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OMV / BOREALIS Plastics activities benefit from higher volumes, better margins in 2025	06.02.2026
LOGISTICS Freight rates remain calm / US-Iran conflict delays resumption of Suez Canal route / Maersk announces 1,000 job cuts	06.02.2026
AGILYX Norwegian company gives up on investments in US chemical recycling plants / Plans to expand GreenDot through European acquisitions	06.02.2026
BZB Spanish waste management firm significantly expands LVP sorting capacity	06.02.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS PVC: Inovyn announces production shutdown in Martorell / Tunnel between France and Spain closed	05.02.2026
DOMO CHEMICALS Following companies in Germany and France, Spanish subsidiary files for insolvency / Production expected to be discontinued	05.02.2026
PLASTICS RECYCLING ‘Rising rates alone are no reason to celebrate' / Guest editorial on the state of the industry – Dirk Textor, Bvse	05.02.2026
EU POLICY Critical Chemicals Alliance general assembly gets sector approval / Plastics Europe joins steering board / Industry repeats call for ‘action not words'	05.02.2026
NORTH AMERICA Chemical industry groupings set priorities for new USMCA trade deal / Outlook for treaty uncertain / Trump holds the trump card	04.02.2026
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Federal government not planning national plastics tax – at least not ‘for the time being'	04.02.2026
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING Prices for films in Europe declined in Q4 / Shift to discounters, private labels supports demand to limited extent	03.02.2026
COVESTRO TDI plant optimisation in Shanghai completed / Lines in Germany remain under force majeure	03.02.2026
AZELIS Speciality chemicals distributor expands partnership with SI Group in EMEA	02.02.2026
USA Winter Storm Fern: impact on European supply expected to be limited to PE	30.01.2026
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Polypropylene: TotalEnergies declares second force majeure / Start-up problems at Ineos / Fire breaks out in Geleen	30.01.2026
LOGISTICS Hapag-Lloyd still hesitant to sail through Red Sea / Associations call on politicians to solve lorry driver shortage	30.01.2026
TUPPERWARE Mexican Betterware acquires two plants from US group, obtains exclusive licence for Latin America	30.01.2026
BASF Force majeure lifted on polyamide lines / Plants in Ludwigshafen and Antwerp in production again	29.01.2026
SOURCE ONE PLASTICS Fire breaks out at recycling plant in Germany	29.01.2026
POLYAMIDE 6 India investigates dumped imports from China and Russia	29.01.2026
RECYCLING AUSTRIA Tax on non-recyclable packaging planned	29.01.2026
AUSTHROTHERM EPS, XPS insulation material recycling plant in full operation after successful test phase	29.01.2026
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET Registrations end 2025 on high note / EVs dominate / VW takes chequered flag	28.01.2026
RECYCLING EUROPE Ten proposals on how EU waste management and plastics recycling must change to drive defossilisation / Joint paper by BZL and nova-Institute	28.01.2026
PET RECYCLING AUSTRIA Deposit scheme boosts recycling volumes / Sales weaker than last year	28.01.2026

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