PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

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

DOMO CHEMICALS

Following companies in Germany and France, Spanish subsidiary files for insolvency / Production expected to be discontinued

WACKER CHEMIE

Silicone specialist posts EUR 800 mn loss in 2025

HL DISPLAY

Swedish specialist in merchandise presentation solutions set to acquire competitor Deinzer

PLASTICS RECYCLING

‘Rising rates alone are no reason to celebrate' / Guest editorial on the state of the industry – Dirk Textor, Bvse

EU POLICY

Critical Chemicals Alliance general assembly gets sector approval / Plastics Europe joins steering board / Industry repeats call for ‘action not words'

KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST

Film manufacturer completes restructuring / EUR 1.3 bn debt writedown agreed

KRATON

Prices hike for styrene block copolymers

NORTH AMERICA

Chemical industry groupings set priorities for new USMCA trade deal / Outlook for treaty uncertain / Trump holds the trump card

PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY

Federal government not planning national plastics tax – at least not ‘for the time being'

HEXPOL

Swedish compounder's sales and earnings under noticeable pressure in 2025

TRINSEO

Significant price increases for PS, ABS, SAN

POLYMER PRICES

Styrenics January: Quiet start to year / Slight premiums for PS, rollover for ABS / Signs of stronger price momentum in February

POLYMER PRICES

Engineering thermoplastics January: Sometimes up, sometimes down, but seldom stable: prices move in different directions / Uncertainty governs market / Trend reversal in February?

POLYMER PRICES

Composites/GRP January: Weak demand and a reasonably well-supplied market / No stock replenishment trends evident / Rollover likely in February

FLEXIBLE PACKAGING

Prices for films in Europe declined in Q4 / Shift to discounters, private labels supports demand to limited extent

COVESTRO

TDI plant optimisation in Shanghai completed / Lines in Germany remain under force majeure

POLYMER PRICES

Feedstocks January/February

WACKER CHEMIE

Silicone specialist increases prices significantly

TRELLEBORG

Negative currency effects keep sales at previous year's level / Plans for plants in India, US, Morocco