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PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE
EU associations respond to shifting polymer flows amid third-party tariffs / Brussels pressed for balanced response
30.09.2025
BOREALIS
Recyclate compounding starts up in Belgium
30.09.2025
HEALIX
Dutch recycler attempts to save business / Production to be shut in November
26.09.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares force majeure for polypropylene from Belgium
25.09.2025
TECHNIP ENERGIES
Advanced Materials & Catalysts division acquired from Ecovyst
25.09.2025
GRUPA AZOTY
Plastics activities drag down consolidated earnings in Q2 / ‘No signs of improvement'
23.09.2025
MILLIKEN
Additives manufacturer partners with OQ to launch clarified random copolymer for injection moulding
17.09.2025
SHELL
Search for partners for petchem segment intensified / Division apparently burning through funds / Divestment of modern PE site in US
12.09.2025
POLYETHYLENE
Global markets caught between tariffs and overcapacities / More and more exports from all directions head to Europe / Brazil imposes punitive tariffs
11.09.2025
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL
Merger of Japanese PP, LLDPE capacities into Mitsui, Idemitsu JV
11.09.2025
VIONEO
Fossil-free plastics ambitions raised after deal with PP partner / Lummus tech to prove commercial viability
01.09.2025
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
BOREALIS
Operating result plummets 73% in first half / Growth in turnover, sales volume / Feedstock costs, inventory effects weigh on parent OMV earnings
15.08.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol declares force majeure for LDPE, EVA in Puertollano
11.08.2025
BRASKEM
Polyolefin major announces revaluation of asset portfolio / Quarterly results slip back into red
11.08.2025
TOTALENERGIES
Petchem segment produces more polymers in Q2 vs 2024 / Cracker utilisation remains weak
07.08.2025
UPDATE - LYONDELLBASELL
Massive profit decline in Q2 / Capacity utilisation in Europe at only 75% / EU Commission approves acquisition of parts of the business by investor
05.08.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol declares force majeure on polyols from Spain
01.08.2025
COVESTRO
Plastics group stays in the red / Economic conditions remain challenging
31.07.2025
VERSALIS
Italian petrochemical group posts heavy losses again / Capacity utilisation falls below 50%
25.07.2025
DOW CHEMICAL
Hefty dividend cut after steep Q2 sales drop / Outlook sees higher Q3 earnings on cost cuts, potentially higher PE margins
25.07.2025
ALGERIA
Billion-euro petrochemical plans aim to boost country's value creation
21.07.2025
LONG SON PETROCHEMICALS
Complex expected to resume operations by early September / Use of ethane feedstock to rise in response to oil price volatility
21.07.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyolefins: Unipetrol restarts two lines
14.07.2025
BOREALIS
Austrian company wins polymer patent case against Mitsui Chemicals / Production of polyolefin elastomers for solar applications affected
10.07.2025
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