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PLASTICS PACKAGING GERMANY Industry less pessimistic about final quarter / Sales expectations improve / One in five companies still expects job cuts – IK economic survey	06.10.2026
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY EUROPE Fragile improvement in H1 2026 / Patchy performance among EU27 / Energy price gap with US widens	05.10.2026
INEOS Acetic acid production in the UK temporarily halted / Reason likely to be lower European demand rather than lower costs	28.09.2026
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Eurozone growth picks up sharply / German business climate keeps improving / UK growth slows as inflation pressures return	28.09.2026
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ITALY Downhill for fifth consecutive year: Sector continues to lose ground / Trough has presumably been reached / H1 2026 report from Federchimica	25.09.2026
PRYME Investment firm acquires mothballed pyrolysis plant in Rotterdam / Restart planned within 18 months following conversion	25.09.2026
MOL Hungarian petchem group set to restart Danube refinery a year after fire damage	24.09.2026
COVESTRO Pilot plant for chemical recycling of elastomers starts up / Investment in double-digit million euro range announced	24.09.2026
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Q1 output declines further on weak demand / No relief in energy costs / Export, import volumes down significantly – Cefic	17.09.2026
PLASTIC ENERGY Stake in French recycling plant in Grandpuits sold to partner TotalEnergies	17.09.2026
ADNOC Emirati state-owned enterprise no longer intends to invest in European chemicals sector / Plans to focus on energy sector instead	15.09.2026
ORLEN Takeover of Grupa Azoty Polyolefins moves step closer / Green light received from competition authority	03.09.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Russia's largest polyolefin plant suspends operations following drone strike / Capacity concentration weakens Russian petchem industry / Experts say polymer shortage unlikely	02.09.2026
RUSSIA Major explosion, fire at Amur Gas Chemical / Polyolefin line start-ups delayed	27.08.2026
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Eurozone manufacturing hits four-and-half-year high as growth broadens in August / Germany strengthens, France weakens / UK activity rises overall, manufacturing retreats	27.08.2026
SHELL Sale of petrochemical business could fetch around USD 8 bn / Apollo, ExxonMobil, Kuwait, LYB among potential bidders	26.08.2026
ALUJAIN Cooperation with Belgium's Beaulieu Fibres on PP fibre / NatPet-2 project with LyondellBasell in progress	26.08.2026
BIOBTX Construction of recycling plant for aromatics production in the Netherlands / BlueAlp named technology partner	19.08.2026
LANXESS Q2 net loss widens despite rise in sales, core profit / Middle East conflict supports revenues, but no ‘sustained upturn'	13.08.2026
PTA Final anti-dumping duties on Mexican, South Korean imports / EU Commission slightly reduces rates	13.08.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Olefins, polyolefins, butadiene: MOL repairs in Hungary to extend into next year	07.08.2026
LANXESS Price hike for adipic acid announced / Result of low-water levels on Rhine?	07.08.2026
LYONDELLBASELL Net profit rises fivefold in Q2 as Middle East war boosts earnings	06.08.2026
PETROCHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS Cumene: Reported issues at US supplier Flint Hills affect key feedstock for epoxy resins and PC	04.08.2026
GREENDOT Stake sought in French EPR scheme operator Léko	03.08.2026

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