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YEAR-ENDER: EUROPEAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
The plastics industry continues to work in a state of emergency / Slumps in demand, cheap imports and ever-new regulations make life difficult for producers and processors / Producers on the other side of the Atlantic also face more difficulties
 		20.12.2023
PLASTICS INDUSTRY GERMANY
High costs and weak economy are increasingly causing problems for plastics manufacturers - Plastics Europe
 		20.12.2023
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
Veil of gloom remains / Sales, output fall in 2023 / More declines expected in coming year
 		20.12.2023
YEAR-ENDER: RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR
Moscow attacks, Europe adapts / Future impact as hard to predict as the outcome of the war
 		18.12.2023
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ethylene, propylene: ExxonMobil shuts down French cracker
 		15.12.2023
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Low-carbon group cuts ties with World Economic Forum / CEOs line up to accelerate journey to net zero targets
 		13.12.2023
US INDUSTRY
Congress reintroduces bill to extend producer responsibility, control resin production / Trade groups warn of stagnation in chemicals, plastics
 		11.12.2023
PVC MARKET
European suppliers in fight of their lives / Firms slash production as demand dries up / Plant closure, shift abroad
 		01.12.2023
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol declares multiple forces majeures / Fire reportedly impacts styrene, propylene oxide, glycol, polyols
 		29.11.2023
KAZAKHSTAN
State support for processors takes off / Plastics imports double in 2023
 		29.11.2023
GERMAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Depressed mood prevails / Closures and discontinuation of business areas / “No signs of a trend reversal” – VCI
 		20.11.2023
PVC MARKET
EU starts anti-dumping investigation for imports from US and Egypt
 		16.11.2023
BIOPLASTICS
Value chain participants call for curbs on fossil carbon / Manifesto outlines key objectives / Carbon renewable products and applications developed
 		07.11.2023
PET
EU proposes punitive tariffs on Chinese imports
 		03.11.2023
EUROPEAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Production, global market share decline in 2022 / World plastics output edges higher
 		27.10.2023
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