GREINER

Packaging division grows / Lab supplies, PU foam units come under pressure / Medical sterilisation business to become standalone

BIESTERFELD

Distributor expands polymer additives portfolio through Alpha Calcit partnership

TRINSEO

Q1 results push plastics group further into red / Revenue, adjusted EBITDA decline

BIOPLASTICS

Commission researches biopolymers for packaging use / Recommends five ways to boost consumption and cost competitiveness

BP

Multiple activists stir the waters at AGM / Pushback against 'back to the roots' strategy / Motions to curb climate reporting and allow online meetings fail

POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE

Polymer Producers Awards suspended / Instability renders balanced assessment 'impossible', says grouping

EUROPEAN RECYCLING

Takeaways from PRSE Day 1: Drastic loss of recycling capacity / EU commissioner promises support / Pressure on industry increases

UPDATE - RADICI / DOMO EM

Rumours confirmed: US financial investor Lone Star acquires and merges the two PA producers

POLYMER PRICES

Styrenics April: Premiums higher than ever before / Further price increases expected for May

WESTLAKE VINNOLIT

PVC manufacturer plans to take over insolvent Vynova Wilhelmshaven

EUROPEAN CAR MARKET

US to impose 25% tariffs on EU car imports, escalating trade tensions

POLYMER PRICES

Feedstocks April/May

POLYMER PRICES

Composites/GRP April: Price rises continue for all grades; triple-digit hikes in some cases / Converters reluctant to purchase

POLYMER PRICES

Styrene May: Contract reaches four-year high

BASF

Q1 sales down 3%, but volumes grow / Petchem major sees strong Q2 prospects / Middle East crisis boosts pricing power and upside potential

POLYMER PRICES

Engineering thermoplastics April: Sellers' market drives prices higher / Converters under risk of running out of money / Difficulties expected to continue in May

VYNOVA

Belgian producer lifts force majeure on PVC supply from key European sites

POLYMER PRICES

Propylene May: Quotations continue to trend higher

POLYMER PRICES

Ethylene May: Contract rises to all-time high

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

'This is not a replacement for humans – it is a reinforcement' / Column on AI as a catalyst for plastics processing – industry consultant Arno Rogalla