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Latest european plastics news

Companies

03.07.2025 GRANNEX Expansion of mechanical recycling capacity in Germany

02.07.2025 OBEN GROUP  Brazilian authorities approve acquisition of film manufacturer Vitopel

02.07.2025 YPSOMED Swiss medtech manufacturer opens first production facility in China / Expansion also planned for USA

02.07.2025 ECOCORTEC  Manufacturer of corrosion-protection packaging expands Croatian plant

01.07.2025 HOFFMANN + VOSS  German compounder acquired by PolymerCycle Group

01.07.2025 EXXONMOBIL  US Supreme Court upholds judgement against petchem giant for emissions violations / USD 14.25 mn to be paid in penalty

01.07.2025 MORSSINKHOF-RYMOPLAST  Recycling expansion in Belgium: delayed construction starts for plant in Lommel

01.07.2025 SHELL Energy giant partners with Yokogawa Electric on robotics, AI plant maintenance

01.07.2025 AMERICHEM Consolidation of European activities under US brand / Streamlining advances company's 2030 sustainability goals

30.06.2025 DESCH PLANTPAK  Dutch plant pot manufacturer plans to shut UK factory / Jeroen Schipper to take over as new CEO

30.06.2025 SYMPHONY ENVIRONMENTAL  Ireland's EPA clears dw2 oxo-biodegradables / Materials technology group hails announcement

30.06.2025 WOODBRIGDE  Canadian PU converter expands in Asia / JVs in China and India begin operation

26.06.2025 SABIC  Petchem giant to shutter UK cracker / European exit unfolds

26.06.2025 COVESTRO  Acquisition of Swiss film manufacturer Pontacol

26.06.2025 IMPACT PACKAGING  Private equity group invests millions in UK recycling tech firm / Focus on polyolefin waste streams

25.06.2025 BRASKEM  Polyolefin major exits Dutch recycling JV

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

25.06.2025 NOVAMONT  Bioplastics specialist and parent Eni fined more than EUR 32 mn / Italian antitrust authority slams ‘exclusionary' marketing scheme for biodegradable bags

25.06.2025 ALPLA  Expansion in injection moulding sector / Takeover of closure manufacturer KM Packaging

25.06.2025 ALBIS  Distribution of technical BASF compounds in Italy

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People

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

18.06.2025 BIESTERFELD  German distributor reorganises business divisions following departure of MD Sergej Lazovic

04.06.2025 ADNOC  Former OMV CEO Rainer Seele to head chemicals business

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Markets

03.07.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  Industry in ‘stand-by' mode – VCI / Production, sales below previous year's level

02.07.2025 CHEMICAL RECYCLING  Attractive opportunities exist for early movers / Mandated blending requirements could boost scale-up – Bain report

01.07.2025 SOUTHEAST EUROPE  Romania, Bulgaria's accession to Schengen area offers benefits to plastics industry / Political uncertainty hampers execution of development plans

01.07.2025 PLASTICS RECYCLING  Market protection and trade control: industry in danger through fraudulent imports – Bvse / 27th International Waste Plastics Day in Dresden

30.06.2025 PLASTICS MACHINERY  Fewer exports from Europe / Germany, Austria, France struggling / India booms as importing country

30.06.2025 WASTE MANAGEMENT  Truckloads of Scotland's rubbish to be sent to England due to landfill ban – BBC / Landfill ban for biodegradable municipal waste in Scotland starts 2026

30.06.2025 GERMAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY  Sector hopes to stabilise / 2024 characterised by further declines / Majority of construction-related plastics industries hit hard / Pipe makers positive exception

27.06.2025 LOGISTICS  Oil market calms as Strait of Hormuz remains open – for now

27.06.2025 GERMAN ECONOMY  Business confidence improves again / Plastics processors more pessimistic

26.06.2025 EUROPEAN CAR MARKET  Mixed signals from EU registrations / UK sales rise / Chinese firms double market share

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Production and Engineering

01.07.2025 PET RECYCLING Industry collaboration aims to streamline certification for rPET / EPBP liaises with European Committee for Standardisation

12.06.2025 CLARIANT Speciality chemicals group launches PFAS-free processing aids ahead of K 2025

02.06.2025 ARTAPLAST  Launch of mono-material PP food packaging including lid solution

28.05.2025 JOKEY Launch of PP sealed cup for Nesco

27.05.2025 FAERCH Danish recycler launches recycled PET lid for hot beverages

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Industry

03.07.2025 EU POLICY  Green agenda starts to wither / Is brown the new beautiful? / Macron calls for second rethink of 2040 targets

27.06.2025 AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING  EU member states endorse slower ramp-up for plastics reclaim targets in ELVR / Plastics Europe supports faster timeline / FEAD, EuRIC urge EU to preserve ambitions

26.06.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY EUROPE  Cefic unveils five-point plan to accelerate shift to circular economy / Trade body urges action over ambition

25.06.2025 MICROPLASTICS  Glass bottles more contaminated than plastic / Beer bottles found to have highest content but wine is fine – Anses report

18.06.2025 PLASTICS WASTE  OECD records another fall in global trade for 2023 / More waste sent to non-member countries, halting previous trend

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