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UPDATE - EU TRADE Parliament freezes US trade deal / Zero tariffs for plastics, chemicals shelved / Mercosur agreement on hold for judicial review	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
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
GRUPA AZOTY Polish producer under renewed pressure as lenders demand EUR 949 mn repayment / Company given 23 January deadline	22.01.2026
PACKAGING WASTE EUROPE EU to implement labelling specifications by August 2026 / Visual harmonisation a PPWR priority	22.01.2026
PLASTIC PACKAGING ‘Sustainable packaging often fails not because of the material, but because of the cost of the transition' / Peter Désilets and Lea Körber of the Pacoon agency in an interview with PIE	22.01.2026
VENATOR Industrial holding ICIG acquires insolvent TiO2 producer's German plant / Italian production site also finds investors	22.01.2026
UNIGEL Plastics producer reportedly shutters styrene production in Brazil / Europe becomes more dependent on imports	22.01.2026
VIONEO Plastics producer shifts methanol-to-polymers project from Belgium to China / Keeps European strategy	22.01.2026
COCA-COLA Beverage giant expands bottling capacity for rPET in Northern Ireland	21.01.2026
PET RECYCLING EU seeks industry feedback on PET bottle recyclability guidelines	21.01.2026
PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE Plastics Europe Polska calls for urgent action, proposes establishment of Chemicals and Plastics Trade Observatory	21.01.2026
BOREALIS Group to invest EUR 49 mn in PP expansion in Germany	21.01.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS EVA: TotalEnergies plant in France reportedly out of service	20.01.2026
MOSCA Plant for strapping bands to open in Mexico	20.01.2026
HENKEL Plans to acquire adhesive tape manufacturer ATP Adhesive Systems	20.01.2026
OTTO KRAHN Compounder Mocom plans to close plant in Germany	20.01.2026
EU-US RELATIONS European Union reconsiders trade deal with US over Trump's Greenland threats / EUR 93 bn in retaliatory tariffs on US goods back on the table – reports	19.01.2026
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Supplier organisation reports 104,000 job cuts over two years / EU strengths should be backed by policy / Commission's Automotive Package eases 2035 targets	19.01.2026
ARKEMA Dutch additives plant bought by Indian company Praana	19.01.2026
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Outlook for Q1 2026 / Companies expect stagnation / Defensive staffing policies – IK business survey	19.01.2026
DOMO CHEMICALS French PA firm Polytechnyl enters creditor protection / Operations continue for now	16.01.2026
LOGISTICS Shipping companies reduce transport capacity / Freight rates rise by double digits	16.01.2026
INTERVIEW Energy costs, cheap imports strain Italy's plastics reclaim sector / Mandatory recycled-content quotas for packaging, anti-dumping duties needed / Interview with Walter Regis, Assorimap president	16.01.2026

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