TRADE IMPACT EUROPE

How strongly do European plastics processors estimate the impact of US tariffs? / Results from industry association survey

TRADE WAR

US punitive tariffs cause uncertainty among plastics processors / Numerous materials exempt from duties

TRADE WAR

How strongly do European plastics processors estimate the impact of US tariffs? / Industry associations launch survey

POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE

2024 Polymer Producers Awards: Voting open for plastics converters / ‘Commitment to the European market' as new criteria

PLASTICS AND HEALTH

EFSA says styrene not gentoxic / First-ever food-contact migration limit expected / EuPC welcomes approach

EUPC

Paolo Bochicchio appointed new managing director

INTERVIEW

“The government wanted to ban importation of waste, but we said no” / “Inflation aids plastics industry” – interview with Pagev president Yavuz Eroglu

EUROPEAN CONVERTERS

“Let's please collaborate”: Industry representatives stress on need to work together at EuPC annual meet / Decarbonisation, regulation, competitiveness major topics

UPDATE - POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE

Best Polymer Producers Awards 2023: European processors select top suppliers in eight polymer categories / Vinnolit scores in decarbonisation

LABOUR SHORTAGE EUROPE

“We do not orient our search in terms of a particular industry, but by types of job most needed” / Online recruiting more difficult for blue collar workers / PIE interview with ZAV spokesman Marcel Schmutzler

LABOUR SHORTAGE EUROPE

“Plastics sector is competing for talents across Europe” / Joint educational programmes needed to hire young people / PIE interview with the MD of EuPC, Bernard Merkx

LABOUR SHORTAGE EUROPE

“We need to recruit from non-EU countries in the long term” / Only half of open positions filled in 2023 / PIE interview with Polyvia COO Jean Chaillet

LABOUR SHORTAGE EUROPE

Critical skill shortage in plastics processing industries intensifies / Germany needs almost 500,000 foreigners per year; shortage of working migrants in Italy and Spain – study / PIE talks to industry experts

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Parliament's ENVI committee backs EU's Zero Pellet Loss proposal / NGOs not fully satisfied

POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE

Voting begins for Best Polymer Producers Awards / Decarbonisation as overarching category

EU PACKAGING

Germany-Italy ‘deal' could scupper EU's packaging waste rules / Legal assessment adds to debate about proposed regulations

TRANSPORT PACKAGING

Industry groups urge EU to draw up ‘effective and realistic measures' for PPWR

EU PACKAGING

Trade groups warn on erosion of single market under proposed packaging regulation / Fragmentation could deter potential investors

PLASTICS RECYCLING

Audit schemes EuCertPlast, RecyClass merge into one certification

PLASTIC PACKAGING

Recyclate use quotas cannot be met, industry warns / European associations call for credit system

RECYLED PLASTICS

MORE survey open for European converters

PACKAGING

European trade bodies warn of waste regulation disparity / EU market rules needed for circular economy / Varying national laws said to cause difficulties

CHEMICAL RECYCLING

EU plastics sector seeks harmonised content parameters for chemically recycled products / Commission urged to adopt mass balance method

POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE

Voting begins for Best Polymer Producers Awards / Commitment to Europe becomes focal point

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Plastics Europe, EuPC launch programme to control pellet loss / Scheme harmonised with Operation Clean Sweep