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Europe

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

13.06.2025 RÖCHLING  FY 2024 sales dip nearly 5% amidst weakness across all businesses / Strong demand for composites products in Q1

13.06.2025 BOREALIS  Good year despite tense market environment / Sales of OMV subsidiary increase by 10% in 2024

13.06.2025 LOGISTICS  Upcoming end of truce between US, China causes freight rates to skyrocket / Von der Leyen proposes USD 45/bbl price cap on Russian oil

13.06.2025 PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE  PRE, Assorimap call for protectionist measures against imports / SMEs burdened by regulations / Spanish industry disadvantaged by national tax on non-reusable packaging

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North America

13.06.2025 MAUSER Industrial packaging manufacturer commissions IBC recycling plant at BASF site in Spain

12.06.2025 TEKNOR APEX  Takeover of biopolymer specialist Danimer Scientific from insolvency

12.06.2025 PLASTICS ACADEMY Plastics Hall of Fame inducts six Europeans / Official honour to take place during K 2025 trade fair in October

11.06.2025 TRADE WAR  US, China agree to reduce export restrictions; rare earths to be supplied again / Trump says relationship with China is ‘excellent'

11.06.2025 POLYMER PRICES  North America May: Prices unchanged or down / Key sectors still weak / Tariff policy continues to create uncertainty / Feedstock costs predominantly lower / Sluggish environment set to continue in June

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Australia

04.10.2024 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  WWF raises case for new anti-plastic-pollution goals ahead of INC-5

19.06.2024 GREENDOT  Agreement with PepsiCo to expand capacities / Chemical recycling in Germany, France

04.06.2024 STELLANTIS Electric vehicle JV to ramp up sales across Europe, India, and beyond / Huge lack of charging points across Europe

28.03.2024 PLASTIC PACKAGING Aldi Ireland, Cadbury Australia replace plastic packaging on Easter egg chocolates / UK, Australia see sweet treats as “over packaged”

13.09.2023 ENERGY TRANSITION  Geopolitical risks remain for critical materials supply chains – report / Diversification is key

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Asia

13.06.2025 BOREALIS  Good year despite tense market environment / Sales of OMV subsidiary increase by 10% in 2024

13.06.2025 SINOPEC  ECI Group technology selected for Ningbo PE project

11.06.2025 TRADE WAR  US, China agree to reduce export restrictions; rare earths to be supplied again / Trump says relationship with China is ‘excellent'

11.06.2025 WELLMAN INTERNATIONAL  Indorama PET recycling subsidiary files for debt protection / Millions in losses due to high production costs

10.06.2025 POLYMER PRICES  China standard thermoplastics May: Prices for nearly all grades decrease on weak demand / Strong ordering, rising feedstock costs lift PET / Temporary positive effect of US-China tariff cut dissipates quickly

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South America

30.05.2025 PLASTIC FANTASTIC No bridge too far

26.05.2025 BRASKEM  Brazilian billionaire eyes polyolefin group / Controlling owner receives non-binding proposal

16.05.2025 BRASKEM  Polyolefins group back in the black / Ethane terminal in Mexico now in operation

13.05.2025 IRAN  Petchem production on upward trajectory despite sanction pressure / Economic crisis impacts local consumption / Results of export-diversification campaign unclear

27.03.2025 POLYURETHANE MARKET  World TPU demand to rise by 2.5% in 2025 / Growth relies on specialised grades and advanced formulations – IAL Consultants report

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Africa

20.05.2025 INDORAMA Partnership with IMG Group and Spanish NGO to tackle waste crisis in Mali

30.04.2025 EGYPT  Polyolefin manufacturer Sidpec reports good performance despite global market challenges / Petchem output to triple by 2030 / Chinese-Egyptian JV to design Red Sea petrochemicals complex

23.04.2025 RUSSIA  Polymer exports drop by a third since 2021 / Betting on Asia not paid off / Trade war brings challenges

22.04.2025 KURARAY  Significant markups for PVOH materials

03.03.2025 ALBIS German distributor establishes second subsidiary in Morocco

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