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FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Ellen MacArthur calls for urgent efforts to tackle fastest growing plastic packaging / Strategy identifies 25 priority steps for businesses and policymakers
15.06.2022
RAW MATERIALS
Record prices for plastics in flexible packing in Q1 / Strong demand to continue in 2022
15.06.2022
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Ceflex releases checklist to support EPR schemes / Offers four pillars for more circularity
15.06.2022
PLASTICS WASTE
Exports of German plastics scrap fall by 25% / Main recipient countries are the Netherlands, Turkey, Poland / Germany, UK still the largest exporter in the EU
15.06.2022
PLASTICS AND FINANCE
Consultant Brand Finance rates “most valuable” and “strongest” chemical brands / BASF, DuPont, Rongsheng, and Ineos in prominent positions
13.06.2022
CHEMICALS AND FINANCE
Institutional investors favour “green” chemical companies / Higher focus on sustainability strategy essential / McKinsey report
13.06.2022
STEEL INDUSTRY
Looking outside the box: Steel recycling hits 10th consecutive record in 2020 / Rate of over 90% in six European countries
13.06.2022
LANZATECH
Partnership with Danone to make PET out of captured carbon
13.06.2022
FORCES MAJEURES
+++ Update +++ Key questions concerning cases of force majeure / What plastics processors need to know / Updated PDF available for download – PIE Q&A
10.06.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING GERMANY
Amendment of Packaging Act comes into force / Companies that put packaging on the market required to register in database / No exception for global online retailers, to-go sector
10.06.2022
LOGISTICS
Congestion at North Sea ports / Truck driver shortage worsening with 30k retirements, only 15k new hires each year / Is the EU finally investing billions in modern rail transport?
09.06.2022
COMMODITY MARKETS
Global gas demand to shrink on economic woes / Ukraine war exacerbates tight European market / Consumption rebounds in 2021 on extreme weather, end of lockdowns
09.06.2022
SUPPLIER INDUSTRY
German companies feel sandwiched due to cost increases for energy and raw materials / Fair distribution of burden called for / Better business expectations for auto suppliers
08.06.2022
INTERVIEW
“Solution lies in unity” – Newly elected EuPC president Benoît Hennaut talks about the issues marring the plastics value chain, image management for the converting industry, and Europe's dependence on Russian gas
07.06.2022
GUEST EDITORIAL
Chemical recycling: Not nearly enough hype / Why all recycling processes are important for a circular economy / A reply from Ingemar Bühler, managing director of Plastics Europe Deutschland
07.06.2022
NESTE
Use of tracing software for polymers, chemicals / Cooperation with start-up Circularise
03.06.2022
LOGISTICS
Shanghai finally lifts the lockdown / Is the container wave now headed for Europe? / Airfreight volumes in Europe suffer from Russian overflight ban / Shipping rates soften
02.06.2022
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
Eurozone inflation hits record 8.1% in May / Brent crude trades above USD 124/bbl as EU announces ban on Russian oil / Growth concerns mount
02.06.2022
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
VCI sees dark clouds over the industry / “Nothing left of the anticipated upswing”
01.06.2022
PLASTICS AND ENERGY
Brussels unveils plans to end reliance on Russian gas / Initiative seeks to balance shift to renewables with energy needs / Industry on board
31.05.2022
CHINA
Economic growth limited by strict zero-Covid policy / Major Chinese cities aim to return to business as usual / Wood Mackenzie downgrades GDP forecast
31.05.2022
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING UK
Pilot study investigates England's flexible plastic packaging collection system
31.05.2022
WAR AS A REASON FOR INVOKING FORCE MAJEURE
Four questions for commercial law expert, Peter Coenen
27.05.2022
MARINE LITTER
South Korean car maker Kia partners with The Ocean Cleanup / New automobiles could use 20% more reclaimed plastics
27.05.2022
POLYPROPYLENE EUROPE
Sustainability to be key theme over next five years / Growth in recylate expected to be limited / AMI report
27.05.2022
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