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RAW MATERIALS Q&A Powerless in the face of force majeure? / What converters need to know if their supplier stops delivering	05.05.2021
LOGISTICS Freight rates continue to rise / Container shortages exacerbate price inflation	05.05.2021
PETCORE Annual conference set for 2-3 June / Early-bird discounts available	26.04.2021
LOGISTICS Logistic chains still in confusion / Severe bottlenecks / Extreme price increases	23.04.2021
RAW MATERIALS EuPC: Over 90% of converters in Europe lack enough resin / "Production of essential goods threatened" / Switch to recyclate difficult for many	19.04.2021
LOGISTICS Situation on the container freight market remains tense / High costs and delays still prevalent	15.04.2021
CLARIANT Membership of Circular Plastics Alliance	13.04.2021
MANAGEMENT Sale-and-leaseback financing / Opportunity to increase liquidity and free up the balance sheet / Consideration needed for asset values, running times and “rights to separate satisfaction”	12.04.2021
PVC 2021 Vinyls forum set to take place virtually in May	29.03.2021
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Plasticisers and other SVHCs found in sports and leisure articles / AskReach project detects SVHCs in 24% of samples	25.03.2021
RAW MATERIALS Chemical market issues hurting coatings makers / Pressure increases as prices rise / Call for protecting European-based production	22.03.2021
ECP4 2021 conference on research needs for European plastics and composites industry to be held online	17.03.2021
RAW MATERIALS Situation on plastics market "threat" to stable supply of food and medical goods / Resin makers should not take processors "hostage" / Price hikes unjustified / Pallet prices to climb	11.03.2021
RAW MATERIALS More European processing groups warn of resin shortages / Shops set to cut production, delay deliveries of finished products	08.03.2021
PLASTICS PROCESSING / RAW MATERIAL MARKETS Hand-wringing everywhere / Processors' associations react with concern: “Don't leave us hanging!” / Restrictions likely to continue well into April / Calmer price situation first expected at year's end	05.03.2021
PETCORE EUROPE First webinar on “Multiple Loop Recycling”	01.03.2021
LOGISTICS Rhine river navigable again / High water levels remain in parts of Moselle, Saale, Oder and Elbe rivers	15.02.2021
K 2022 Registration for world's leading plastics trade fair now open	12.02.2021
LOGISTICS Flooding brings shipping on the Rhine more or less to a standstill	08.02.2021
NPE 2021 Trade fair cancelled due to coronavirus concerns / Plastics association names Hall of Fame inductees	07.01.2021
CHINAPLAS Trade fair set for April 2021 in Shenzhen / More than 3,600 exhibitors expected	22.12.2020
YEAR IN REVIEW 2020 Saying “goodbye” to an unusual year	11.12.2020
PLASTICS ECONOMY Industry recovery in German-speaking countries still slow / Is the low point behind us? / “Lockdown light” provokes criticism / “Work from home” divides employers and employees / Second Covid-19 survey	12.11.2020
K 2022 First meeting of exhibitors' advisory board marks start of next “K” / Reifenhäuser remains chairman / Change of responsibilities in Messe Düsseldorf team	02.11.2020
AEROSPACE European companies join project to develop rear aircraft parts made of reinforced thermoplastics	30.09.2020

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