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Latest european plastics news

Companies

19.08.2025 CON-PEARL  Sale of panel manufacturer to US competitor Inteplast

18.08.2025 LANXESS Q2 net loss nearly triples as sales decrease / Profit warning issued for 2025 / Shut down of German facility, UK plant at Widnes

18.08.2025 SYENSQO  Declining automotive sales weigh on results / Annual forecast confirmed nevertheless

18.08.2025 EPSOTECH  Insolvent sheet producer faces final shutdown / Operations to cease end-September

18.08.2025 POLYTEC Automotive supplier shutters German plant / 250 staff affected / First half results back in black

15.08.2025 BOREALIS  Operating result plummets 73% in first half / Growth in turnover, sales volume / Feedstock costs, inventory effects weigh on parent OMV earnings

15.08.2025 LAUMANN  Veka owner acquires UK construction supplier Epwin

14.08.2025 CELANESE  Plastics segment improves on previous quarter / Headwinds expected in Q3

14.08.2025 ADIENT  Car seat maker raises 2025 financial guidance on strong Q3 / CEO says US tariffs are positive for company

14.08.2025 JBT  French injection moulder takes over US competitor D&M Plastics

14.08.2025 LEONI  Cable specialist reports slight increase in sales / Growth planned in Asia, North America

14.08.2025 SONGWON Additives producer expands Biesterfeld distribution partnership into Southeast Europe

13.08.2025 CHEMOURS  Heavy compensation payments for PFAS, environmental damage / Net result deep in red / Second profit warning announced

13.08.2025 DOW CHEMICAL  Chemical recycling project in Germany falls victim to budget cuts

13.08.2025 ORIGIN MATERIALS  Partnership with Royal Hordijk Packaging to produce PET closures in Netherlands

12.08.2025 SAPERATEC  Recycling company slides into insolvency

11.08.2025 BRASKEM  Polyolefin major announces revaluation of asset portfolio / Quarterly results slip back into red

11.08.2025 SGL CARBON  Consolidated loss widens in second quarter / Initial successes in restructuring carbon fibre production

11.08.2025 ARKEMA  French chemicals group issues profit warning / Cost-cutting efforts to be intensified

11.08.2025 VERSALIS  Italian petchem giant signs deal with Acea Ambiente to boost chemical plastics recycling in Italy

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People

18.07.2025 FLEXIBLE PACKAGING EUROPE  Industry association elects new chair

08.07.2025 EUPC New films group formed within plastics converters' association / Zelcher elected founding president

01.07.2025 PLASTICS EUROPE Benny Mermans named president of European trade association

25.06.2025 BIESTERFELD Marvin Strüfing named head of global Standard Plastics division

19.06.2025 EUPC Federica Gallicchio appointed managing director / Association launches European Plastic Films group

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Markets

18.08.2025 PTA  EU launches anti-dumping investigation into imports from South Korea, Mexico

18.08.2025 UK RECYCLING  'Urgent action' needed in reclaim industry – BPF official / Plant closures highlight problems / Viridor for sale?

15.08.2025 LOGISTICS  Convertors complain about decreasing reliability in deliveries / Truck drivers urgently needed

15.08.2025 UK ECONOMY  Q2 growth surprises to upside / Production activity contracts / Concerns remain about months ahead

13.08.2025 CHEMICALS AND HEALTH  ICCA updates materials database / Industry “more transparent than ever”

11.08.2025 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Repsol declares force majeure for LDPE, EVA in Puertollano

11.08.2025 UK CONSTRUCTION  Output falls at sharpest level in five years / Decline in housebuilding to blame – report

11.08.2025 EPP RECYCLING  General Industries launches Europe-wide initiative for take-back, recycling

08.08.2025 LOGISTICS  EU suspends punitive tariffs on US imports – for now / Global trade weakens: concerns about US economy weigh on freight rates

05.08.2025 TRADE WAR  EU-US tariff deal to stir issues for plastics industry in CEE, Finland

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Production and Engineering

13.08.2025 RESEARCH  Aimplas develops sustainable flame-retardant materials for construction, transport

05.08.2025 PET RECYCLING Launch of PET circularity test as tool to simulate multiple recycling loops

04.08.2025 PFAS Canadian team finds substitutes for PTFE in non-stick coatings / PDMS said to have fewer negative effects / Open to collaboration with coatings makers

21.07.2025 MASTERBATCHES  Choppy waters for manufacturers / Imports of standard products on the rise / Demand for functional additives mounts

17.07.2025 SULZER Launch of recycling tech for contaminated PS / Viable for food-contact applications

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Industry

19.08.2025 COMPOSITES  EuCIA sees ‘untapped potential' of thermoset composite waste / Reclaim rate estimated at 5%

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'

13.08.2025 PLASTICS WASTE  Malaysia bans import of plastics waste from US / Environmentalists warn US plastics waste could flood Mexico, India, Turkey

13.08.2025 GERMAN PACKAGING AWARDS  From new monomaterial solutions to 100% recycled content / Innovative plastic solutions win nearly third of awards

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