The European 1 plastics value chain is at a breaking point. A deep competitiveness crisis is suffocating the industry, with serious consequences already materialising across the sector. By the end of 2025, the region is expected to have lost recycling plants, amounting to almost one ...

Avantium N.V. reports its 2025 half year results - Tom van Aken, Chief Executive Officer of Avantium: "We have achieved a successful start-up of the sugar dehydration unit, the largest and most critical part of our FDCA Flagship Plant, and this marks a key technical achievement in ...

The European plastic recycling industry is facing imminent collapse. The surge in low-priced imports of recycled plastics, the consequent decrease in the demand for EU-made recyclates, mounting economic pressures and excessive red tape are driving an increasing number of EU recyclers ...