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28.05.2026 MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT  CEE plastics industry feels sting of Hormuz blockade / Region highly dependent on imports / Major converters halt purchases, sacrifice production capacity / Recyclers see temporary benefits

28.05.2026 EUROPEAN CAR INDUSTRY  Sales improve again / UK booms / Hybrids dominate

28.05.2026 COVESTRO  Centre for TPU application development opens in China

28.05.2026 BIRLA CARBON Carbon black producer streamlines structure / Review of plant network initiated

27.05.2026 RECYCLING USA  California plastic packaging law takes shape / All packaging must be recyclable or compostable by 2032 / Producers face extended responsibility rules

26.05.2026 PLASTICS WASTE  Shipments now subject to "prior informed consent" through EU's new digital tracking system / Transitional period for green-listed waste / Germany, UK Europe's largest plastics waste exporters

26.05.2026 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  Europe's circularity gains mask industrial weakness / Plastics Europe warns of risk of circularity shifting abroad / Circularity repositioned as key to industrial survival

26.05.2026 GERMAN BUSINESS CLIMATE  Managers report more hope after dismal April / Morale also improves at processing shops

22.05.2026 ELIX POLYMERS  Spanish producer lifts force majeure on ABS deliveries

22.05.2026 MOL  Explosion at Olefin 1 unit in Hungary leaves one dead, several injured

22.05.2026 EDITORIAL  Why the recycling sector is losing momentum despite the PPWR

22.05.2026 LOGISTICS  Meteorologists warn of renewed water shortages in Panama Canal / Freight rates on the rise

22.05.2026 VIRIDOR  Company mulls shutdown of three recycling sites in Scandinavia / Cites significant headwinds in plastics recycling markets

22.05.2026 MITSUBISHI  Chemical group exits PBS biopolymer business

22.05.2026 OMYA Speciality chemicals distributor expands TPU distribution partnership with BASF

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