POLYMER PRICES

Benzene September: Better availability yields substantial discount

CHEMICAL RECYCLING

JRC puts numbers on price difference to virgin plastics / CRE says findings unsurprising for a 'young, capital-intensive industry' / What would it take to close the gap?

ENVALIOR

Partners with Secara to develop chemically recycled PA 6 for automotive applications

GREENDOT

Acquisitions boost mechanical plastics recycling business in H1 / Packaging licensing sales decline

BYK

High-performance additives capacity expanded in Germany

PLASTICS MARKET USA

New Senate bill seeks science-based framework for tracing recyclate content / Current standards termed inconsistent / Environmental claims must be backed up

POLYMER PRICES

Propylene September: Small discount

EUROPEAN CAR MARKET

PPWR puts automotive packaging supply chains under new pressure

EDITORIAL

European Commission commemorates EU-US trade deal – a win for Washington

EVONIK

Speciality chemicals group appoints interim CEO following chief's surgery

EVERTIS

Portuguese PET film producer expands in Mexico / Focus on North American business

FYSOL

Besler Glassfiber acquired / Move to number two in European market

LOGISTICS

Rhine shipping: Situation eases as water levels rise / Panama Canal's low water, typhoon season keep global markets on edge / Logistics entrpreneur Kühne dies

PURECYCLE

Solvent-based PP recycling: European launch in Antwerp delayed until 2029

LEGO

Toymaker posts record sales in H1

AUSTROTHERM

Austrian insulation manufacturer in talks over possible acquisition of Etex's XPS business

PLASTIC FANTASTIC

Upcycled up, up into space: cookies 3D-printed from plastics waste

POLYMER PRICES

Butadiene September: More expensive feedstocks drive up contract price

RUSSIA

Major explosion, fire at Amur Gas Chemical / Polyolefin line start-ups delayed

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Eurozone manufacturing hits four-and-half-year high as growth broadens in August / Germany strengthens, France weakens / UK activity rises overall, manufacturing retreats