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AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING EU member states endorse slower ramp-up for plastics reclaim targets in ELVR / Plastics Europe supports faster timeline / FEAD, EuRIC urge EU to preserve ambitions	27.06.2025
K 2025 The year 2024 was “lousy” for mechanical engineering – Ulrich Reifenhäuser / Turning point in trend not expected until 2026 / Almost 3,200 exhibitors expected	17.06.2025
POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE Best Polymer Producer Awards winners announced at EuPC annual meeting / Industry leaving Europe overarching issue	13.06.2025
LOGISTICS Upcoming end of truce between US, China causes freight rates to skyrocket / Von der Leyen proposes USD 45/bbl price cap on Russian oil	13.06.2025
HYDROGEN EC to fund 15 new European green hydrogen projects / Second EHB auction completed	11.06.2025
PFAS Sustainable healthcare group warns of forever chemicals inaction / 150 European medical professionals write to EU Commission	10.06.2025
ADNOC Former OMV CEO Rainer Seele to head chemicals business	04.06.2025
TOYODA GOSEI Auto supplier announces production of interior components from recycled plastics	28.05.2025
ALUFLEXPACK Sale of Croatian site to Czech MTX Group	27.05.2025
TRADE WAR Trump defers EU tariffs till 9 July / The euro rallies in response	26.05.2025
PET European Commission initiates investigation on dumping from Vietnam	23.05.2025
MEDICAL PACKAGING Pharma manufacturers under pressure: focus shift to mono-material blister packs / PVC packaging from Germany's ‘yellow bag' non-recyclable / EU to review privileges	23.05.2025
PACKAGING EUROPE Trade groups criticise European Commission plans to greenlight state-run PROs / Move “will be a tax on producers”	21.05.2025
COCA-COLA Drinks giant mulls shift from cans to plastic bottles to beat Trump's tariffs / Agreement with EC to amend recyclability claims on labels	20.05.2025
DOW EUROPE Ethylene cartel: claim for damages against Clariant, Celanese, Orbia, and Westlake	13.05.2025
LOGISTICS Trump's tale about Houthi rebels does not affect freight rates / EC approves Italy's International Registry scheme	09.05.2025
EU POLICY Coalition says new state aid framework lacks circularity funding measures / Omission risks undermining region's recycling sector / EU Commission spells out approach	08.05.2025
EUPC European converters annual conference to focus on circular, competitive plastics industry	02.05.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY SPAIN Call for cut in electricity costs to boost competitiveness / Base chemicals production remains in decline	28.04.2025
EU POLICY MEPs in step with industry on energy / Substance reviews to be simplified / EP calls for acceleration of permitting, licensing	23.04.2025
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT EU Parliament, Council provisionally agree on pellet loss regulations / “Building on plastics industry's work”	16.04.2025
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY EUROPE Suppliers fear double impact of tariffs / Associations urge ‘negotiated solution' / Carmakers fined nearly EUR 600 mn for cartel participation	10.04.2025
TRADE WAR EU plans to impose punitive tariffs on PE, PA imports from US	09.04.2025
GLOBAL TRADE Bankruptcies set to rise in next two years / Western Europe to see most job losses / Europe eyes unified insolvency laws	09.04.2025
B.BRAUN Medical technology group on growth path / Volume of processed plastic increases / BVMed urges US tariff exemption for medical devices	08.04.2025