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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

13.11.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY  VCI speaks of ‘autumn depression' / Economic situation continues to deteriorate / Polymer production down significantly

10.11.2025 UK CONSTRUCTION  Output falls at fastest rate in five years / Lack of work hitting civil engineering firms

04.11.2025 ITALY  Federchimica association celebrates chemical industry – and seeks orientation during members' meeting

03.11.2025 GREECE  High energy costs undermine competitiveness even at European level / Plastics waste recycling stagnates / Industrial capacities at risk despite growth forecasts

23.10.2025 USA  California fines four plastic bag makers / State says chemical recycling claims bogus / Governor Newsom vetoes legislature's proposed PFAS ban

16.10.2025 POLYURETHANE MARKET  Americas output restrained by weak demand in 2025 / Brazil strongest performer in South America / Fastest growth for rigid foam sector – IAL Consultants

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