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PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY
Euromap anticipates brighter outlook / Positive signals at K 2025
13.10.2025
GLOBAL PLASTICS FLOW
Production climbs 44 mn t over five years / Mismanaged waste rises 10% / Best practices identified to reduce pollution – Conversio study
10.10.2025
UK CONSTRUCTION
Activity declines again, pace of contraction eases
09.10.2025
K 2025
Private insights, public declarations from the reception hosted by Kunststoffland NRW
08.10.2025
PLASTICS PRODUCTION
European output stagnates amid global growth / Circular volumes shift to Asia – Plastics Europe report
08.10.2025
K 2025
World's leading plastics industry trade fair opens its doors in Germany / 3,200 exhibitors, 180,000 visitors expected
08.10.2025
UN PLASTICS TREATY
Chair of failed INC talks reportedly to step down / Luis Vayas Valdivieso said to be leaving for ‘personal and professional reasons'
07.10.2025
K 2025
‘All we need is a good atmosphere' / Guest editorial on start of world's leading trade fair K from Markus Lüling, editor-in-chief of daily trade fair newspaper K-AKTUELL
06.10.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
‘Gloomy mood' in the ‘autumn of reforms' / Production significantly below previous year's level – VCI
06.10.2025
STYRENICS
‘We must prevent any further production relocations' / PIE interview with Klaus Ries, styrenics market expert at BASF
03.10.2025
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Council of the EU passes pellet regulation to reduce microplastics contamination
01.10.2025
PFAS
California legislation would restrict or ban ‘forever chemicals' in non-stick coatings / Cookware industry incensed / Governor's signature awaited
01.10.2025
RECYCLASS
Recycling certification now claimed to be Europe's largest
01.10.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE
EU associations respond to shifting polymer flows amid third-party tariffs / Brussels pressed for balanced response
30.09.2025
DOW
Launch of fluoropolymer-free processing aid / Film applications targeted
30.09.2025
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Output in H1 2025 pushed lower by weak demand, uncompetitive energy prices / Reliance on Chinese imports grows / Prospects of recovery remain unpredictable – Cefic
29.09.2025
RECYCLING ITALY
‘On the verge of collapse': recycling companies send urgent letter to government / Round table in Rome aims to identify ways out of crisis
29.09.2025
PP RECYCLING
Food-safe recycled polypropylene makes the grade on both sides of the Atlantic / ‘Game changer,' says industry rep
29.09.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET
Registrations improve in August / Year-to-date total eases / Carmakers pause production / US implements EU trade deal
26.09.2025
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
First fall in German business morale this year / Plastics firms more negative / European managers send mixed signals
25.09.2025
PORTUGAL
Government allocates EUR 30 mn to strengthen recycling, waste recovery / Over half of the waste still landfilled
25.09.2025
PFAS
ECHA wraps up restriction planning for forever chemicals / Draft opinion expected by mid-2026
25.09.2025
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY
TecPart president calls for ‘freedom to act' at annual conference / Executive board confirmed in office
25.09.2025
RECYCLING UK
Recoup urges stricter checks on recycled content claims / Weak oversight damaging industry competitiveness
24.09.2025
EU PLASTICS TAX
Proposal to raise plastics own resource draws sharp criticism / Calls for dedicated circularity fund
23.09.2025
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