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QATAR VINYL First PVC plant in gulf nation enters trial phase / Exports to Europe expected	12.02.2026
SABIC Global distribution of polyethylene from South Korean Shaheen plant planned / Replacement for PE plants sold in Europe	11.02.2026
RUSSIA Plastics processing slumps in 2025 / Oversupply crisis looms / State aid dwindling	11.02.2026
AGRICULTURAL FILMS EU project developing stronger cellulose-based material to replace plastic film / Aims to cut soil pollution from microplastics, improve growing conditions	11.02.2026
GRÄSSLIN Distributor takes on TPV from Turkish manufacturer Elastron	11.02.2026
BEWI Norway's first EPS recycling plant opens	10.02.2026
DAICEL Chemical group delays commissioning of COC plant in Germany / Demand outlook weakens	09.02.2026
MAK GERMANY Plans to relocate Indorama's former PTA and PET lines from Rotterdam to Oman	09.02.2026
OMV / BOREALIS Plastics activities benefit from higher volumes, better margins in 2025	06.02.2026
AGILYX Norwegian company gives up on investments in US chemical recycling plants / Plans to expand GreenDot through European acquisitions	06.02.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS PVC: Inovyn announces production shutdown in Martorell / Tunnel between France and Spain closed	05.02.2026
DOMO CHEMICALS Following companies in Germany and France, Spanish subsidiary files for insolvency / Production expected to be discontinued	05.02.2026
PLASTICS RECYCLING ‘Rising rates alone are no reason to celebrate' / Guest editorial on the state of the industry – Dirk Textor, Bvse	05.02.2026
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING Prices for films in Europe declined in Q4 / Shift to discounters, private labels supports demand to limited extent	03.02.2026
COVESTRO TDI plant optimisation in Shanghai completed / Lines in Germany remain under force majeure	03.02.2026
USA Winter Storm Fern: impact on European supply expected to be limited to PE	30.01.2026
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Polypropylene: TotalEnergies declares second force majeure / Start-up problems at Ineos / Fire breaks out in Geleen	30.01.2026
BASF Force majeure lifted on polyamide lines / Plants in Ludwigshafen and Antwerp in production again	29.01.2026
SOURCE ONE PLASTICS Fire breaks out at recycling plant in Germany	29.01.2026
POLYAMIDE 6 India investigates dumped imports from China and Russia	29.01.2026
AUSTHROTHERM EPS, XPS insulation material recycling plant in full operation after successful test phase	29.01.2026
EUROPEAN ECONOMY German business confidence unchanged / Mood worsens among plastics processors / Eurozone manufacturing improves	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
COVESTRO TPU production starts in China / Further expansion planned	26.01.2026

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