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EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Hard choices needed to survive challenges on several fronts / M&A to play critical role in region's restructuring – FTI report	23.01.2025
POM China imposes provisional punitive tariffs on imports from EU, US, Japan, and Taiwan	22.01.2025
BASF Styrodur XPS business sold to Bachl	10.01.2025
BASF SpecRek project to improve mechanically recycled waste with real-time composition analysis	08.01.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Research predicts feedstock of the future / Recycling to become main carbon source for plastics – nova-Institute report	06.01.2025
INEOS STYROLUTION India's Styrenix Performance Materials acquires ABS plant in Thailand	13.12.2024
UN PLASTICS TREATY No consensus after Busan talks / Petchem industry accused of ‘unsupportive' behaviour / Rising endorsement of production caps / Further session planned	04.12.2024
SAUDI ARAMCO Major Chinese project with Sinopec starts construction / Link to neighbouring project	25.11.2024
BASF Thomas Kloster set to head Petrochemicals division	18.11.2024
BASF Plastics-relevant segments boost Q3 earnings / Adjusted core operating profit now expected at lower end of forecast	30.10.2024
BASF PA 6, TPU grades with low-carbon footprint / Ultramid ZeroPCF to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions	30.10.2024
AVANTIUM Plant for PEF precursor FDCA officially operational	29.10.2024
BASF EPS capacity expansion at Ludwighsafen up to 2027 / New EU insulation legislation expected to drive demand	29.10.2024
BASF German government to fund ‘world's most powerful' industrial heat pump at Ludwigshafen / Carbon-free steam	22.10.2024
EVONIK BASF's ISCC Plus-certified ammonia to feed PA 12 production	14.10.2024
POLYMER PRICES North America September: Prices roll over or fall back / Weak demand continues / Production outages have no effect on quotes / Lower feedstock prices and surplus trend support decreases	07.10.2024
BASF Petrochemicals and Materials division focus on China and Verbund strategy / “Three-step approach not enough” – criticism from trade union and works council	01.10.2024
BASF Reorganisation at chemicals giant / One third of group no longer considered core business / Plastics remain central	30.09.2024
BUTADIENE NEW at PIE: Spot and contract price reports for the precursor / Supply situation in Europe remains tight; prices likely to remain high / Numerous expansions planned in Asia	27.09.2024
PACKAGING RECYCLING GERMANY ZSVR publishes new minimum standard / Smaller PE film waste, coextruded PE/PA/EVOH barrier film classed as recyclable	20.09.2024
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Output rises in H1 2024 / Demand, run rates remain depressed / Many downstream industries still in decline / Uncertain outlook persists	18.09.2024
PFAS German Chancellor Olaf Scholz: “We won't accept an undifferentiated blanket ban” / Speech at the VCI summit in Berlin	16.09.2024
EU POLICY Chemicals and plastics producers hail Draghi report / EU should increase investments by EUR 800 bn “to fund radical and rapid reform”	16.09.2024
POLYMER PRICES North America August: Most prices roll over or fall / Only polyolefins rise because of increasing feedstock prices / FMs, outages due to weak demand have no effect on prices / No trend turnaround likely	03.09.2024
BASF Closure of German plants for PA precursors planned / 180 employees affected	02.09.2024

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