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MOL
Follow-up: Tiszaújváros cracker to remain offline for several months
01.06.2026
BELARUS
Mozyr propylene project advances / Domestic petchem industry performance rises in 2025 / Experts see challenges as sector targets new export markets
01.06.2026
ITALY
Conip and Unionplast sign cooperation deal / Move paves way for intergration of Conip's members into Unionplast
01.06.2026
RECYCLING SWITZERLAND
Swiss Federal Council plans reforms to plastic packaging and beverage carton collection / First RecyPac annual report shows slow progress
01.06.2026
AUTOLIV
Automotive safety systems specialist plans closure of Turkish plant / Production to be relocated to other sites
01.06.2026
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
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