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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
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Subsidies for innovative products underway / Brussels sets the stage but Netherlands leads on circular plastics
 		15.09.2025
PLASTICS MACHINERY
Market crisis impacts portfolio of machinery makers / Arburg divests 3D-printing unit / Sumitomo Demag removes hydraulic machines
 		15.09.2025
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo and others launch US Flexible Film Initiative to tackle plastic packaging waste
 		15.09.2025
LOGISTICS
Artificial capacity shortages lend breath of fresh air to freight rates
 		12.09.2025
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