POLYMER PRICES

Standard thermoplastics trend December: Rollovers for polyolefins, PVC; small increases for styrenics

POLYMER PRICES

China engineering thermoplastics November: Prices mostly decrease on weak downstream demand / POM slightly higher as supply tightens / Ordering to remain low in December as off-season continues

POLYMER PRICE FORECASTS

Sideways or downward shift at start of new year

RUSSIA

Polymer profits plummet / Market demand on downward trajectory / Outlook for 2026 uncertain

HEXPOL

Swedish compounder gains Porsche certification for low-emission recycled-content TPEs

COKO-WERK

German injection moulding company sells its Polish subsidiary

ALPLA

Packaging producer enters HDPE recycling for food-contact applications / Development project launched in Netherlands

LYONDELLBASELL

Plans for German waste sorting plant paused / Pyrolysis start postponed

POLYMER PRICES

North America November: Fundamental market weakness, lower feedstock costs put pressure on prices / End of year expected to be quiet

RECYCLING UK

Better recycling policies, including ban on plastics waste exports, could add GBP 1 bn to UK economy – Biffa-commissioned report

POLYMER PRICES

China standard thermoplastics November: Almost all prices fall despite rise in feedstock costs / High supply, weak demand exert pressure / Some impulses expected from incentive policies

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY

More and more energy-intensive companies are moving away – Simon-Kucher study

GREENDOT

German recycling group acquires Italian compounder Forplast / Chemical recycling central to strategy

RANI PLAST

Finnish film manufacturer acquires Swedish competitor Kullaplast

LYONDELLBASELL

No market recovery in Q4 / Europe remains under pressure

BASF

CEO Markus Kamieth: ‘Industry in Germany will not vanish' / Collaboration with, instead of dependence on, China

EU POLICY

Commission launches bioeconomy strategy / Substitution of fossil fuels / Cefic says enthusiasm is premature / Bioplastics capacity growing rapidly

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

New EU pellet rules target microplastics leak along value chain / Regulation takes effect 16 December 2025

SOUTH KOREA

Lotte and HD Hyundai present plans for restructuring cracker activities

RENOLIT

Healthcare business spin-off planned by end-2027