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PLASTICS ECONOMY GERMANY “It (hopefully) can't get any worse!” / Companies look to future with cautious optimism, but real recovery not expected until 2025 – KI Dialog survey	09.02.2024
BASF New TPU plant inaugurated at Zhanjiang / First development stage for EUR 10 bn Chinese complex completed	09.02.2024
UK MANUFACTURING Activity slumps in January / Supplier chain under pressure as Red Sea attacks on shipping continue	08.02.2024
PLASTICS ECONOMY EUROPE 11th PIE Market Survey: Business performance largely depressed / Hopes for recovery soar high / Low demand remains top concern / AI not a threat just yet	02.02.2024
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Eurozone avoids recession after Q4 growth flatlines / Inflation falls in January	02.02.2024
CHINA Economic recovery based on better growth, not growth at any cost, says Chinaplas manager	31.01.2024
FORMOSA US court reinstates air quality permit for Sunshine Project / Path to realisation remains long	31.01.2024
PLASTICS RECYCLING RecyClass publishes new Design for Recycling guidelines	29.01.2024
CANADA Government seeks input on national monitoring of plastics	25.01.2024
GLOBAL ECONOMY German GDP contracts in 2023 / World Economic Forum survey forecasts weakness in Europe	16.01.2024
CHINAPLAS Plastics trade event returns to Shanghai after six years	15.01.2024
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Euro area inflation rises in December / Increase likely to be short-lived – analysts	09.01.2024
US RECYCLING California agency data supports state packaging waste law	09.01.2024
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Little output growth seen for 2024 / Plastics buyers to continue struggling / Competition with US and China a challenge	05.01.2024
UK Wrap urges supermarkets to offer loose fresh produce, cut food waste / Campaign highlights bulk-packaged fruit, vegetables	04.01.2024
PLASTICS INDUSTRY GERMANY High costs and weak economy are increasingly causing problems for plastics manufacturers - Plastics Europe	20.12.2023
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Veil of gloom remains / Sales, output fall in 2023 / More declines expected in coming year	20.12.2023
YEAR-ENDER: EUROPEAN ECONOMY Mood sours as 2023 winds down / Germany, Eurozone face more slow growth / Recession worries loom	19.12.2023
UK Stolen plastic goods apparently ground into recyclate / Bakers Basco to receive thousands for pilfered bread trays	18.12.2023
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Asia to add most propylene output this decade / Global capacity to increase more than 46% – GlobalData	14.12.2023
RECYCLING SWITZERLAND Association founded for collection of plastics packaging, beverage cartons	12.12.2023
US PLASTICS INDUSTRY Slowdown likely next year / Sector posts trade surplus in H1 / Consumption to flatten	07.12.2023
SPAIN RecyClass launches certifications in line with plastics packaging tax	29.11.2023
KAZAKHSTAN State support for processors takes off / Plastics imports double in 2023	29.11.2023
WORLD ECONOMY Growth in China, Europe to fall / North America, Middle East to improve / Sub-par global activity forecast for 2024 – DIHK	15.11.2023

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