December 29, 2025 - The European Commission announces short-term measures to boost circularity and aid the struggling sector ahead of the 2026 Circular Economy Act.
December 23, 2025 - Prysmian and Versalis turn XLPE scrap into feedstock with Hoop technology at Mantua, Italy.
December 17, 2025 - The Austrian polyolefins producer transfers its share in the Ostend pyrolysis plant to the Dutch company BlueAlp in exchange for a minority stake.
December 17, 2025 - A feasibility study has been launched for a 5,000 t/y PMMA depolymerization plant at Röhm’s Worms site in Germany, supporting the industrial scale-up and future licensing of NXRe technology.
December 15, 2025 - The EU project develops electrically heated catalytic pyrolysis to process complex plastic waste with up to 90% fewer emissions, using renewable energy as a heat source.
December 3, 2025 - The UK government opens up to chemical recycling and excludes pre-consumer waste from the tax calculation.
December 1, 2025 - Two major brands sign long-term agreements for enzymatically recycled PET, bringing pre-sales of the Longlaville plant to 50%.
November 26, 2025 - The new VerpackDG draft law would allow up to 5% of the plastic recycling target to be met using chemical or solvent-based processes.
November 21, 2025 - Associations warn that without urgent policy measures, Europe will miss its 2030 targets and lose competitiveness to non-EU markets.
November 21, 2025 - The European Innovation Fund has selected Saipem and Garbo’s PET depolymerization project for funding.
January 14, 2026 - Ola and Lars Hugoson pass the baton of the Swedish compounder to the third generation of the family.
January 14, 2026 - The USD 7.4 billion industrial group will operate through two distinct business units under a new permanent capital platform.
January 14, 2026 - Ketan Joshi of BASF takes over the leadership of the association representing the European petrochemical industry.
January 13, 2026 - Eleven standout projects spanning aerospace, mobility, energy and digital, selected in Paris from 154 entries.
January 13, 2026 - Volker Nilles joins the German injection molding machine manufacturer’s executive management as Chief Executive Officer.
January 13, 2026 - Toyoda Gosei refines devulcanization to boost recycled content in vehicles, enabling EPDM weatherstrips with reclaimed rubber.
January 8, 2026 - The Saudi group divests its European petrochemicals business and its engineering thermoplastics activities in Europe and the Americas through two separate transactions worth more than $950 million.
December 30, 2025 - The downturn in Europe’s chemicals industry and extra-EU imports have impacted three German companies of the Belgian group active in polyamides.
January 9, 2026 - Sol Tiox acquires the former Venator Italy site; €35–40 million planned to upgrade the production lines.
January 5, 2026 - The 2026 budget law defers the single-use plastics levy to 2027 and reintroduces hyper-depreciation for capital goods with extended timelines.
January 8, 2026 - The 1-million-ton-per-year unit anchors the Chinese Verbund, set to become the group’s third-largest global site.
The ‘save the date’ has been launched for the annual industry gathering, which for the first time will not be held in Brussels.
Exhibitors can sign up by June 15 to receive a 20% discount, or by July 31 for a 10% reduction. Additional savings are available for those booking more space than in 2023.
With strong exhibitor interest and regional support, the event will remain at its traditional Lake Constance location for at least five more years.
