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Latest european plastics news

Companies

12.09.2025 SHELL  Search for partners for petchem segment intensified / Division apparently burning through funds / Divestment of modern PE site in US

12.09.2025 BARKLEY PLASTICS  Closure of UK injection shop underway / Decision follows six decades of business

11.09.2025 SUMITOMO CHEMICAL  Merger of Japanese PP, LLDPE capacities into Mitsui, Idemitsu JV

11.09.2025 INEOS COMPOUNDS  Distribution partnership with Plastcom expanded into Scandinavia

11.09.2025 MURA  Process-tech supplier to build chemical recycling facility in Singapore

10.09.2025 SHELL  Oil giant drops Dutch biofuels projects / Construction not to resume after 2024 pause

10.09.2025 EVONIK  Innovation programme focuses on circularity, exploiting synergies / Newly created infrastructure to manage chemical parks, outside customers

10.09.2025 TUBIS  Groundbreaking ceremony for pyrolysis plant in Germany

09.09.2025 JINDAL FILMS  German Treofan plant enters insolvency proceedings under self administration / Production stops and job cuts expected?

09.09.2025 EXXONMOBIL  Speculation sees US giant pulling out of EU / Mossmorran cracker and Belgian assets up for grabs?

09.09.2025 ENVALIOR  Lanxess-Advent JV diverts 88% of generated waste from landfill / 2024 sustainability report published

09.09.2025 MASTERPRESS  Label producer expands capacity / New construction in progress at Polish HQ

09.09.2025 ADVAL TECH  Increased net loss for automotive supplier / Special charge due to cyber attack

08.09.2025 COVESTRO  EU pauses investigation into Adnoc takeover / Adnoc voices criticism

08.09.2025 BOREALIS  Modernisation, expansion of PP compounding facilities in Austria

08.09.2025 AMCOR  Packaging group expands recycling capacity in UK

08.09.2025 PLASTIVALOIRE  Full-year forecast raised / North American business still weak

08.09.2025 UBC COMPOSITES  AM Group acquires insolvent automotive supplier

08.09.2025 NYCO  Swiss packaging manufacturer cuts over 50% jobs / Gravure printing, coating divisions to be discontinued

08.09.2025 RECYCLING Fraunhofer develops solvent-based process for hard-to-recycle plastics / High-purity recyclates from automotive, construction waste

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People

03.09.2025 KEM ONE  Paolo Barbieri no longer at the helm of PVC manufacturer

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

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Markets

12.09.2025 LOGISTICS  Artificial capacity shortages lend breath of fresh air to freight rates

12.09.2025 OIL & GAS  ConocoPhillips set to lay off more than 3,000 staff – reports / Other sector giants embarking on cost-cutting drive

11.09.2025 POLYETHYLENE  Global markets caught between tariffs and overcapacities / More and more exports from all directions head to Europe / Brazil imposes punitive tariffs

10.09.2025 RECYCLING BRAZIL  Recycling volumes up, rate down in 2024 / 410,000 t PET recycled / Sector at 23% idle capacity – Brazil PET group

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

09.09.2025 CONSUMER GOODS GERMANY  Prices, global competition, EU regulations – triad of producer concerns / Industry associations see no structural weakness despite shrinking sales

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

05.09.2025 NORWAY  Investments in oil and gas industry set to peak in 2025 / Boom winding down / Industry's long-term future secure

05.09.2025 LOGISTICS  Chinese firms expand footprint in Europe / German government moves to scrap supply chain law

05.09.2025 PACKAGING RECYCLING Latest German minimum packaging standard published – ZSVR / Early guidance for companies on PPWR

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Production and Engineering

10.09.2025 BASF Petchem major unveils water-permeable polyamide for meat casings

22.08.2025 NESTLÉ  New AI-based tech proposes novel high-barrier packaging materials / R&D co-op with IBM

20.08.2025 FKUR  Bioplastics producer showcases expanded sustainable plastics portfolio ahead of K 2025

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

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Industry

11.09.2025 TRADE WAR  US imposes full tariffs on imports of PET, rPET / Asian exporters to feel the pinch

05.09.2025 PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE  Competitiveness crisis: Associations call for swift action to bridge EU policy gap / “De-industrialisation is rapidly becoming a reality”

03.09.2025 PLASTICS TAX UK  PPT revenue falls 3% in 2024 / Volume of packaging with recycled content rises for third consecutive year

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

02.09.2025 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY  Global chemical coalition launches innovation platform / Start-ups, academia collaborate with industry leaders to catalyse sustainability

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