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TRADE CEE
Experts weigh in on potential trade war escalation / “EU businesses, including PE suppliers, can benefit from import restrictions”
08.04.2025
HUNGARY
Plastics industry consolidation draws to an end / Automotive sector: problems and opportunities / Energy costs and shifts in green policy are key factors for competitiveness
07.04.2025
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
Eurozone inflation dips to 2.2% / ECB interest rate cut up in the air amid trade tensions
03.04.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY SPAIN
Industry roadmap published for sustainability, innovation, competitiveness / Sector reps talk transformation at roundtable
02.04.2025
GCR
Recyclate and compound supplier opens plastic recycling plant in Spain
01.04.2025
POLAND
Economic crisis takes toll on plastics recycling / Recyclate prices absurdly low / Industry braced for uncertainty
26.03.2025
MCDONALD'S
Fast-food chain in UK and Ireland mulls over return to plastics for Happy Meal toys
26.03.2025
FINLAND
Plastics industry rebounds in H2 2024 / Better days ahead in 2025 / Defence, healthcare among key drivers for recovery
25.03.2025
BULGARIA
Discrepancies in reports of plastic packaging waste management - NGO
25.03.2025
GERMAN PLASTICS PRODUCTION
Increased polymer output, reduced sales – Plastics Europe draws grim balance for 2024 / ‘Positive spirit' needed
24.03.2025
HYDROGEN
TotalEnergies, RWE team up to decarbonise Leuna refinery / 600 km pipeline / Grandpuits to have two plastics recycling plants
24.03.2025
POLAND
Robust economic performance lifts plastics industry in 2024 / Strict regulations, rising energy costs fuel fears over competitiveness / Associations call for stringent measures
03.03.2025
PLASTICS ECONOMY EUROPE
12th PIE Market Survey: The future looks hopeful / Businesses not looking forward to green transition / Trump administration causes ambiguity
27.02.2025
PLASTPOL
Poland's 29th plastics and rubber processing trade fair scheduled for 20-23 May
14.02.2025
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
Commission introduces Compass for Competitiveness; blueprint leverages Draghi report / Polymer producers criticise pace as too slow
12.02.2025
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Most firms expect better sales this year / Moulders report drop in 2024 turnover / Optimism plummets – BPF survey
10.02.2025
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Hard choices needed to survive challenges on several fronts / M&A to play critical role in region's restructuring – FTI report
23.01.2025
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
International competitiveness still deficient / Cefic sees need for “bold action”
20.01.2025
CHEMICALS AND CLIMATE
Cefic outlines pathways to achieve Europe's net-zero targets / Insights to guide future legislation
07.01.2025
RUSSIA
Analysts project twofold rise in PP, PE production by 2035 / Lion's share of growth in jeopardy due to sanctions
02.01.2025
SIBUR
Long-awaited IPO preliminary scheduled for early 2025 / Aim to raise around EUR 550 mn from selling 2% shares
19.12.2024
YEAR-ENDER: EUROPEAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Growth set to improve in ´25 / US policy remains wild card
12.12.2024
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
High energy costs disadvantage European output, investment – Atradius report / Gap widening versus advantaged production in US / Stronger growth prospects in China, Middle East
09.12.2024
EUROPEAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Cheap polymer imports threaten circular economy ambitions / Share of global plastics production continues to slide – Plastics Europe report
25.11.2024
FRANCE
Supreme court overturns ban on plastic packaging for fruits, vegetables / Second cancellation of ban's implementing decree reflects lack of legal stability – Elipso
15.11.2024
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