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RUSSIA
EU sanctions on Moscow's crude oil exports, price cap come into force / Domestic PP demand at record lows / Southeast Asian imports flood the market
06.12.2022
HONEYWELL
First chemical recycling facility in Egypt / Agreement signed with Environ Adapt
06.12.2022
LYONDELLBASELL
German JV to build 60,000 t/y reclaim plant / Investment decision pending on local LYB chemical recycling facility
28.11.2022
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Latest industry developments: Ceflex and Alliance to End Plastic Waste collaborate on huge recycling facility / Flexibles market to grow 4.9% by 2030 / Siegwerk, Henkel develop new oxygen barrier coating
24.11.2022
GERMAN ECONOMY
SMEs must reorient themselves due to energy crisis / Four out of five companies in the chemical industry under massive pressure / DZ Bank survey
22.11.2022
RUSSIA
Drop in Chinese imports worries Russian firms / Russia-Turkey trade perks up / Crises in related industries hinders domestic production
21.11.2022
INEOS OLEFINS
Technip to outfit Belgian ethane cracker / Project One now due for 2026 start / “First of its kind in Europe”
03.11.2022
LYONDELLBASELL
JV with ExxonMobil, Cyclyx to build US waste sorting facility / Feedstock for chemical recycling projects / Initiatives in China and India
01.11.2022
BELARUS
Ukraine war slams refining industry / Uncertainty for major resin plants / Information blackout since February
31.10.2022
EGYPT
Gas price reduction for sections of petrochemicals industry / Compensatory measure for weak national currency
19.10.2022
PLASTICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
Mass balance accounting takes hold as industry standard / More companies achieve Plus status / Software developments continue
13.10.2022
BIOTREND ENERGY
Turkish recycler teams up with Honeywell to build chemical reclaim project
10.10.2022
PETROCHEMICALS
EPCA Conference 2022 follow-up: “Stop trying to squeeze the last drop out of the suppliers” / Circularity and waste other key topics
07.10.2022
VERSALIS
New branding for Italian resin maker
07.10.2022
PETROCHEMICALS
EPCA Conference 2022: Serious faces at annual meeting of plastics producers in Berlin
06.10.2022
SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
Push for circular economy drives shifts in packaging / Food-contact developments continue / Reusable beer cup a “game changer”?
04.10.2022
ARTIFICIAL TURF
Re-Match to construct recycling plant in France / TenCate Grass launches US reclaim programme
03.10.2022
PLASTICS WASTE
Lobbying group seeks role in global treaty talks / EMF, WWF take lead / Move follows UN push for worldwide waste regs
27.09.2022
NESTE
Eco-feedstock production could replace refining at Finnish site / First climate-neutral baby soother from MAM with Borealis
23.09.2022
PETROCHEMICALS
Trade and market disruptions worsen / Increase in PE, PP capacities / Ongoing investment in chemical recycling and decarbonisation projects
22.09.2022
BASF
Production, procurement deal for pyrolysis oil from Arcus / First commercial chemical reclaim plant in Germany
14.09.2022
BASF
First electric steam cracker to be connected to grid in 2023 / Demonstration plant with partners Sabic, Linde / German government grants of almost EUR 15 mn
05.09.2022
BASF
EUR 13 mn solar farm commissioned at Schwarzheide / JV with local utility / Chemical giant's first major solar partnership
01.09.2022
SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
European brands step up eco packaging game / Food-safe rPE by Repsol / Avery enables rigid plastics recycling / Essity bags made of PCR
29.08.2022
BASF
German chemical giant to work with Sulzer on sustainable technologies / Duo to focus on chemical recycling of mixed plastics
29.08.2022
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