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YEAR-ENDER 2025: POLYMER PRICES
Imported PTA boosts PET volumes, not profitability / EU mandates support virgin PET as market shrinks / Global PE, PP oversupply caps prices / Packaging, construction, automotive demand subdued
 		17.12.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
Decline in production, sales predicted for 2026 / Industry sending out SOS, says VCI president Steilemann
 		16.12.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
More and more energy-intensive companies are moving away – Simon-Kucher study
 		10.12.2025
EU POLICY
Commission launches bioeconomy strategy / Substitution of fossil fuels / Cefic says enthusiasm is premature / Bioplastics capacity growing rapidly
 		09.12.2025
SOUTH KOREA
Lotte and HD Hyundai present plans for restructuring cracker activities
 		09.12.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LDPE: Sabic declares force majeure for deliveries from Wilton
 		03.12.2025
PMMA RECYCLING
NextChem builds chemical recycling plant in Italy / Pekutherm extends commitment
 		24.11.2025
ADIPIC ACID
EU imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on polyamide feedstock from China
 		20.11.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
VCI speaks of ‘autumn depression' / Economic situation continues to deteriorate / Polymer production down significantly
 		13.11.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyamide: BASF declares force majeure after outage in Antwerp
 		31.10.2025
BUTANEDIOL
‘Scrap the taxes' says Ineos owner Ratcliffe / Warning over possible closure of BDO plant in Marl / EU launches anti-dumping investigation
 		29.10.2025
POLYURETHANE MARKET
Americas output restrained by weak demand in 2025 / Brazil strongest performer in South America / Fastest growth for rigid foam sector – IAL Consultants
 		16.10.2025
PLASTICS PRODUCTION
European output stagnates amid global growth / Circular volumes shift to Asia – Plastics Europe report
 		08.10.2025
IRAN
EUR 8.5 bn invested in Chabahar petrochemical hub / Export prospects unclear as US reimposes sanctions on key seaport
 		07.10.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
‘Gloomy mood' in the ‘autumn of reforms' / Production significantly below previous year's level – VCI
 		06.10.2025
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