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LOGISTICS
Shipping companies reduce transport capacity / Freight rates rise by double digits
 		16.01.2026
INTERVIEW
Energy costs, cheap imports strain Italy's plastics reclaim sector / Mandatory recycled-content quotas for packaging, anti-dumping duties needed / Interview with Walter Regis, Assorimap president
 		16.01.2026
INDUSTRIE RINALDI
Acquisition of building materials supplier Poliespanso / Consolidation in Italian EPS market
 		16.01.2026
PLASTIC FANTASTIC
Bottles don't break like the heart
 		16.01.2026
POLYMER PRICES
Standard thermoplastics trend January: Polyolefins and PVC initially more stable again / Slight increase for styrenics
 		15.01.2026
POLYMER PRICES
China engineering thermoplastics December: Prices trend mixed despite mostly weak demand / POM rises starkly on low supply / Quotations expected to trend downwards in January
 		15.01.2026
UPDATE - DOMO CHEMICALS
Local officials order continued operation of German plants / Production initially running at 30%
 		15.01.2026
PLASTICS RECYCLING POLAND
Industry struggling for survival across Europe amid dwindling profitability / ‘The more companies fail in the West, the more will survive in the Eastern EU'
 		15.01.2026
EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION
Sector headed for a rebound? / German results fuel hopes / EU to boost affordable housing
 		15.01.2026
POLYMER PRICE FORECASTS
Weaker naphtha pressures precursors / Little support for polymer prices
 		15.01.2026
MICROPLASTICS
Studies claiming risk to human health did not paint the full picture, say researchers
 		15.01.2026
GRECO
Grässlin takes over German distribution of TPU from Taiwanese producer
 		15.01.2026
ORLEN
Acquisition of new Synthos butadiene extraction plant
 		15.01.2026
POLYMER PRICES
China standard thermoplastics December: Prices down for nearly all grades / Seasonal weak demand / Feedstock costs lift PET quotes / Demand outlook remains low
 		14.01.2026
CHEMICAL RECYCLING
Technology of future or token gesture? Only around one third of planned recycling facilities likely to be built – Conversio study
 		14.01.2026
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