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PET MARKET EUROPE
Overall market stagnates / Imports cause problems for the industry / Use of rPET for new products steadily increases / Recyclers criticise inconsistent regulations in EU countries
 		19.04.2024
TITANIUM DIOXIDE
Market seems to have bottomed out / Western players increase production / 2023 coloured with red
 		18.04.2024
PET
Confirmed: Punitive EU tariffs on Chinese imports
 		17.04.2024
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
HDPE: TotalEnergies retains force majeuere for deliveries from Gonfreville, France / Restart fails
 		16.04.2024
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Styrene: TotalEnergies declares force majeure on deliveries from domestic site
 		11.04.2024
PETROCHEMICALS
Russia expects massive investments to triple exports through 2030 / Attacks on refineries spark concerns over stability / Kazakhstan mulls long-term development plans
 		10.04.2024
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
EVA: Celanese VAM plant outage in China / Prices in Europe likely to be impacted
 		08.04.2024
BUTADIENE
Shortage of supply causes prices in Europe to soar / Plant failures and low demand
 		08.04.2024
BIOPOLYMERS
Global production to grow by 17% per year to 2028 / Agricultural land use to remain relatively low – nova-Institute, IfBB
 		08.04.2024
GLASS FIBRES EUROPE
Nippon Electric Glass warns of uneconomical production / Chinese volume surplus depresses prices
 		05.04.2024
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Machinery

PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY
Plastics and rubber machinery production expected to increase 3.2% in 2023 / Exports climb 13% during Jan-Sept period – Amaplast
 		17.01.2024
GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY
Orders drop nearly one-third in January-July / Sector officials report ‘total collapse'
 		12.09.2023
GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY
Orders plummet in Jan-Apr / Sales rise in 2022 / Cautious outlook for current year
 		21.06.2023
PLASTICS MACHINERY
Italy: Production ticks up 4.9% in 2022, turnover exceeds forecast / Orders, revenue expected to rise in 2023
 		13.04.2023
GERMAN MACHINE MAKERS
Orders plummet in January / Sales grow
 		13.03.2023
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Applications

POLAND
General mood in plastics processing industry improves beyond expectations / One-third plans investment in machinery, equipment
 		15.04.2024
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY
Technical parts makers take stock of mixed 2023 / Sales slightly higher / Profits down, outlook gloomy
 		01.03.2024
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY
Significant decline in turnover, volume last year / Only very muted expectations for 2024 / Many companies unable to pass on costs
 		19.02.2024
ITALY
Consolidation accelerates amid weak performance in plastics industry / Recyclate consumption eases as virgin prices hit rock bottom / Upturn unlikely before 2024
 		30.10.2023
3D PRINTING
Patent filings grow at 26.3% CAGR / Eight-fold growth for AM technologies in the past decade
 		10.10.2023
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Processing

EUROPEAN CAR INDUSTRY
EU registrations rise over 4% in Q1 despite weak March / Sales of fossil-fuel models plunge / EVs near half of market share
 		19.04.2024
CONSTRUCTION
Activity in eurozone takes another dive in March / Pessimism rife among German, French companies – HCOB
 		16.04.2024
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY GERMANY
Sales increase in 2023 misleading / Revenue set to drop in 2024 / Chinese carmakers take the lead in e-mobility – Atradius
 		09.04.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING
Aldi Ireland, Cadbury Australia replace plastic packaging on Easter egg chocolates / UK, Australia see sweet treats as “over packaged”
 		28.03.2024
EUROPEAN CAR INDUSTRY
February registrations increase 10% in EU / BEVs garner 12% market share
 		22.03.2024
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Regions and Countries

RECYCLING INDIA
Sabic, Pashupati sign MoU / Agreement aims to boost recycling activity across world's most populated nation
 		08.04.2024
TURKEY
Plastic product consumption up in 2023 / Severe price drop for incoming, outgoing polymer shipments / Economic growth despite massive inflation
 		11.03.2024
RUSSIA
GDP grows 3.6% in 2023 on government spending in war-related sectors / Growth in 2024 seen up 2.5% for same reasons – Allianz Trade report
 		11.03.2024
INDIA
Further massive expansion with oil, gas, petrochemicals / Change of strategy now to smaller decentralised projects / New plastics powerhouse behind China and US gains in stature
 		06.03.2024
CHINA
Mixed impact of disruptions due to Red Sea conflict on plastics imports / Polyethylene most affected
 		05.03.2024
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Other

LOGISTICS
Iran's Revolutionary Guard seizes MSC Aeris / Hapag-Lloyd aims for emission-free transport by 2045 / Freight rates decline
 		19.04.2024
GLOBAL ECONOMY
Europe largely trails US, Canada in appeal for local businesses – ifo study / Experts rate their homelands
 		18.04.2024
HYDROGEN
German production, distribution plans gather momentum / Rhine-Main network to be part of nationwide effort / Global Data sees investment surge in green hydrogen
 		16.04.2024
BEVERAGE CARTON RECYCLING
Palurec plant for recycling plastic-aluminium components increases output
 		16.04.2024
LOGISTICS
Does German trucking index represent manufacturing shifts? / Costs for ocean shipments flat to lower
 		12.04.2024
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