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ENERGY
Germany may reduce LNG terminal goals / Hydrogen plans proceeding apace
24.05.2023
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Sales by German suppliers slide in Q1 / “Rapid downturn” over / Output ex-pharma to drop 8% this year
23.05.2023
HIRING
UK plastics and waste firms struggle to recruit / “Workforce central to the transition to a circular economy” / Young Germans show less interest in plastics sector
22.05.2023
PLASTICS PRODUCTION GERMANY
Plastics Europe says production costs erase 2022 rise in turnover / Exports drop sharply / Another fall in output expected this year
17.05.2023
CHINAPLAS
Organiser reports quarter of a million visitors / Only one in nine hails from abroad
16.05.2023
ITALY
Rome to fund 75 recycling plants / Move follows G7 pledge to end plastic pollution by 2040 / Additional capacity, more waste recovery planned
15.05.2023
USA
Biden administration introduces recycling proposals / Senate submits reclaim legislation / Greenpeace calls for decisive action against plastics waste exports
05.05.2023
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
German economy bottoms out – IfW Kiel / Major improvement unlikely / Eurozone growth falters / Inflation ticks higher
04.05.2023
EDITORIAL
Viessmann deal sends warning signal to German plastics converters
02.05.2023
SPAIN
Plastics tax weighs heavy on packaging industry – ANAIP CEO / Market players request for extra time to prepare
13.04.2023
SPAIN
"Tax on SUPs to impact entire Spanish industrial chain" / Equiplast president Bernd Roegele talks to PIE about the challenges facing the country's plastics industry
11.04.2023
ITALY
Packaging reclaim rates in 2023 to exceed pre-coronavirus figures / PET, XPS tray recycling project gains steam / Agreements for collection of fruit and vegetable boxes
11.04.2023
PLASTICS PROCESSING
Germany: Technical parts makers report production uptick in 2022 / Association expects “fragile” development this year
03.04.2023
USA
Biden wants domestic bio-based polymer dominance by 2024 / Plan details follow executive order from September 2022
28.03.2023
PLASTICS RECYCLING
Views vary on sustainability of plastics / Competition with other materials continues – PMMI report
28.03.2023
FRANCE
EU Commission halts draft plastic packaging ban for fruit, vegetables / Officials seek clarity on use of Triman logo
23.03.2023
WORLD ECONOMY
IfW Kiel forecasts 0.5% German growth this year / Ifo predicts small contraction / ECB raises outlook for Eurozone
20.03.2023
RECYCLING
EC study confirms plastics waste recycling preferable to incineration / Cefic highlights importance of chemical recycling
16.03.2023
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Germany: Dark clouds outnumber bright spots / Modest progress in Q1 / Gas crisis averted / Sales, output to fall again this year
16.03.2023
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
EU output shrinks 6% in 2022 / Capacity usage dramatically low / Expensive energy mars competitiveness / “Green” goals a challenge
14.03.2023
GLOBAL COMMERCE
China, Gulf countries move closer to free-trade zone / Beijing, Riyadh strengthen ties / Sino-Arab deals on the rise
10.03.2023
PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY
US orders Denka to cut emissions from chloroprene plant / DuPont named in complaint / EPA aims for environmental justice
08.03.2023
RUSSIA
A year of war takes toll on Russian plastics, chemical industries / State payments support refineries
06.03.2023
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY
Optimism and concern after 2022 sales increase / GKV expects tough year / Officials attack energy price caps, warn of production exiting country
01.03.2023
RUSSIA
Slack local demand, weak exports cut resin output / Asian imports hit market / Investment slump heralds future problems
22.02.2023
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