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UN PLASTICS TREATY Crucial talks end with no deal / ‘Bad actors' blamed for failure to agree on limit of plastics production / Industry bodies call for continued dialogue	15.08.2025
BOREALIS Operating result plummets 73% in first half / Growth in turnover, sales volume / Feedstock costs, inventory effects weigh on parent OMV earnings	15.08.2025
UN PLASTICS TREATY Talks extended into 10th day / Environment groups condemn original draft text / Proposals ‘ensure nothing will change' and are ‘completely unacceptable'	15.08.2025
SONGWON Additives producer expands Biesterfeld distribution partnership into Southeast Europe	14.08.2025
DOW CHEMICAL Chemical recycling project in Germany falls victim to budget cuts	13.08.2025
CHEMICALS AND HEALTH ICCA updates materials database / Industry “more transparent than ever”	13.08.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Repsol declares force majeure for LDPE, EVA in Puertollano	11.08.2025
SGL CARBON Consolidated loss widens in second quarter / Initial successes in restructuring carbon fibre production	11.08.2025
TITANIUM DIOXIDE European Court of Justice overturns ECHA carcinogen classification in final instance / EU committed “manifest error” / NGOs concerned about precedent	11.08.2025
PETRUS Russian's Tatneft takes over PET processor by decree / Possible influence on Baltic PET producer Neo	11.08.2025
UN PLASTICS TREATY Global Plastics Treaty talks underway in Geneva / ‘Make or break' for the planet, environmental experts warn	07.08.2025
UN PLASTICS TREATY Environmental protestors target Ineos with surprise stunt / Greenpeace and plastics makers at loggerheads over global waste crisis	06.08.2025
TRADE WAR US-EU trade deal invites criticism from industry / Framework agreement on energy purchases ‘completely unrealistic'	06.08.2025
UPDATE - LYONDELLBASELL Massive profit decline in Q2 / Capacity utilisation in Europe at only 75% / EU Commission approves acquisition of parts of the business by investor	05.08.2025
HUNTSMAN Aggressive cost cuts to continue in Europe / Q2 group core profit slumps by nearly half / European losses mount amid fierce competition	05.08.2025
POLYSTYRENE Global market volume to grow by 4.51% per year to 2034, led by Asia / HIPS to overtake GPPS by market share – report	04.08.2025
NORDMANN Distribution deal with Jiangsu Liside New Material / Sale of environmentally friendly flame retardants in Europe	04.08.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Repsol declares force majeure on polyols from Spain	01.08.2025
COVESTRO Plastics group stays in the red / Economic conditions remain challenging	31.07.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY ITALY Modest rebound in virgin materials / Compostables stabilise / Flat demand in 2025	31.07.2025
NESTE Finnish refiner cancels plans for Dutch pyrolysis plant	31.07.2025
GERMAN ECONOMY Business climate index rises again / Upward trend seen among plastics processors	31.07.2025
PLASTICS DISTRIBUTION Major challenges ahead for plastics traders / Increasing dependence on China, US	30.07.2025
COVESTRO European Commission launches investigation on Adnoc deal	29.07.2025
EPOXY RESIN Countervailing anti-dumping duties on China, Thailand come into force	29.07.2025

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