ANTOLIN

Spanish automotive supplier in the red in Q2, H1 / Full-year profit warning issued

EXXONMOBIL

Reports: US giant pauses EU recycling investments / CEO complains to Trump about regs from Brussels / Fate of Texan hydrogen project still unclear /

POLYMER PRICES

Polyurethane feedstocks September: TDI force majeure rattles the market – dramatic mark-ups scare off processors / Demand from construction, automotive likely to remain limited in early October

PLASTICS MANUFACTURING GERMANY

Production down significantly in Q2 / “We will need to be in it for the long haul” – Plastics Europe

LOGISTICS

Countdown to tariff moratorium: trade, freight rates between US and China rising rapidly

FORM-PLAST

Polish injection moulder enters insolvency proceedings

PLASTIC FANTASTIC

Running on a sugar high

POLYMER PRICES

China engineering thermoplastics August: Prices drop across the board on weak demand, lower feedstock costs / Mixed outlook in September in run-up to peak season

WANHUA CHEMICAL

Global isocyanates leader completes sale of 25% stake in Chinese subsidiary to Kuwait's PIC

POLAND

DRS to launch 1 October despite protests / Council of entrepreneurs warns of high costs, limited effectiveness / Public backlash threatens to derail reform

LIDL / KAUFLAND

Schwarz retail group lags in recyclates use / Previous plastics strategy to be expanded

AMCOR

Greenback modular chemical recycling unit installed at UK facility

SYENSQO

Division head Radossich to succeed CEO Kadri

RECON TECHNOLOGY

Commissioning starts at 40,000 t/y chemical recycling plant in China

MDI

US imposes provisional anti-dumping measures on isocyanate imports from China

POLYMER PRICES

Engineering recyclate September: No mood to buy, no orders / Demand remains low with prices mostly moving sideways

AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING

Draft EU circularity rules provisionally approved / New vehicle types to include minimum 20% recycled plastics / Waste industry lobby urges stronger action

LEONHARD KURZ

German film tech specialist commissions mechanical PET recycling plant

VESTAS

Wind turbine manufacturer invests in Italy / Factory takeover in Poland completed

SWITZERLAND

Retailers prolong voluntary plastics-reduction commitment