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Latest european plastics news

Companies

02.09.2025 PAARDEKOOPER  Dutch packaging manufacturer slides into insolvency

02.09.2025 RECTICEL  PU foam supplier provides 2025 financial outlook after H1 sales rise / Core profit jumps / Net result impacted by automotive loan write-off

01.09.2025 LEGO  Toy giant reports jump in sales, plans production expansion

01.09.2025 FORVIA  Write-offs and restructuring costs push earnings to rock bottom / Hard times for hydrogen subsidiary Symbio

01.09.2025 KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST  Film specialist may be facing financial difficulties – report

01.09.2025 VIONEO  Fossil-free plastics ambitions raised after deal with PP partner / Lummus tech to prove commercial viability

01.09.2025 BYK Additive producer launches subsidiary in Brazil

29.08.2025 AKSA CARBON  Turkish acrylic fibre manufacturer acquires Dow joint venture in its entirety

29.08.2025 SABIC  JV with Plastic Energy produces first pyrolysis oil batch

29.08.2025 QUADPACK  Cosmetics packaging manufacturer expands production site in Germany / Production of packaging made from PCR content also possible

29.08.2025 NEWELL BRANDS  Rubbermaid group barely meets forecast / Figures continue downward trend in Q2

28.08.2025 BIOPLASTICS  Citroniq teams up with ABB to deliver ‘world's first' 100% biogenic PP plant / 600,000 t/y planned as of 2029

28.08.2025 SABIC Petchem giant launches thermoplastics moulding system / Cascade flow cuts clamp force by up to 50%

27.08.2025 WESTLAKE  Takeover of ACI compounding business

27.08.2025 MATTERR  Plans to build PET chemical recycling plant in Germany / EUR 63 mn invested

27.08.2025 TRIOWORLD Swedish filmmaker announces US production / Plant to come online in autumn

27.08.2025 ROSTI  Injection moulder announces expansion at new plant in India even before site completion

27.08.2025 INEOS STYROLUTION  Collaboration with Theo Müller to market rPS dairy packaging for Aldi Süd

27.08.2025 ALBIS German plastics distributor acquires majority stake in Brazilian Tecnomatiz

26.08.2025 DECEUNINCK  Sales of profile manufacturer stagnate / Turkey in particular a problem area

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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

01.09.2025 PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE  PRE: “The European plastics recycling industry is facing imminent collapse” / Loss of reclaim capacities projected at 1 mn t by end-2025

29.08.2025 LOGISTICS  Global trade heavily impacted by typhoon season / DB Cargo management plans to close workshops

29.08.2025 EUROPEAN CAR MARKET  Registrations climb in July / US confirms lower tariff on EU vehicles / EV market share eases

28.08.2025 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS  Recycling sector warns of market distortion under new EU implementing decision / Industry contends definitions / Non-EU waste may be counted towards targets

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

27.08.2025 RECYCLING SWITZERLAND  Plastics waste recovered from households, collection rate up in 2024 / Recycling rate exceeds 55% threshold

27.08.2025 PACKAGING GERMANY  German packaging market shrank in 2024 / Plastic remains largest value segment

26.08.2025 GERMAN ECONOMY  Ifo business climate improves but only for technical reasons / Mood in plastics segment remains low

26.08.2025 MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY  Industry grows only slightly, but against trend / PFAS ban could exert pressure / High usage of disposable products

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Production and Engineering

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

04.08.2025 PFAS Canadian team finds substitutes for PTFE in non-stick coatings / PDMS said to have fewer negative effects / Open to collaboration with coatings makers

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Industry

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

01.09.2025 SPAIN  Bottle deposit system to become mandatory end of 2026 / Recycling targets missed

01.09.2025 SWEDEN  Duni introduces reusable packaging system for food and drinks

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