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PLASTICS INDUSTRY GERMANY
Industry job cuts continue / Loss of more than 40,000 positions since 2019
 		18.12.2025
NEXUS PACKAGING
GBP 14 mn investment programme completed at HQ / Firm set for further expansion
 		18.12.2025
ADNOC
No plans to scale back Covestro's European operations / Talks of 'Arab BASF' dismissed
 		17.12.2025
WESTLAKE
US corporation closes PVC, VCM, and styrene production facilities in North America / European market also affected
 		17.12.2025
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
POLYMER PRICES
PVC: Compound formulations defined / Indices to be recalculated from January
 		17.12.2025
EU POLICY
Brussels introduces eighth omnibus / Newest legislation package focused on cost savings for industry / NGOs call environment label Trojan Horse
 		17.12.2025
K.D. FEDDERSEN
German distribution group expands competence centre in Scandinavia
 		17.12.2025
LYONDELLBASELL
Closure of former APK recycling plant in Germany
 		17.12.2025
POLYMER PRICES
Engineering recyclate December: Cheap virgin material puts prices under further pressure / Early maintenance shutdowns / Glimmer of hope emerges for January
 		16.12.2025
YEAR-ENDER 2025: TARIFFS
Trump tariffs shook EU plastics industry in 2025 / 15% duty ignited retaliatory firestorms / Diversification and capacity shifts ahead in 2026
 		16.12.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
Decline in production, sales predicted for 2026 / Industry sending out SOS, says VCI president Steilemann
 		16.12.2025
ROSTI
New plant opens in India / Plans for injection moulding facility in Vietnam
 		16.12.2025
ASCEND
CEO McDivitt quits insolvent polyamide producer / Patrick Schumacher appointed successor
 		16.12.2025
PIE SPOT PRICES
Quotations show little to no movement / European producers unwilling to make concessions / Only LDPE film rises noticeably
 		16.12.2025
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