VCI Verband der Chemischen Industrie

TRADE WAR EU, US strike 15% tariff deal / Zero-for-zero tariffs agreed for some strategic products	28.07.2025
EU POLICY Commission presents new seven-year budget / Council, Parliament oppose taxation plans	25.07.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY VCI half-year review: production, sales decline again / “Deindustrialisation is a fact”	22.07.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Industry in “stand-by” mode – VCI / Production, sales below previous year's level	03.07.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Slight rise in production / Front-loading effects due to threat of US tariffs / Decline in polymer revenue continues	25.06.2025
TRADE WAR US punitive tariffs cause uncertainty among plastics processors / Numerous materials exempt from duties	08.04.2025
GERMAN ECONOMY Chemical industry sentiment worsens / Lowest level for more than two years – Ifo Institute	19.03.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY “A year to forget” – VCI writes off 2024 / Final quarter particularly disappointing / Stagnation expected in 2025	17.03.2025
GERMAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Turnaround remains elusive / Some improvement in 2024 but profitability still lags	19.12.2024
PFAS / FLUOROPOLYMERS Is the EU serious about the PFAS ban? / Interview with pro-K expert Michael Schlipf	27.11.2024
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Sales down in third quarter / Sentiment among VCI members ‘drastically poor'	21.11.2024
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Sales in chemical industry continue to decline in Germany, abroad – VCI	31.10.2024
LOGISTICS UK plans to develop green shipping corridors with European ports / Will Germany's reduction in track access charge subsidies lead to more traffic jams on the road?	25.10.2024
GERMAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY VCI reports continued slump in sector / No recovery in demand expected for winter months	01.10.2024
PFAS German Chancellor Olaf Scholz: “We won't accept an undifferentiated blanket ban” / Speech at the VCI summit in Berlin	16.09.2024
GERMAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Loss of recovery momentum in Q2 / Sales down despite higher production	12.09.2024
PFAS “You can assume that our concerns will be heard” – interview with GKV president Helen Fürst on strongly worded PFAS letter to German chancellor Scholz	10.09.2024
EU POLICY New EU chief outlines goals for next legislative period / Appointment of commissioners still to come / Clean Industrial Deal for ‘stronger and more prosperous Europe'	30.07.2024
VCI German chemical industry association extends Steilemann's term of office / Will BASF chief follow next year?	29.07.2024
GERMAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Slight increase in polymer production – VCI half-year results / “Silver lining, but still no stable upward trend”	11.07.2024
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY First signs of recovery apparent, but to be taken with a grain of salt – Cefic	03.07.2024
GERMAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Production and sales up in Q1 / “Only a positive momentary snapshot” – VCI report	31.05.2024
PLASTICS EUROPE DEUTSCHLAND Managing director Ingemar Bühler leaves association	28.05.2024
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY “The Green Deal needs a business model” / Chemical segment fears for its competitiveness against global competition	22.04.2024
BUTADIENE Shortage of supply causes prices in Europe to soar / Plant failures and low demand	08.04.2024