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LOGISTICS Free passage as a utopian ideal? / Hormuz tolls put global shipping – and maritime law – under pressure	29.05.2026
ARTIFICIAL TURF RECYCLING European Commission accuses synthetic turf companies of cartel activity in recycling market	29.05.2026
ADNOC Chair of Covestro's supervisory board Rainer Seele: ‘The EU has over-regulated domestic markets'	29.05.2026
PRYME Repeated reactor failures force closure of only chemical recycling plant	29.05.2026
VENATOR TiO2 producer to shut Krefeld-Uerdingen site permanently / Around 350 jobs affected	29.05.2026
MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT CEE plastics industry feels sting of Hormuz blockade / Region highly dependent on imports / Major converters halt purchases, sacrifice production capacity / Recyclers see temporary benefits	28.05.2026
EUROPEAN CAR INDUSTRY Sales improve again / UK booms / Hybrids dominate	28.05.2026
COVESTRO Centre for TPU application development opens in China	28.05.2026
BIRLA CARBON Carbon black producer streamlines structure / Review of plant network initiated	28.05.2026
RECYCLING USA California plastic packaging law takes shape / All packaging must be recyclable or compostable by 2032 / Producers face extended responsibility rules	27.05.2026
PLASTICS WASTE Shipments now subject to "prior informed consent" through EU's new digital tracking system / Transitional period for green-listed waste / Germany, UK Europe's largest plastics waste exporters	26.05.2026
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Europe's circularity gains mask industrial weakness / Plastics Europe warns of risk of circularity shifting abroad / Circularity repositioned as key to industrial survival	26.05.2026
GERMAN BUSINESS CLIMATE Managers report more hope after dismal April / Morale also improves at processing shops	26.05.2026
ELIX POLYMERS Spanish producer lifts force majeure on ABS deliveries	22.05.2026
MOL Explosion at Olefin 1 unit in Hungary leaves one dead, several injured	22.05.2026
EDITORIAL Why the recycling sector is losing momentum despite the PPWR	22.05.2026
LOGISTICS Meteorologists warn of renewed water shortages in Panama Canal / Freight rates on the rise	22.05.2026
VIRIDOR Company mulls shutdown of three recycling sites in Scandinavia / Cites significant headwinds in plastics recycling markets	22.05.2026
MITSUBISHI Chemical group exits PBS biopolymer business	22.05.2026
OMYA Speciality chemicals distributor expands TPU distribution partnership with BASF	22.05.2026
EVENTS 9th PLA World Congress to take place this June in Munich	22.05.2026
TRINSEO Force majeure for HIPS shipments from Tessenderlo lifted	21.05.2026
BIESTERFELD Acquisition underway in South Korea / German distributor strengthens business in Asia	21.05.2026
INTERPACK 2026 'The industry has never experienced such a rapid price increase before' – how PPWR, raw material shock, and geopolitical crises are putting the packaging industry under pressure	20.05.2026
MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT What if the war ends tomorrow? / PIE's exclusive white paper discusses three possible scenarios regarding the impact on the plastics industry / Get your free copy now	20.05.2026

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