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Latest european plastics news

Companies

16.04.2024 PREZERO New sorting plant in Denmark / Cooperation with Danish recycling company Solum

16.04.2024 BOREALIS  EUR 4.5 mn to be invested in Porvoo cracker / Modifications to three furnaces to use circular feedstocks

15.04.2024 NESTE  Collaboration with Lotte Chemical on renewable feedstock / Significant emissions reduction claimed

15.04.2024 RECUP Deposit system for to-go food, drinks expands to Austria

12.04.2024 EXXONMOBIL  US Group plans to shut down French petrochemical site in Gravenchon / Cracker, PE plants face closure

12.04.2024 RADICI High Performance Polymers unit appoints Plastoplan Polymers as distributor in UK

12.04.2024 ELOPAK First US cardboard composite plant in Arkansas / Investment of EUR 65 mn

11.04.2024 SABIC  Dutch naphtha cracker to be shuttered / Olefin capacities at site halved

11.04.2024 ILLIG Provisional insolvency in self-administration / Specialist for thermoforming machines to intensify search for investors

11.04.2024 POLYKEMI Recycling subsidiary Rondo Plast expands capacity in Sweden / Recyclates for automotive, furniture, construction

10.04.2024 DOW / P&G Joint development of technology to convert hard-to-recycle packaging / Focus on rPE

09.04.2024 EASTMAN  Texas selected for second US chemical reclaim plant / USD 375 mn investment from Washington

09.04.2024 BOS Automotive supplier plans to close plant in Germany

08.04.2024 HANSELMANN  Automotive supplier files for insolvency / First signs of interest by potential investors

08.04.2024 NESTE Porvoo refinery shuts down for turnaround in April

08.04.2024 BOREALIS US FDA clears two Borcycle grades for food-grade packaging

05.04.2024 HIRSCH SERVO Acquisition of Polish EPS insulation manufacturer Tyron

04.04.2024 ML HOLDING  Acquisitions in the compounding and laboratory sector

03.04.2024 TUPPERWARE Group seemingly on the verge of collapse

03.04.2024 BOREALIS Acquisition of Bulgarian recycler Integra Plastics completed

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People

27.03.2024 CHEMOURS CEO ousted for ethics violations / Denise Dignam to take over / NYSE gives six months to update 2023 earnings

26.03.2024 CIRPLUS Online marketplace expands management team / New investment round concluded

25.03.2024 3M US group appoints new CEO amid PFAS scandal

15.03.2024 BOREALIS CEO Gangl to depart Austrian resin maker

29.02.2024 LYONDELLBASELL New head of major Olefins & Polyolefins unit announced

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Markets

16.04.2024 CONSTRUCTION  Activity in eurozone takes another dive in March / Pessimism rife among German, French companies – HCOB

16.04.2024 HYDROGEN German production, distribution plans gather momentum / Rhine-Main network to be part of nationwide effort / Global Data sees investment surge in green hydrogen

16.04.2024 BEVERAGE CARTON RECYCLING Palurec plant for recycling plastic-aluminium components increases output

15.04.2024 POLAND  General mood in plastics processing industry improves beyond expectations / One-third plans investment in machinery, equipment

12.04.2024 LOGISTICS  Does German trucking index represent manufacturing shifts? / Costs for ocean shipments flat to lower

11.04.2024 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Styrene: TotalEnergies declares force majeure on deliveries from domestic site

11.04.2024 ENERGY  Asia-Pacific could become global leader in shift to renewables / Electrification key to reaching net-zero ambitions / Investment needed – Wood Mackenzie report

11.04.2024 USA Follow-up: 16 Republican states sue Biden administration over planned LNG export pause / Regulatory process claimed circumvented

10.04.2024 PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE  Recycling rates, circular content increase but incinerated volumes rise / Region's share of global production remains in decline – Plastics Europe

10.04.2024 PETROCHEMICALS  Russia expects massive investments to triple exports through 2030 / Attacks on refineries spark concerns over stability / Kazakhstan mulls long-term development plans

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Production and Engineering

16.04.2024 AQUAPAK Production of recyclable crisps packet with Evopak / Use of polyvinyl alcohol-based material

22.03.2024 ECKART Lineup of effect pigments to be presented at NPE 2024

15.03.2024 REPSOL Lubricant containers with 60% Reciclex sustainable polyolefins

14.03.2024 TOTALENERGIES Partnership with Bericap to make caps with recyclate for lubricant cans

14.03.2024 COMPOSITES SPAIN Aimplas launches new technology company focused on LFTs

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Industry

15.04.2024 PFAS  French national assembly launches go-it-alone move on PFAS / EU accused of foot dragging / Sénat will have final say / Not all NGOs on board

11.04.2024 PLASTICS WASTE  UK firm fined EUR 1 mn for illegal waste shipment / Italy seizes 82.5 t mixed waste headed for Africa

10.04.2024 UK  Roll-out of deposit return schemes delayed again / Launch unlikely before 2027

08.04.2024 UK  Veolia calls for plastic packaging tax to be doubled by 2030 / “Current level of tariff is not working”

04.04.2024 PLASTICS WASTE New waste-shipment rules get thumbs up from Council of the EU / Adoption confirms ban on plastics exports to non-OECD countries

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