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EUROPEAN CAR MARKET
Registrations improve in August / Year-to-date total eases / Carmakers pause production / US implements EU trade deal
 		26.09.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares force majeure for polypropylene from Belgium
 		25.09.2025
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
First fall in German business morale this year / Plastics firms more negative / European managers send mixed signals
 		25.09.2025
PORTUGAL
Government allocates EUR 30 mn to strengthen recycling, waste recovery / Over half of the waste still landfilled
 		25.09.2025
TDI
Prices continue to rise following plant failure at Covestro / German mattress association warns of shortages
 		23.09.2025
EU TRADE SANCTIONS
Brussels targets firms using Russian oil / Focus includes petchem companies, China / EU warns of 'asset freeze'
 		22.09.2025
POLYSTYRENE MARKET
Rise in imports makes life difficult for European producers / Almost one third of imports now come from East Asia
 		22.09.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING EUROPE
PPWR has set the bar high / Recyclate supply still not clear / Declining demand for virgin plastics / FachPack 2025 to focus on transformation in packaging industry
 		22.09.2025
PLASTICS MANUFACTURING GERMANY
Production down significantly in Q2 / “We will need to be in it for the long haul” – Plastics Europe
 		19.09.2025
LOGISTICS
Countdown to tariff moratorium: trade, freight rates between US and China rising rapidly
 		19.09.2025
MDI
US imposes provisional anti-dumping measures on isocyanate imports from China
 		17.09.2025
SWITZERLAND
Retailers prolong voluntary plastics-reduction commitment
 		17.09.2025
SPAIN
Household plastics market poised for robust growth / Shift towards environmentally friendly products / Asian countries look into export opportunities
 		16.09.2025
AUTOMOTIVE
Clepa urges EU to step in with support for auto supply sector / Up to 350,000 jobs could be lost if no action taken
 		16.09.2025
FRANCE
Reward system for use of recycled material to come into effect next year
 		15.09.2025
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