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ENVALIOR Lanxess exercises option to sell remaining shares to financial investor Advent International	25.09.2025
COVESTRO Takeover by Adnoc nears EU approval after delays	25.09.2025
EUROPEAN ECONOMY First fall in German business morale this year / Plastics firms more negative / European managers send mixed signals	25.09.2025
BIESTERFELD Expansion of distribution partnerships with Gummiwerk Kraiburg and Songwon	24.09.2025
TDI Prices continue to rise following plant failure at Covestro / German mattress association warns of shortages	23.09.2025
OLIN Dissolution of EDC trading JV with Mitsui / Increased own use in PVC segment	23.09.2025
POLYSTYRENE MARKET Rise in imports makes life difficult for European producers / Almost one third of imports now come from East Asia	22.09.2025
EXXONMOBIL Reports: US giant pauses EU recycling investments / CEO complains to Trump about regs from Brussels / Fate of Texan hydrogen project still unclear	19.09.2025
PLASTICS MANUFACTURING GERMANY Production down significantly in Q2 / “We will need to be in it for the long haul” – Plastics Europe	19.09.2025
MDI US imposes provisional anti-dumping measures on isocyanate imports from China	17.09.2025
EXXONMOBIL Legal battle with California escalates / AG calls chemical recycling a ‘sham' / Company pursues defamation suit	16.09.2025
FRANCE Reward system for use of recycled material to come into effect next year	15.09.2025
SHELL Search for partners for petchem segment intensified / Division apparently burning through funds / Divestment of modern PE site in US	12.09.2025
TRADE WAR US imposes full tariffs on imports of PET, rPET / Asian exporters to feel the pinch	11.09.2025
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
EXXONMOBIL Speculation sees US giant pulling out of EU / Mossmorran cracker and Belgian assets up for grabs?	09.09.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Disappointing Q2 for 2025 / Production continues to decline / Plant utilisation falls to dangerously low level	09.09.2025
ENVALIOR Lanxess-Advent JV diverts 88% of generated waste from landfill / 2024 sustainability report published	09.09.2025
COVESTRO EU pauses investigation into Adnoc takeover / Adnoc voices criticism	08.09.2025
BOREALIS Modernisation, expansion of PP compounding facilities in Austria	08.09.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE Competitiveness crisis: Associations call for swift action to bridge EU policy gap / “De-industrialisation is rapidly becoming a reality”	05.09.2025
NORWAY Investments in oil and gas industry set to peak in 2025 / Boom winding down / Industry's long-term future secure	05.09.2025
TRADE WAR EU to impose zero tariffs on US industrial goods including chemicals, plastics products / US to impose 50% tariffs on plastics industry equipment	02.09.2025
VIONEO Fossil-free plastics ambitions raised after deal with PP partner / Lummus tech to prove commercial viability	01.09.2025

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