbon becomes PET feedstock / Partnership leverages LanzaTech process

01.06.2023 CONSTANTIA FLEXIBLES  Austrian packaging manufacturer reportedly up for sale

01.06.2023 SONATRACH  Firms tapped to design, build PP plant in Algeria

01.06.2023 TOTALENERGIES CORBION Development of sustainable PLA solutions with Xiamen Changsu Industrial / rPLA cups for FFS market with Spanish packaging group Lantero

31.05.2023 SHELL Oil giant pays millions for US emissions violations / PE complex in Pennsylvania set for restart

31.05.2023 BRENNTAG  Western European distributor signs agreement for rPP with Polish producer ML Polyolefins

30.05.2023 KARPATNAFTOKHIM  Ukraine seeks manager for Kalush-based plant / Owners challenge asset seizure / Potash fertiliser production to resume first

30.05.2023 BOREALIS Resin maker hires ship for gas deliveries / Move follows previous deal for similar transport

30.05.2023 GRUPA AZOTY Q1 results deteriorate on losses at all business segments / Plastics segment revenue dips 44%, core profit slumps to a loss

30.05.2023 AMERICHEM Masterbatch specialist expands production in Denmark / Focus on medical technology materials

26.05.2023 OQ CHEMICALS  Austerity programme targets Germany / Major job cuts expected

26.05.2023 ALIAXIS Belgian pipe maker buys Valencia Pipe ops

25.05.2023 KAZMUNAYGAZ Sinopec joins major Kazak PE project / Sizable shipments likely headed to China / Russian supplier Sibur also on board

25.05.2023 SHELL Shutdown of PE production at US site set to continue / Residents criticise odours, flaring

25.05.2023 UPONOR Finnish pipe maker rejects higher offer from Aliaxis

25.05.2023 CABKA Turbulent 2022 leads to sales growth and declining profit for the recycling specialist

24.05.2023 EVONIK Go-ahead for sale of Performance Materials business unit / ICIG acquires plant in Germany

24.05.2023 ARAMCO  Building starts on Chinese petchem complex / Completion set for 2026

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People

17.03.2023 BASF Ketan Joshi appointed new head of Intermediates division

08.02.2023 VANDEN RECYLING Thompson tapped as MD for UK, Europe

03.02.2023 DOMO CHEMICALS Kujundzic, Guélat join executive committee

16.01.2023 BASF Sties tapped as global SVP of plastic additives

11.01.2023 ASSOCIATIONS New haed in the European PVC industry: Schellerer appointed chairman of VinylPlus and ECVM

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Markets

05.06.2023 IRAQ  Feasibility studies for Nebras petrochemical complex complete – report / Saudi Arabia considers joining project / Baghdad seeks to become regional petchem power

02.06.2023 LOGISTICS  Berlin puts upgrade cost for national rail system at EUR 88 bn / BASF launches low-water barge / Russia-India sea link set to strengthen

31.05.2023 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY  EU car registration growth continues / Battery electric vehicles sales soar / Demand still lags pre-pandemic levels

31.05.2023 HYDROGEN Bright future for the gas of the stars as feedstock, energy driver / Dow, Evonik among chemicals and plastics pioneers

30.05.2023 UK RECYCLING  Recoup calls for overhaul, better insight into plastics recycling / Household waste report identifies areas for reform

26.05.2023 LOGISTICS Borealis charters supertanker / German lorry traffic to surge / Freight rates mostly unchanged

25.05.2023 EUROPEAN ECONOMY  German business confidence ends upward trend / Euro area manufacturing indicator slides

24.05.2023 ENERGY  Germany may reduce LNG terminal goals / Hydrogen plans proceeding apace

23.05.2023 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY  Sales by German suppliers slide in Q1 / “Rapid downturn” over / Output ex-pharma to drop 8% this year

23.05.2023 GERMAN PACKAGING MARKET  IK trade group survey Q2: Manufacturers' sales, earnings under pressure / Sales prices plummet / Raw material availability stable

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Production and Engineering

31.05.2023 REPSOL Bio-based polyolefins target medical, pharma sectors

18.05.2023 COMPOSITES RECYCLING Eliot project ends / Researchers laud solvolysis, pyrolysis reclaim technologies for aeronautics parts

17.05.2023 BOREALIS Resin maker launches sustainable, circular materials / Supplier presents high barrier rPP bag at PRSE

17.05.2023 BASF Expansion of bioplastic film brand / Extrusion coating on paper, board for food packaging

16.05.2023 RESEARCH Microorganisms that break down plastics at low temperatures / Potential for efficient plastics waste recycling

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Industry

02.06.2023 CIRCULAR ECONOMY European Commission unveils revised framework to monitor circular targets / Recycling rates rise for municipal waste / Packaging waste up 17% since 2010

02.06.2023 PLASTICS AND HEALTH Recycling plastic leads to increased toxicity in material – Greenpeace report / Recycled plastics vectors for spreading chemicals of concern – Cambridge study / BPF response

01.06.2023 EPPA Franke takes helm of European profiles association / Recycling project starts in Poland

31.05.2023 EUROPEAN PLASTICS WASTE  Exports highest since 2021 / Basel Convention amendments bear fruit / Demand for waste PE in the lead / EU reclaim capacities grow

31.05.2023 PLASTIC PACKAGING German legislators want changes to planned EU regulation / Practical recycling criteria required

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