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COVESTRO Plastics group stays in the red / Economic conditions remain challenging	31.07.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY ITALY Modest rebound in virgin materials / Compostables stabilise / Flat demand in 2025	31.07.2025
NESTE Finnish refiner cancels plans for Dutch pyrolysis plant	31.07.2025
GERMAN ECONOMY Business climate index rises again / Upward trend seen among plastics processors	31.07.2025
PLASTICS DISTRIBUTION Major challenges ahead for plastics traders / Increasing dependence on China, US	30.07.2025
COVESTRO European Commission launches investigation on Adnoc deal	29.07.2025
EPOXY RESIN Countervailing anti-dumping duties on China, Thailand come into force	29.07.2025
UK-US TRADE US plastics association lauds UK agreement / Deal supports US trade surplus / EU shops at competitive disadvantage	29.07.2025
SUMITOMO BAKELITE Polycarbonate sheet business acquired from AGC	29.07.2025
FRANCE RECYCLING Country touted the ‘bad boy' of Europe for plastics recycling / Overhaul of plastics waste management system in the works	28.07.2025
SIBUR Russian petrochemical group reports pilot production of PPA, PSU, metallocene catalysts	28.07.2025
INDONESIA Trade deal with US includes USD 8 bn for refineries – report / Jakarta to cut tariffs on nearly all US goods	25.07.2025
BOREALIS Plans for first mechanical recycling plant shelved for now	25.07.2025
VEOLIA Recycling shutdown impacts 122 employees / Waste streams to flow to operations in France, Netherlands	23.07.2025
ITALY PVC demand in 2024 stabilises at previous year's level / No actual recovery from sharp 2023 decline	23.07.2025
ULTRAPOLYMERS Distribution in EU of engineering secondary materials from Canadian recycler Lavergne	23.07.2025
ABS Amount of possible provisional anti-dumping duties on imports from Taiwan, South Korea announced	22.07.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY VCI half-year review: production, sales decline again / “Deindustrialisation is a fact”	22.07.2025
GREENDOT Competitor Agilyx acquires 44% stake / Plans for polystyrene recycling	21.07.2025
GRUPA AZOTY Orlen backtracks on decision to buy polyolefin division	21.07.2025
ALGERIA Billion-euro petrochemical plans aim to boost country's value creation	21.07.2025
MASTERBATCHES Choppy waters for manufacturers / Imports of standard products on the rise / Demand for functional additives mounts	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
SOURCE ONE PLASTICS Mechanical recycler expands sorting capacities in Germany	18.07.2025
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING EUROPE Industry association elects new chair	18.07.2025

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