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LOGISTICS
In the eye of the storm: Why Ida and Walmart are causing container freight rates to skyrocket
31.08.2021
PLASTICS ECONOMY GERMANY
Raw material shortages everywhere / Fatal combination of more demand and less production
31.08.2021
GERMAN ECONOMY
Business confidence declines for 2nd straight month / Outlook weakens on supply, Covid-19 concerns
26.08.2021
RAW MATERIALS
CBI says UK stock shortages worst on record; plastics partially to blame / McDonald's halts sales of bottled drinks in UK
25.08.2021
BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY
Recycling verification scheme / Franco-British project to help manufacturers identify best recyclate material
24.08.2021
LOGISTICS
German train driver strike could cause billions in losses / Disputes between customers and carriers on the rise
19.08.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
Citizens' Initiative on plastic bottle recycling / Call for EU-wide deposit scheme
17.08.2021
LOGISTICS
New record prices for container freight / Coronavirus renaissance hangs over trade routes like Damocles' sword
12.08.2021
PACKAGING
German Packaging Award 2021: nearly half of prizes go to plastics solutions
12.08.2021
RAW MATERIALS
Ifo Institute: Shortages hound German construction sector / Plastic products scarce, expensive
11.08.2021
LOGISTICS
“Headless chickens” let loose on the world‘s oceans / Enticement payments for HGV drivers
06.08.2021
LOGISTICS
Floods have Europe firmly in their grip / Freight rates get a little breather
29.07.2021
DIGITALISATION UK
Government investment initiative boosts plastics firms / Funding allows companies to invest in new technologies
23.07.2021
LOGISTICS
Outlook 2022: Horrendous prices, delays to become “new normal” in container shipping
22.07.2021
FLOODING DISASTER GERMANY
Compounder Akro-Plastic fears delivery delays / Production brought to a halt at automotive supplier ZF
21.07.2021
PP PACKAGING
Tests show EVOH concentrations from barrier compatible with recycling
21.07.2021
LOGISTICS
Floods in Germany: Cargo shipping not suspended (yet)
16.07.2021
LOGISTICS
No good news from the “container front” / UK desperate for truckers
15.07.2021
TRADE FAIRS
Italian "Plast" scheduled for September 2023 / New plastics industry event in UK / "TaipeiPLAS" goes digital
13.07.2021
RAW MATERIALS
Ifo Institute: Virtually all German processors say input cost higher over past three months
09.07.2021
LOGISTICS
Making a killing: Why shipping companies have no interest in normalisation of freight market
08.07.2021
EVENTS
“Plastics Recycling Show Europe” returns to the Netherlands
07.07.2021
LOGISTICS
Chaos and whim instead of planning and control: Can the looming apocalypse in the freight market still be stopped?
01.07.2021
PLASTICS INDUSTRY GERMANY
Sector to be a job driver? / Raw material costs cause for concern / DZ Bank SME study
01.07.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
As You Sow report cites key concerns on plastics production build-up for investors / Investments continue despite overcapacity and circular economy initiatives / McKinsey: ethylene output in 2021 to outpace PE,PP demand
25.06.2021
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