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06.10.2025 RUSSIA  Plastics processors brace for closures, bankruptcies / Consumption plummets across key segments as economy enters recession / Drone attacks target key petchem capacities

29.09.2025 EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY  Output in H1 2025 pushed lower by weak demand, uncompetitive energy prices / Reliance on Chinese imports grows / Prospects of recovery remain unpredictable – Cefic

25.09.2025 PORTUGAL  Government allocates EUR 30 mn to strengthen recycling, waste recovery / Over half of the waste still landfilled

22.09.2025 EU TRADE SANCTIONS  Brussels targets firms using Russian oil / Focus includes petchem companies, China / EU warns of 'asset freeze'

19.09.2025 PLASTICS MANUFACTURING GERMANY  Production down significantly in Q2 / “We will need to be in it for the long haul” – Plastics Europe

16.09.2025 SPAIN  Household plastics market poised for robust growth / Shift towards environmentally friendly products / Asian countries look into export opportunities

15.09.2025 CIRCULAR ECONOMY  Subsidies for innovative products underway / Brussels sets the stage but Netherlands leads on circular plastics

10.09.2025 UK CONSTRUCTION  Activity falls for eighth month straight / Housebuilding, civil engineering experience summer slide

09.09.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  Disappointing Q2 for 2025 / Production continues to decline / Plant utilisation falls to dangerously low level

02.09.2025 TRADE WAR  EU to impose zero tariffs on US industrial goods including chemicals, plastics products / US to impose 50% tariffs on plastics industry equipment

28.08.2025 USA  Plastics machinery shipments steady in Q2 / Wider processing sentiment remains cautious

28.08.2025 PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY  GKV reports further revenue drop in H1 / Packaging leads decline

25.08.2025 RECYCLING CENTRAL ASIA  Kazakhstan MPs seek state aid for plastics waste recycling / EPR system to take off in Uzbekistan in 2026 / Waste management in embryonic stage in some countries

22.08.2025 TURKEY  Business profitability falls to lowest level in five years / Exports edge up despite dip in European sales / General economic uncertainty plagues operations

20.08.2025 UPDATE - PETCHEM INDUSTRY ASIA  South Korean government demands country's largest petchem producers restructure operations / Crisis result of overcapacity, outdated manufacturing methods

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