ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY GERMANY

Sales of tube and aerosol cans stagnate / Industry remains under pressure – no trend turnaround in sight for 2026

US-IRAN WAR

Persian Gulf refineries under attack / Regional energy sites possible targets / Plastics plants at risk

POLYETHYLENE IMPORTS

War in Iran threatens Europe's PE supply / Shortage expected within six weeks as US volumes unlikely to compensate

BIOPLASTICS

Asia's capacity growth to flatten / Bioeconomy Strategy could boost demand for biobased materials in Europe – nova-Institute report

BASF

Petchem giant announces price hike for additives

TRINSEO

Another sharp price hike for styrenics

MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT

How Iran war is affecting global plastics industry / Strait of Hormuz a bottleneck for world trade / Is this the turnaround for European polymer production?

POLYNT

Price increases across entire portfolio in Europe

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Sabic restarts LDPE plant in Wilton, UK / Force majeure remains in effect

AOC

Resin producer plans price hikes for EMEA region

RECYCLING FINLAND

Chemical recycling plant nears completion / Country still well short of 50% packaging reclaim target / Mechanical recovery momentum fades

OXEA

Price increases for various intermediates

ABS

EU imposes final anti-dumping duties on imports from South Korea and Taiwan

BUTANEDIOL

EU imposes provisional countervailing duties on imports from China, US, Saudi Arabia

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PVC: Inovyn announces production shutdown in Martorell / Tunnel between France and Spain closed

KRATON

Prices hike for styrene block copolymers

TRINSEO

Significant price increases for PS, ABS, SAN

USA

Winter Storm Fern: impact on European supply expected to be limited to PE

UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polypropylene: TotalEnergies declares second force majeure / Start-up problems at Ineos / Fire breaks out in Geleen

RECYCLING EUROPE

Ten proposals on how EU waste management and plastics recycling must change to drive defossilisation / Joint paper by BZL and nova-Institute