POLYURETHANE MARKET

Strong Indian consumption boosts Asian market in 2024 / Positive outlook for next five years, with fastest growth in India and Indonesia – IAL Consultants

PLASTICS PRODUCTION GERMANY

First-quarter production up significantly / Future seems dim – Plastics Europe

ABS

EU decision on provisional anti-dumping measures on imports from South Korea, Taiwan imminent / Risks from possible retroactive duties

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyolefins: Unipetrol restarts two lines

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyolefins: Unipetrol declares force majeure for Czech site

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Ducor declares force majeure for polypropylene from Netherlands

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyolefins: Unipetrol refinery resumes operations after nationwide power outage in the Czech Republic

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY

Industry in ‘stand-by' mode – VCI / Production, sales below previous year's level

PVC RECYCLING

European recovered waste volume drops again in 2024 / Market outlook for 2025 highly challenging – VinylPlus report

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY

Slight rise in production / Front-loading effects due to threat of US tariffs / Decline in polymer revenue continues

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyolefins: Carmel Olefins reports outage after rocket hits Bazan refinery

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polypropylene: Grupa Azoty plant in Police down again

EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Poor start to 2025 on weak demand, output / High energy costs undermine global competitiveness / Dependence on imports grows

EPS

Turkey expands share of EU imports / China now also key player / Very few imports from outside EU go to Germany

CENTRAL ASIA

Sibur acquires stake in loss-making Kazakh plastics processer / Russian plastics industry seeks to expand foothold in Central Asia / China shows economic interest in region

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Dow imposes order freeze for LDPE plants in Germany

IRAN

Petchem production on upward trajectory despite sanction pressure / Economic crisis impacts local consumption / Results of export-diversification campaign unclear

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Styrene, butadiene, propylene oxide: problems at Repsol in Spain

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PVC: Anwil plant faces problems again

PLASTICS MARKETS

Global production continues uptrend, seen doubling by 2050 / Waste incineration increases, landfill declines / Recycling stagnant in challenging environment