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INEOS
Polyolefin giant launches grade with 70% recycled content for contact-sensitive packaging
29.01.2026
SOURCE ONE PLASTICS
Fire breaks out at recycling plant in Germany
29.01.2026
POLYAMIDE 6
India investigates dumped imports from China and Russia
29.01.2026
SINOCHEM
Materials segment reports considerable losses / Profit warning expected
29.01.2026
PLASTIVALOIRE
Restructuring costs push automotive supplier into red / Higher investment planned again for 2026
29.01.2026
AUSTHROTHERM
EPS, XPS insulation material recycling plant in full operation after successful test phase
29.01.2026
PIE INDUSTRY TALK
From Learnings to Earnings: European Plastics Markets 2025-2026 – PIE launches webinar series
28.01.2026
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET
Registrations end 2025 on high note / EVs dominate / VW takes chequered flag
28.01.2026
PET RECYCLING AUSTRIA
Deposit scheme boosts recycling volumes / Sales weaker than last year
28.01.2026
FERNHOLZ
Packaging manufacturer expands extrusion capacity in Germany
28.01.2026
TREOFAN
Taghleef parent acquires film producer / Operations to continue as Polyopt
27.01.2026
WIND TURBINES
Europe added 6.8 GW of wind capacity in H1 2025 / Landfill ban for blades comes into effect / Turnaround year expected in 2026
27.01.2026
EPAC FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Capacity increase at four European locations / US investment fund as new owner
27.01.2026
PLASTICS MARKET UK
Private equity firm Enact Fund to buy speciality chemicals business GEO, packaging company Waddington Europe
27.01.2026
SABIC
Group retains high-performance plastics amid ETP sale / Relocation from Netherlands on the table
26.01.2026
COMPOSITES
Saudi Arabia investigates epoxy resin imports from Asia for dumping
26.01.2026
AMCOR
Packaging group expands UK recycling activities with pyrolysis plant
26.01.2026
BASF
Sales, operating profit slip / Preliminary 2025 results slip below guidance of EUR 6.7 bn-7.1 bn
26.01.2026
COVESTRO
TPU production starts in China / Further expansion planned
26.01.2026
INDORAMA VENTURES
Thai PET giant ditches Czech recycler UCY Polymers / Sells all its 85% stake without getting anything in return
23.01.2026
NIS
Hungarian MOL acquires majority stake in Serbian energy company from Gazprom
23.01.2026
LOGISTICS
Crisis in European chemical industry weighs on business at major seaports / Following Maersk, CMA CGM also steering ships through Suez Canal again
23.01.2026
SÜDPACK
German packaging manufacturer sells US plant in Wisconsin
23.01.2026
ENVALIOR
Producer plans shutdown of glass fibre production in Belgium / Fibre milling to be relocated
22.01.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
TotalEnergies declares force majeure for PP from Feluy
22.01.2026
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