PIE 1184 of 08.12.2025 – Plastics Information Europe

PIE issue 1184

POLYMER PRICES Polyethylene November: Prices slide again / Weak demand, low capacity utilisation / No improvement expected in short month of December
POLYMER PRICES Polypropylene November: Propylene contract drags down prices for polymer / Sluggish demand, inexpensive imports cause pressure / No improvement in December
POLYMER PRICES PVC November: Quotations give way / Important price adjustment at turn of year: NMA
POLYMER PRICES Styrenics November: Eight-month slump depresses prices to their lowest level since early 2021 / Downward trend likely to end in December
POLYMER PRICES PET November: Market still at rock bottom / Little change in December / Expectations highly subdued for 2026 as well
POLYMER PRICES Feedstocks November/December
POLYMER PRICES Engineering thermoplastics November: Prices fall less than expected / Weak demand keeps stocks high / Long production downtimes expected
EVONIK Expansion for long-chain polyamides in Shanghai nears commissioning / Quarterly results slip into red
TRINSEO US company sees higher net loss / Earnings forecast lowered
INEOS Lavera complex overhaul to cost EUR 250 mn / Partial funding to be provided by French state
GRUPA AZOTY Q3 profits jump due to one-off settlement related to troubled polypropylene project
BASF Job cuts planned for Antwerp / No plans to shut down whole plants
EXXONMOBIL Petchem giant to reportedly shutter Mossmorran C2 cracker / Move to leave only one ethylene plant in UK
OMYA Speciality chemicals distributor launches global performance polymer division / Distribution broadened with new materials business
POLYRAM Israeli compounder takes majority stake in Italy's Lapo Compound
DELTA TECNIC Compounding and masterbatch group plans takeover of French competitor Polytechs
POLYKEMI Swedish compounder plans to expand US plant
MKV German compounder expands North America business / US subsidiary founded
PENTAC POLYMER Compounder acquires Austrian recycling company StanPlast
ITALY Uprising of the plastics recyclers: Numerous lines decommissioned / “We can paralyse the entire Italian waste system” – Assorimap
RECYCLING NETHERLANDS More than EUR 18 mn in grants awarded to nine circular plastic projects / Circular Plastics NL 2025 sets EUR 100 mn in co-funding in motion
ROMANIA DRS a roaring success / Municipal waste system in stagnant crisis / Untrustworthy recyclate a widespread issue
MATTRESS MARKET Europe swings to trade deficit as Chinese imports soar / Market competition intensifies as prices fall / US tariffs on Chinese goods exacerbate situation
POLYSTYRENE Turkey imposes anti-dumping duty on imports from six countries / Move follows July decision for BOPP levies
ADIPIC ACID EU imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on polyamide feedstock from China
PVC MARKET ‘Consolidation remains a possibility' / Interview with Vynova CEO Christophe André

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