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The pivotal quarter ahead
22.09.2022
RUSSIA
Low demand slows polyolefin output / Lack of Western tech hurts resin makers / Price caps coming?
19.09.2022
WORLD ECONOMY
IfW Kiel slashes growth expectations / Eurozone moves toward recession / Germany faces “lean years”
16.09.2022
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
ANAIP, Plastic Europe renew programme aimed at zero pellet losses / Spanish certification initiative to be scaled up to European level
16.09.2022
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
Changes could limit purchases by US government
14.09.2022
ENERGY
New UK Prime Minister offers support for energy costs / Move to help households, businesses
12.09.2022
MANAGEMENT
Soaring Asian write-offs hit liquidity / Use of trade credit rises / Strong financial management needed / Atradius report
07.09.2022
US TAX LAW
“Superfund” environmental tax returns / Many plastics, intermediates affected / Levy unlikely to impact European market
07.09.2022
GKV
Möllenstädt re-appointed MD of German converters association
30.08.2022
TURKEY
Rise in machinery investments in first half / Outlays could increase 6% this year
26.08.2022
MANAGEMENT
N. American firms take steps to reduce credit risks / Fewer days between invoicing, payment / Atradius report
25.08.2022
PLASTICS INDUSTRY USA
Increase in domestic shipments, machine making in 2021 / Trade deficit in 2020
24.08.2022
RUSSIA
EU imports of Russian polyolefins surge in H1 / Increased purchasing on embargo fears / Exports outside Europe plummet
23.08.2022
PLASTICS ECONOMY
German plastics industry staring into an abyss / Pessimism prevails / Mood plummets, as it did at the height of the financial crisis and the pandemic / KI Dialog poll
19.08.2022
ENERGY
Call for windfall tax on oil and gas profits to boost renewables spending / Cut in consumption, more investment needed to address energy crisis / UN report
17.08.2022
RECYCLING USA
California bill expands recycling scheme to wine, liquor bottles
15.08.2022
PLASTICS ECONOMY
PIE Readers' Survey: Pessimism at the forefront in Europe / Half of respondents predict worse business for rest of 2022 / Staffing a non-issue / Plastics producers concerned about a dark future
11.08.2022
WORLD ECONOMY
IfW Kiel: Global trade down in July / Ukraine grain transport difficult
09.08.2022
RECYCLING SPAIN
Chemical recycling set for boom / Packaging reclaim at all-time high
09.08.2022
RECYCLING UK
Uniform data needed for effective household waste collection / Disparate reporting endangers reclaim goals – Recoup study
04.08.2022
UPDATE - RUSSIA
Polymer industry hit by weak demand / Downward price trend in July / Exports in disarray / Packaging, car sectors suffer
29.07.2022
GKV
“The GKV and I are going to have a lot of fun together ” – interview with Helen Fürst, new president of the German converters association GKV
27.07.2022
BASF
Final approval for Zhanjiang Verbund site / First wholly owned cracker due onstream in 2026 / Complex to be bigger than Nanjing site
25.07.2022
RECYCLING USA
California law requires all packaging to be recyclable or compostable in 10 years / Plastics packaging to be cut 25% / Industry to pay USD 5 bn to fight pollution, support communities
19.07.2022
INDIA
Ban on SUP straws to disrupt sales of small beverage packs / Soft drink makers expected to be badly hit / Paper industry set to offer alternatives
14.07.2022
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