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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
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LDPE: Sabic declares force majeure for deliveries from Wilton
03.12.2025
ADNOC
PVC project in Abu Dhabi makes headway / Several design and building contracts awarded / Production to start in 2028
01.12.2025
DELTA TECNIC
Compounding and masterbatch group plans takeover of French competitor Polytechs
27.11.2025
PVC MARKET
‘Consolidation remains a possibility' / Interview with Vynova CEO Christophe André
25.11.2025
EXXONMOBIL
Petchem giant to reportedly shutter Mossmorran C2 cracker / Move to leave only one ethylene plant in UK
20.11.2025
THERMAL INSULATION
European market shrinks in 2024 / Low growth forecast in next five years / PIR continues to gain market share – IAL Consultants
20.11.2025
OLIN
US group supplies Braskem with low-priced PVC feedstock / Brazilian firm mothballs EDC plant
19.11.2025
INEOS STYROLUTION
Producer plans to shutter French polystyrene plant / ABS production remains operational
17.11.2025
POLYSTYRENE
Turkey imposes anti-dumping duty on imports from six countries / Move follows July decision for BOPP levies
17.11.2025
INTERVIEW
“How long European PET producers can hang on depends on how long the companies can afford to keep losing money” – Petcore president Antonello Ciotti
14.11.2025
PLASTIVERD
Closure of PET plant in Spain announced / Producer cites lack of profitability
10.11.2025
LYONDELLBASELL
Results deep in red due to billions in write-downs / Cracker in Germany enters extended maintenance
06.11.2025
UPDATE - REMAT
MOL shuts down operations at Hungarian polyolefin recycler
05.11.2025
MOL
First quantities of ‘sustainable' polyolefins launched / Construction of C3 conversion plant on schedule
04.11.2025
EGYPT
Suez Canal, Anchorage Investments plan petrochemical complex in Ain Sokhna / Third major Egyptian project in the works
03.11.2025
BOREALIS
Better margins for PE, olefins / Polypropylene being pressured by imports
30.10.2025
EXXONMOBIL
Energy giant sues California over new climate laws / Emissions reporting requirements, disclosure of financial risks claimed to infringe free speech
30.10.2025
BRASKEM
Expansion of ethanol-based C2, PE capacities in Brazil / Growth also planned in biobased product segment
29.10.2025
BOREALIS
More cross-linked PE in Sweden / Two new plants / Focus on cable applications
15.10.2025
DOW CHEMICAL
Explosion at US site in Freeport, Texas / Three PE lines reportedly offline, including Poly-7
09.10.2025
INDORAMA
Global PET leader finds new owner for struggling Irish recycler subsidiary Wellman
02.10.2025
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
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