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DOMO CHEMICALS
Talks with creditors fail / Polyamide producer plans shutdown of German plants
09.01.2026
VYNOVA
PVC producer files for creditor protection for plant in Tessenderlo / Restructuring and preservation sought
09.01.2026
VICTREX
Revenue largely flat despite higher PEEK volumes / Lower selling prices and adverse currency effects
09.01.2026
OMIKRON
Italian compounder goes to Chinese competitor Orinko / First presence in Europe
09.01.2026
SABIC
Sale of petrochemicals business in Europe and US to investment companies Aequita and Mutares
08.01.2026
PET
Turkey launches investigation into PTA imports / Anti-dumping measures likely
08.01.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
ABS: Elix Polymers force majeure limited to one grade / Delivery times significantly extended
08.01.2026
BRASKEM
Controlling shareholder Novonor plans to sell its stake to IG4
06.01.2026
DOMO CHEMICALS
PA specialist's German companies file for insolvency / 585 employees affected
05.01.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
ABS: Fire at Elix in Spain causes plant shutdown / Possible force majeure
22.12.2025
BASF
Chemical company pledges no redundancies in Ludwigshafen for three years
18.12.2025
YEAR-ENDER: PLASTICS RECYCLING MARKET
Europe's reclaim sector faces its toughest year yet / Cheap virgin plastics squeeze recyclates / Strain continues
18.12.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY GERMANY
Industry job cuts continue / Loss of more than 40,000 positions since 2019
18.12.2025
ADNOC
No plans to scale back Covestro's European operations / Talks of 'Arab BASF' dismissed
17.12.2025
WESTLAKE
US corporation closes PVC, VCM, and styrene production facilities in North America / European market also affected
17.12.2025
LYONDELLBASELL
Closure of former APK recycling plant in Germany
17.12.2025
ASCEND
CEO McDivitt quits insolvent polyamide producer / Patrick Schumacher appointed successor
16.12.2025
VYNOVA
PVC producer files for insolvency for German plant / 360 jobs to be affected
15.12.2025
POLYPHENYLENE SULPHIDE
China initiates interim review of anti-dumping measures on high-performance polymer / Asia, US particularly affected
12.12.2025
BOREALIS / BOROUGE
Low-cost mechanically recycled polyolefin compounds aim to boost global acceptance of recyclates
12.12.2025
COVESTRO
Acquisition by Adnoc completed
11.12.2025
TRINSEO
Management takes final decision to shutter PS production at Schkopau
11.12.2025
LYONDELLBASELL
Plans for German waste sorting plant paused / Pyrolysis start postponed
10.12.2025
LYONDELLBASELL
No market recovery in Q4 / Europe remains under pressure
09.12.2025
BASF
CEO Markus Kamieth: ‘Industry in Germany will not vanish' / Collaboration with, instead of dependence on, China
09.12.2025
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