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Companies

BASF Strong Q4 compensates for earlier weakness / Materials and monomers stand out / Auto industry recovery underpins 2021 outlook	01.03.2021
DOW Buyer sought for German site infrastructure / Freeing capital for investment	01.03.2021
K.D. FEDDERSEN TPE distribution for Trinseo in Germany and parts of Europe	01.03.2021
BIEGLO European distribution of Daelim polyimides / Powders, granules and semi-finished products	01.03.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS PA 6.6: Ascend declares force majeure for precursor ACN in the US	26.02.2021
COVESTRO Demand recovers in second half of 2020 / Overall sales decline nearly 14% / 2021 earnings seen sharply higher / Polycarbonates show lone rise in profit	26.02.2021
PREZERO First products made with reclaimed packaging waste / Belgian sorting operations underway / Integration of Swedish operations from Suez	26.02.2021
WALKI Installation of 10-colour flexo press in Poland	26.02.2021
BRASKEM Polyolefin producer expands production of bio-based ethylene in Brazil / Investment of EUR 50m	25.02.2021
ELIX POLYMERS Circular economy operations consolidated under new brand	25.02.2021

People

UPONOR President and CEO Jyri Luomakoski to leave the pipe manufacturer / 2020 best year since financial crisis in 2008	22.02.2021
LEGO Colette Burke appointed new CCO / Vacancy in digital department also filled recently	02.02.2021
NELIPAK Pat Chambliss appointed new CEO	01.02.2021
ORBIA CEO Daniel Martínez-Valle steps down / Sameer Bharadwaj announced successor	26.01.2021
KRAUSSMAFFEI Bharat Sharma is the new VP of Asia-Pacific region	19.01.2021

Industry

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT As You Sow files shareholder proposals with 10 consumer goods giants to reduce plastics use / Call for sustained commitments / Urgent new findings from EMF report	25.02.2021
STYRENICS CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS Collaboration with PRE to offer reciprocal membership / Move aims to advance take-up of recycled PS	24.02.2021
CEFLEX Market potential for new flexible packaging recycling process / Recyclate quality suitable to replace virgin polymer grades	23.02.2021
ISOPA Herman Motmans elected new president	23.02.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING CANADA North American country joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation's global “Plastics Pact” / Commitment towards zero plastic-waste economy by 2025	18.02.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT EU-wide warning label for disposable plastics as of July 2021 / Germany's federal government decides on mandatory labelling of SUP items	18.02.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT New US administration reverses Trump's polluter-friendly rollbacks / Industry and environment stakeholders seek dialogue with Biden	17.02.2021
LOGISTICS Rhine river navigable again / High water levels remain in parts of Moselle, Saale, Oder and Elbe rivers	15.02.2021
UK REACH Chemicals industry says cost of signing up to new post-Brexit regulatory regime will be huge	15.02.2021
CIRCULAR ECONOMY UNEP launches circular economy coalition for Latin America and the Caribbean	15.02.2021

Markets

PVC RECYCLING New reporting scheme launched for Europe's PVC recyclers / RecoTrace to track flow of material	01.03.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS USA Slow restart of polymer production / Problems from frost damage, shortage of spare parts and supply-chain failures	26.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Antioxidants: BASF declares force majeure on DTBP	26.02.2021
POLYURETHANE Maintenance at BASF and Sadara in March / Tight availability narrowed further	26.02.2021
PRINTING INKS Thinking outside the box: manufacturers are under pressure / Prices for titanium dioxide explode	26.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS ABS: Ineos Styrolution declares force majeure for specialities from Cologne	23.02.2021
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY GKV reports declines in polymer volumes and turnover / Profound change in raw material supply imminent / Roth: “Recyclate quotas cannot be enforced as in a planned economy”	23.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Vestolit declares force majeure for PVC in Central America / Material also in short supply in Europe	22.02.2021
ABS Prices approach new all-time high / No relief until at least May / European feedstock supply not running smoothly / Significantly lower impact of Chinese New Year also a contributing factor	22.02.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING PRE-Eunomia study highlights key measures to improve rigid HDPE and PP collection and recycling / Need for better data in supply chain	22.02.2021

Production and Engineering

WAMPOLE Bottles for nutritional products made of 100% recycled materials	01.03.2021
RESEARCH Fluorescent markers: Demon project for improved plastics recycling completed / Higher prices for better qualities	19.02.2021
BADA Compounder expands portfolio of high-temperature polyamides	17.02.2021
SOLVAY Lab launched with Italy's Leonardo to develop composites / Applications sought for aerospace	15.02.2021
PRO-PAC OSTENDORF PLASTIC Mono-MAP tray for meat needs no absorbent pad / Investment in the lower seven-figure euro range	04.02.2021

Management

SUPPLY CHAINS Companies introduce strategies to protect against Covid-19-related disruptions / Survey shows 30% of firms considering near-shoring / Euler Hermes report	01.02.2021
LOGISTICS Container freight rates rise / High demand for Asian products in Europe and US / Shipping business not expected to slow before February 2021	10.12.2020
OFFICE MANAGEMENT UK report says pandemic has companies considering renting and cutting floorspace / Over 10 times more people now working at home in UK	29.09.2020
GLOBAL ECONOMY Insolvencies to rise amid Covid-19 crisis / Hardest hit countries in 2020-2021 include US, Brazil, China / Euler Hermes report	08.09.2020
SUPPLY CHAIN Steps required to strengthen global value chains as shock events rise / Disruptions could wipe out 45% of annual profits every 10 years / Network restructuring to reshore production / McKinsey report	27.08.2020

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