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20.08.2026 MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT  Strait of Hormuz blockade puts renewed pressure on oil and polymer prices / PIE expert Martin Bäcker explains what the crisis means for Europe's plastics industry

06.08.2026 ITALY  Exports buoy plastics machinery in 2025 / Asia emerges as new growth focus / US on equal footing with Germany / Strategy session for petchems at Porto Marghera

22.07.2026 PLASTICS INDUSTRY SWITZWERLAND  Modest recovery in 2025 led by processors – Kunststoff.Swiss report

20.07.2026 MANUCOR  Film manufacturer to invest EUR 100 mn in Italy / Additional Brückner production line planned

08.07.2026 MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT  Military escalation triggers sharp surge in feedstock volatility / Plastics processors caught between customer commitments and margin pressure

25.06.2026 TERAPLAST  Acquisition of Aliaxis plant for PE pipes in Spain / Company pledges EUR 4 mn investment in expansion

24.06.2026 UK  PM Starmer resigns / BPF outlines hopes for new government

23.06.2026 EUROPEAN EMISSIONS TRADING  Energy-intensive companies send ‘urgent appeal' to leading EU politicians / BASF, Lanxess, Covestro, Evonik among signatories

19.06.2026 PLAST 2026  Italian plastics industry calls for competitiveness as recycling crisis deepens

18.06.2026 UPDATE - IRAN WAR  US agrees on roadmap for final deal in 60 days after Tehran shut Strait of Hormuz again / Meetings to continue this week

16.06.2026 TURKEY  SUP ban on the table / Industry warns against green push, holds EU competitiveness up as warning / Industrial output stagnant for 24 months

09.06.2026 CONSTRUCTION GERMANY  Mixed sentiment / Construction, plastics-related sectors hope for improvement in second half of year / Residential construction remains cause for concern

08.06.2026 PLASTICS RECYCLING GERMANY  Share of recyclate up slightly, production and processing in decline in 2024 / Industry association publishes Circular Economy for Plastics country report

01.06.2026 ITALY  Conip and Unionplast sign cooperation deal / Move paves way for intergration of Conip's members into Unionplast

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

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