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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS ABS: Fire at Elix in Spain causes plant shutdown / Possible force majeure	22.12.2025
INEOS Boost for Grangemouth cracker / London guarantees GBP 150 mn investment support package for UK's last remaining ethylene production	19.12.2025
YEAR-ENDER: PLASTICS RECYCLING MARKET Europe's reclaim sector faces its toughest year yet / Cheap virgin plastics squeeze recyclates / Strain continues	18.12.2025
EUROPEAN ECONOMY German business climate weakens / Processors' mood worsens / European manufacturers send mixed messages	18.12.2025
ADNOC No plans to scale back Covestro's European operations / Talks of 'Arab BASF' dismissed	17.12.2025
YEAR-ENDER 2025: POLYMER PRICES Imported PTA boosts PET volumes, not profitability / EU mandates support virgin PET as market shrinks / Global PE, PP oversupply caps prices / Packaging, construction, automotive demand subdued	17.12.2025
EU POLICY Brussels introduces eighth omnibus / Newest legislation package focused on cost savings for industry / NGOs call environment label Trojan Horse	17.12.2025
K.D. FEDDERSEN German distribution group expands competence centre in Scandinavia	17.12.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Decline in production, sales predicted for 2026 / Industry sending out SOS, says VCI president Steilemann	16.12.2025
VYNOVA PVC producer files for insolvency for German plant / 360 jobs to be affected	15.12.2025
POLYPHENYLENE SULPHIDE China initiates interim review of anti-dumping measures on high-performance polymer / Asia, US particularly affected	12.12.2025
YEAR-ENDERS Out with 2025, in with 2026 – PIE series	12.12.2025
BOREALIS / BOROUGE Low-cost mechanically recycled polyolefin compounds aim to boost global acceptance of recyclates	12.12.2025
COVESTRO Acquisition by Adnoc completed	11.12.2025
RUSSIA Polymer profits plummet / Market demand on downward trajectory / Outlook for 2026 uncertain	11.12.2025
LYONDELLBASELL Plans for German waste sorting plant paused / Pyrolysis start postponed	10.12.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY More and more energy-intensive companies are moving away – Simon-Kucher study	10.12.2025
LYONDELLBASELL No market recovery in Q4 / Europe remains under pressure	09.12.2025
EU POLICY Commission launches bioeconomy strategy / Substitution of fossil fuels / Cefic says enthusiasm is premature / Bioplastics capacity growing rapidly	09.12.2025
SOUTH KOREA Lotte and HD Hyundai present plans for restructuring cracker activities	09.12.2025
WASTE LEGISLATION “We are no longer exporting our waste problems” / What amendment to EU waste shipment regulation means for plastics industry / Interview with SAM managing director Olaf Kropp	08.12.2025
AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS IK calls for binding EPR rules for disposal and recycling in Europe	08.12.2025
ENSINGER Plastics processor cuts 100 jobs at German plants	08.12.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS LDPE: Sabic declares force majeure for deliveries from Wilton	03.12.2025
HUNTSMAN Shutdown of major MDI line in Netherlands / No impact on availability expected	03.12.2025

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