January 13, 2026 - Eleven standout projects spanning aerospace, mobility, energy and digital, selected in Paris from 154 entries.
December 1, 2025 - The first General Assembly of the European Circular Composites Alliance will take place in Brussels in the coming days.
November 28, 2025 - Anti-dumping tariffs on certain continuous filament products from Asia have been increased following a review. Glass Fibre Europe welcomes the move.
November 13, 2025 - OCSiAl announces investment in Luxembourg to build the world’s largest graphene nanotube factory.
November 7, 2025 - Supply agreement signed for hundreds of tonnes of partially renewable unsaturated polyester resins.
November 5, 2025 - Italian reactive extrusion machinery maker Xeltrusion now fully owned by Managing Director Alessio Morino.
July 11, 2025 - LyondellBasell’s Styrene +LC—sourced from renewable or chemically recycled feedstocks—enters Polynt’s resin formulations for boats and yachts.
June 25, 2025 - Plast, Xylexpo and the new Composites Future will team up June 9–12, 2026, at Fiera Milano for a cross-industry showcase of processing technologies.
June 6, 2025 - The American chemical company will sell its 50% stake in DowAksa to Turkish partner Aksa for $125 million.
April 11, 2025 - The first products resulting from a European research project involving Italian companies Delta and Gees Recycling are now on the market.
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.
