EDITORIAL

Are we even ready to eliminate single-use plastics?

INEOS

Money issues for Project One cracker construction / ‘No ultimatum given' / Decision by Belgian environment minister outstanding

GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY

Bankruptcies at major firms up 25% from 2022 / Sector disproportionately affected

CABOT

Higher prices for carbon black products

LOGISTICS

Shipping industry to miss own climate goals / Is DB Schenker sale finally starting? / Transport rates largely lower

TOTALENERGIES

New plastics waste recycling unit planned for Paris area / Annual output 30,000 t of PE and PP compounds targeted

SABIC

JV polycarbonate plant in China starts commercial production / Output to meet rising demand in Greater China

KEM ONE

Bahri becomes sales director / Second rep appointed for Germany

AUSTROTHERM

Price hike for XPS insulation boards

LEGO

Toymaker abandons goal to use recycled PET after two years of testing / Sticks to quest for alternative sustainable materials

BOREALIS

Shake-up in polyolefins / Fofoupoulos-De Ridder to leave executive board / New jobs for Warnke, Baseley

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Do credit points systems encourage recycling? / Interview with Ansgar Schonlau from Certified Recycled Content

SÜDPACK

Expansion set for French medical packaging plant

EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Cefic: H1 production drops over 12% / Better second half unlikely

CHINA

Chemical association wants greener industry / Transition seen as major factor in further development / Competition comes from profit motive

PYROWAVE

Canadian group announces positive results from testing at Michelin, Knauf Industries / Companies use reclaimed styrene to make elastomer, EPS

COVESTRO

Swiss sales office to be closed / Scores of workers to be made redundant

RÖHM

German PMMA sheet production to move to domestic sites