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OIL & GAS
ConocoPhillips set to lay off more than 3,000 staff – reports / Other sector giants embarking on cost-cutting drive
 		12.09.2025
POLYETHYLENE
Global markets caught between tariffs and overcapacities / More and more exports from all directions head to Europe / Brazil imposes punitive tariffs
 		11.09.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
Disappointing Q2 for 2025 / Production continues to decline / Plant utilisation falls to dangerously low level
 		09.09.2025
NORWAY
Investments in oil and gas industry set to peak in 2025 / Boom winding down / Industry's long-term future secure
 		05.09.2025
PTA
EU launches anti-dumping investigation into imports from South Korea, Mexico
 		18.08.2025
CHEMICALS AND HEALTH
ICCA updates materials database / Industry “more transparent than ever”
 		13.08.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol declares force majeure for LDPE, EVA in Puertollano
 		11.08.2025
POLYSTYRENE
Global market volume to grow by 4.51% per year to 2034, led by Asia / HIPS to overtake GPPS by market share – report
 		04.08.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol declares force majeure on polyols from Spain
 		01.08.2025
PLASTICS DISTRIBUTION
Major challenges ahead for plastics traders / Increasing dependence on China, US
 		30.07.2025
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Machinery

PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY
Plastics and rubber machinery sector revenues expected to fall in 2024 / Deceleration in H1 – Amaplast
 		30.09.2024
GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY
Drastic slump in incoming orders for plastics machinery in 2023 / Ulrich Reifenhäuser confirmed as VDMA chairman
 		20.06.2024
PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY
Plastics and rubber machinery production expected to increase 3.2% in 2023 / Exports climb 13% during Jan-Sept period – Amaplast
 		17.01.2024
GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY
Orders drop nearly one-third in January-July / Sector officials report ‘total collapse'
 		12.09.2023
GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY
Orders plummet in Jan-Apr / Sales rise in 2022 / Cautious outlook for current year
 		21.06.2023
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Applications

PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY
GKV reports further revenue drop in H1 / Packaging leads decline
 		28.08.2025
POLYCARBONATE SHEET
Eleventh edition of EPSE Awards / Public voting open until 10 September / Ceremony at K 2025 trade fair in Germany
 		19.08.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY SWITZERLAND
Negative sales trend continues / Moderate rise in plastics consumption / Clear increase in waste imports
 		23.07.2025
POLYURETHANE FOAM
European market constrained by slow demand, rising costs / Sustainability high on the agenda – Europur conference
 		07.07.2025
OMAN
Government support fuels growth of plastics processing sector
 		17.06.2025
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Processing

UK CONSTRUCTION
Activity falls for eighth month straight / Housebuilding, civil engineering experience summer slide
 		10.09.2025
CONSUMER GOODS GERMANY
Prices, global competition, EU regulations – triad of producer concerns / Industry associations see no structural weakness despite shrinking sales
 		09.09.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET
Registrations climb in July / US confirms lower tariff on EU vehicles / EV market share eases
 		29.08.2025
PACKAGING GERMANY
German packaging market shrank in 2024 / Plastic remains largest value segment
 		27.08.2025
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Industry grows only slightly, but against trend / PFAS ban could exert pressure / High usage of disposable products
 		26.08.2025
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Regions and Countries

USA
Plastics machinery shipments steady in Q2 / Wider processing sentiment remains cautious
 		28.08.2025
TRADE WAR
EU-US tariff deal to stir issues for plastics industry in CEE, Finland
 		05.08.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY ITALY
Modest rebound in virgin materials / Compostables stabilise / Flat demand in 2025
 		31.07.2025
UK
Polymer industry to benefit from new industrial strategy / Key sectors include advanced manufacturing / Composites set for gains
 		11.07.2025
RUSSIA
Polymer consumption on ice / Possible economic recession takes toll on operations / Petrochemical projects likely delayed
 		09.07.2025
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Other

LOGISTICS
Artificial capacity shortages lend breath of fresh air to freight rates
 		12.09.2025
RECYCLING BRAZIL
Recycling volumes up, rate down in 2024 / 410,000 t PET recycled / Sector at 23% idle capacity – Brazil PET group
 		10.09.2025
LOGISTICS
Chinese firms expand footprint in Europe / German government moves to scrap supply chain law
 		05.09.2025
PACKAGING RECYCLING
Latest German minimum packaging standard published – ZSVR / Early guidance for companies on PPWR
 		05.09.2025
RECYCLING UK
More reclaim capacity needed for flexible packaging / Household collection due in early '27 / Sector alliance issues results of trial
 		04.09.2025
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