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Latest european plastics news

Companies

18.12.2025 NEXUS PACKAGING  GBP 14 mn investment programme completed at HQ / Firm set for further expansion

17.12.2025 ADNOC  No plans to scale back Covestro's European operations / Talks of 'Arab BASF' dismissed

17.12.2025 WESTLAKE  US corporation closes PVC, VCM, and styrene production facilities in North America / European market also affected

17.12.2025 K.D. FEDDERSEN German distribution group expands competence centre in Scandinavia

17.12.2025 LYONDELLBASELL  Closure of former APK recycling plant in Germany

16.12.2025 ROSTI  New plant opens in India / Plans for injection moulding facility in Vietnam

15.12.2025 USA  Gap between US citizens' recycling intentions, actions / 77% report they recycle / WM survey highlights barriers

15.12.2025 POLYTEC  Automotive supplier sells UK operating business

12.12.2025 BOREALIS / BOROUGE  Low-cost mechanically recycled polyolefin compounds aim to boost global acceptance of recyclates

11.12.2025 COVESTRO  Acquisition by Adnoc completed

11.12.2025 TRINSEO  Management takes final decision to shutter PS production at Schkopau

11.12.2025 COKO-WERK  German injection moulding company sells its Polish subsidiary

11.12.2025 ALPLA  Packaging producer enters HDPE recycling for food-contact applications / Development project launched in Netherlands

10.12.2025 LYONDELLBASELL  Plans for German waste sorting plant paused / Pyrolysis start postponed

10.12.2025 RECYCLING UK  Better recycling policies, including ban on plastics waste exports, could add GBP 1 bn to UK economy – Biffa-commissioned report

10.12.2025 GREENDOT  German recycling group acquires Italian compounder Forplast / Chemical recycling central to strategy

10.12.2025 RANI PLAST  Finnish film manufacturer acquires Swedish competitor Kullaplast

09.12.2025 LYONDELLBASELL  No market recovery in Q4 / Europe remains under pressure

09.12.2025 BASF  CEO Markus Kamieth: ‘Industry in Germany will not vanish' / Collaboration with, instead of dependence on, China

09.12.2025 RENOLIT  Healthcare business spin-off planned by end-2027

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People

16.12.2025 ASCEND  CEO McDivitt quits insolvent polyamide producer / Patrick Schumacher appointed successor

06.11.2025 BEWI RAW Rick Klop appointed CEO of EPS producer

30.10.2025 BASF Mary Kurian moves to top of petrochemicals division / Executive board departments to be restructured

18.09.2025 SYENSQO Division head Radossich to succeed CEO Kadri

03.09.2025 KEM ONE  Paolo Barbieri no longer at the helm of PVC manufacturer

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Markets

18.12.2025 YEAR-ENDER: PLASTICS RECYCLING MARKET  Europe's reclaim sector faces its toughest year yet / Cheap virgin plastics squeeze recyclates / Strain continues

18.12.2025 EUROPEAN AUTO INDUSTRY  Brussels lifts ban on combustion engines / Industry groups offer lukewarm responses / German car lobby calls changes 'disastrous'

18.12.2025 EUROPEAN ECONOMY German business climate weakens / Processors' mood worsens / European manufacturers send mixed messages

18.12.2025 PLASTICS MACHINERY GERMANY  VDMA sees bottoming out after declines in order intake, revenues / 5% drop in turnover expected for 2025

17.12.2025 YEAR-ENDER 2025: POLYMER PRICES  Imported PTA boosts PET volumes, not profitability / EU mandates support virgin PET as market shrinks / Global PE, PP oversupply caps prices / Packaging, construction, automotive demand subdued

16.12.2025 YEAR-ENDER 2025: TARIFFS  Trump tariffs shook EU plastics industry in 2025 / 15% duty ignited retaliatory firestorms / Diversification and capacity shifts ahead in 2026

16.12.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  Decline in production, sales predicted for 2026 / Industry sending out SOS, says VCI president Steilemann

15.12.2025 YEAR-ENDER 2025: EU ECONOMIC OUTLOOK  OECD predicts slowdown in '26 / Spain to lead, Italy to lag among EU Big Four / UK expansion to ease

15.12.2025 RECYCLING UK  Industry on the brink – BPF / Shutdowns continue / Shops face multiple problems

12.12.2025 LOGISTICS  Peace and calm on most trade routes / Freight rates from China to Europe rise

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Production and Engineering

11.12.2025 HEXPOL Swedish compounder gains Porsche certification for low-emission recycled-content TPEs

09.12.2025 BROADWAY Launch of carbon-black-free, NIR-detectable black and silver masterbatches

02.12.2025 RESEARCH  ‘Satisphaction' guaranteed? / Scientists aim to produce PHAs that are both biodegradable, scalable

20.11.2025 AMPACET Launch of TiO2-free colourant range for PET packaging

11.11.2025 CJ BIOMATERIALS Partnership to tackle microplastics pollution caused by artificial turf

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Industry

17.12.2025 EU POLICY  Brussels introduces eighth omnibus / Newest legislation package focused on cost savings for industry / NGOs call environment label Trojan Horse

15.12.2025 PLASTICS TAX UK  BPF hails government's mass-balance decision / Move gives companies confidence to invest in recycling facilities, says trade group

12.12.2025 AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING  Provisional ELVR deal sets 15% recycled content target after six years / Closed-loop share fixed at 20%

12.12.2025 POLYPHENYLENE SULPHIDE  China initiates interim review of anti-dumping measures on high-performance polymer / Asia, US particularly affected

09.12.2025 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  New EU pellet rules target microplastics leak along value chain / Regulation takes effect 16 December 2025

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