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GERMAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Few resin makers among nation's elite companies / Organisational shifts alter rankings	26.07.2023
GERMAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Output shrinks further in H1 / Annual decline could touch 11% / VCI seeks “temporary” relief from high electricity prices	25.07.2023
PVC MARKET Germany: Production, use of virgin material slump / Recyclate demand rises sharply / Method of calculation changes	18.07.2023
AUSTRIA ARA files for patent on recycling residual plastics / Obstacles litter path to chemical recycling	20.06.2023
GERMAN ECONOMY Domestic economy lacks impetus / Germany slips into recession / Unclear outlook – DIHK survey	26.05.2023
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
PLASTICS PROCESSING Germany: Technical parts makers report production uptick in 2022 / Association expects “fragile” development this year	03.04.2023
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
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
PLASTICS ECONOMY Crisis mode becomes the norm for plastics industry in German-speaking Europe / Costs for materials, energy also fuel concerns about this year – KI Dialog survey	10.02.2023
TOTALENERGIES French energy group books regasification capacity at new Lubmin LNG terminal / Output for customers in eastern Germany	23.01.2023
PLASTICS MARKETS GERMANY Material flow analysis: Where does the material come from and where does it go? How much is recycled? / Q&A session with Conversio managing director Christoph Lindner	11.01.2023
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Gas shortage takes its toll / Producers caught between rising prices, sinking profits / Firms look longingly to US	21.12.2022
PLASTICS AND ENERGY Germany, Qatar announce LNG deal / Gulf state to supply some 2 mn t/y from 2026 / ConocoPhillips tapped as shipper	05.12.2022
PLASTICS AND ENERGY Germany completes first marine LNG terminal / Questions about speed of build up	18.11.2022
PACKAGING GERMANY Covid-led consumption falls slightly in 2020 / More waste in households, decline in trade and industry	09.11.2022
EDITORIAL The pivotal quarter ahead	22.09.2022
GKV Möllenstädt re-appointed MD of German converters association	30.08.2022
PLASTICS ECONOMY German plastics industry staring into an abyss / Pessimism prevails / Mood plummets, as it did at the height of the financial crisis and the pandemic / KI Dialog poll	19.08.2022
GKV “The GKV and I are going to have a lot of fun together ” – interview with Helen Fürst, new president of the German converters association GKV	27.07.2022
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Storm brewing as firms struggle with "tsunami of rules" / VCI group sees "existential crisis" / Production to fall 4% this year / Gas rationing a concern	12.07.2022
INTERVIEW “More of a marathon than a sprint” – Ralf Düssel, newly elected president of Plastics Europe Germany, talks about the relationship with processors and why he wants to be proud of plastics	11.07.2022

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