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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
EU-INDIA TRADE Landmark deal slashes car tariffs to 40% / Plastics, chemicals tariffs down to 0% for almost all products	27.01.2026
TREOFAN Taghleef parent acquires film producer / Operations to continue as Polyopt	27.01.2026
EUROPEAN ECONOMY German business confidence unchanged / Mood worsens among plastics processors / Eurozone manufacturing improves	27.01.2026
WIND TURBINES Europe added 6.8 GW of wind capacity in H1 2025 / Landfill ban for blades comes into effect / Turnaround year expected in 2026	27.01.2026
SABIC Group retains high-performance plastics amid ETP sale / Relocation from Netherlands on the table	26.01.2026
COMPOSITES Saudi Arabia investigates epoxy resin imports from Asia for dumping	26.01.2026
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT California recycling rates in sub-basement / State action to deal with SUP glut stalled / Fresh revision of regulatory proposals held back again	26.01.2026
COVESTRO TPU production starts in China / Further expansion planned	26.01.2026
INDORAMA VENTURES Thai PET giant ditches Czech recycler UCY Polymers / Sells all its 85% stake without getting anything in return	23.01.2026
NIS Hungarian MOL acquires majority stake in Serbian energy company from Gazprom	23.01.2026
UPDATE - EU TRADE Parliament freezes US trade deal / Zero tariffs for plastics, chemicals shelved / Mercosur agreement on hold for judicial review	23.01.2026
LOGISTICS Crisis in European chemical industry weighs on business at major seaports / Following Maersk, CMA CGM also steering ships through Suez Canal again	23.01.2026
ENVALIOR Producer plans shutdown of glass fibre production in Belgium / Fibre milling to be relocated	22.01.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS TotalEnergies declares force majeure for PP from Feluy	22.01.2026
GRUPA AZOTY Polish producer under renewed pressure as lenders demand EUR 949 mn repayment / Company given 23 January deadline	22.01.2026
PACKAGING WASTE EUROPE EU to implement labelling specifications by August 2026 / Visual harmonisation a PPWR priority	22.01.2026
PLASTIC PACKAGING ‘Sustainable packaging often fails not because of the material, but because of the cost of the transition' / Peter Désilets and Lea Körber of the Pacoon agency in an interview with PIE	22.01.2026
VENATOR Industrial holding ICIG acquires insolvent TiO2 producer's German plant / Italian production site also finds investors	22.01.2026
UNIGEL Plastics producer reportedly shutters styrene production in Brazil / Europe becomes more dependent on imports	22.01.2026
VIONEO Plastics producer shifts methanol-to-polymers project from Belgium to China / Keeps European strategy	22.01.2026
COCA-COLA Beverage giant expands bottling capacity for rPET in Northern Ireland	21.01.2026
PET RECYCLING EU seeks industry feedback on PET bottle recyclability guidelines	21.01.2026

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