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07.01.2026 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY EUROPE  EU27 competitiveness expected to erode further by 2030 amid rising energy costs / Bloc's global market shrinks over 15 years – Cefic

06.01.2026 PACKAGING SWITZERLAND  Government sets out plan for minimum 55% reclaim rate for SUP packaging

06.01.2026 EU POLICY  European Commission launches programme to support recycling sector / “Unfair and harmful import competition” to be addressed

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

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

11.12.2025 RUSSIA  Polymer profits plummet / Market demand on downward trajectory / Outlook for 2026 uncertain

10.12.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  More and more energy-intensive companies are moving away – Simon-Kucher study

09.12.2025 EU POLICY  Commission launches bioeconomy strategy / Substitution of fossil fuels / Cefic says enthusiasm is premature / Bioplastics capacity growing rapidly

09.12.2025 SOUTH KOREA  Lotte and HD Hyundai present plans for restructuring cracker activities

08.12.2025 UK CONSTRUCTION  Output continues to slide / New orders down / Sector employment numbers fall for 11th month in a row

03.12.2025 EUROPEAN CAR MARKET  Up to eight plants under threat of closure in Europe / Plastics converters must brace for drop in demand / Defence sector could become point of growth

24.11.2025 SPAIN  Chemical industry at risk of losing EUR 26 bn over next 10 years / Production to rise despite headwinds / Industry lobbies for measures to bolster competitiveness

20.11.2025 UK  Most English sales of plastic wet wipes to end by spring 2027 / Move completes Home Country prohibitions

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