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Europe

03.10.2025 STYRENICS  ‘We must prevent any further production relocations' / PIE interview with Klaus Ries, styrenics market expert at BASF

03.10.2025 LOGISTICS  Final quarter kicks off with massive drop in freight rates / Typhoon season essentially locks down major Asian ports

02.10.2025 TRINSEO  Another price cut announced for PS, ABS, SAN

02.10.2025 INEOS STYROLUTION  Polystyrene prices lowered again

02.10.2025 INDORAMA  Global PET leader finds new owner for struggling Irish recycler subsidiary Wellman

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North America

01.10.2025 MOL  After Dow and BASF, Hungarian petchem group files claim for damages against ethylene cartel

01.10.2025 PFAS  California legislation would restrict or ban ‘forever chemicals' in non-stick coatings / Cookware industry incensed / Governor's signature awaited

30.09.2025 PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE  EU associations respond to shifting polymer flows amid third-party tariffs / Brussels pressed for balanced response

30.09.2025 DOW Launch of fluoropolymer-free processing aid / Film applications targeted

25.09.2025 TECHNIP ENERGIES  Advanced Materials & Catalysts division acquired from Ecovyst

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Australia

05.09.2025 PLASTIC FANTASTIC Farewell to our fishy friends

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

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

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Asia

02.10.2025 INDORAMA  Global PET leader finds new owner for struggling Irish recycler subsidiary Wellman

01.10.2025 KUWAIT  Ambitious plans for petrochemical industry

30.09.2025 PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE  EU associations respond to shifting polymer flows amid third-party tariffs / Brussels pressed for balanced response

26.09.2025 PETRO RABIGH  Aramco becomes majority shareholder / Joint venture still deep in the red

25.09.2025 COVESTRO  Takeover by Adnoc nears EU approval after delays

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South America

11.09.2025 POLYETHYLENE  Global markets caught between tariffs and overcapacities / More and more exports from all directions head to Europe / Brazil imposes punitive tariffs

10.09.2025 RECYCLING BRAZIL  Recycling volumes up, rate down in 2024 / 410,000 t PET recycled / Sector at 23% idle capacity – Brazil PET group

01.09.2025 BYK Additive producer launches subsidiary in Brazil

27.08.2025 ALBIS German plastics distributor acquires majority stake in Brazilian Tecnomatiz

21.08.2025 ALBIS  Distributor acquires Brazilian competitor Tecnomatiz / First step into Latin America

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Africa

24.09.2025 BIESTERFELD  Expansion of distribution partnerships with Gummiwerk Kraiburg and Songwon

15.08.2025 UN PLASTICS TREATY  Crucial talks end with no deal / ‘Bad actors' blamed for failure to agree on limit of plastics production / Industry bodies call for continued dialogue

15.08.2025 UN PLASTICS TREATY  Talks extended into 10th day / Environment groups condemn original draft text / Proposals ‘ensure nothing will change' and are ‘completely unacceptable'

07.08.2025 UN PLASTICS TREATY  Global Plastics Treaty talks underway in Geneva / ‘Make or break' for the planet, environmental experts warn

31.07.2025 ARTEREX  Medtech supplier acquires competitor Xponent Global

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