{"id":3647,"date":"2026-03-02T10:39:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koranis.de\/?p=3647"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:52:34","slug":"from-learnings-to-earnings-experts-break-down-european-plastics-markets-2025-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koranis.de\/en\/from-learnings-to-earnings-experts-break-down-european-plastics-markets-2025-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"From Learnings to Earnings: Experts break down European plastics markets 2025\u20132026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/koranis.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kunststoff-Strohalme_CCO_pexels-pixabay-65612-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koranis.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kunststoff-Strohalme_CCO_pexels-pixabay-65612-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/koranis.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kunststoff-Strohalme_CCO_pexels-pixabay-65612-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/koranis.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kunststoff-Strohalme_CCO_pexels-pixabay-65612-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koranis.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kunststoff-Strohalme_CCO_pexels-pixabay-65612-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/koranis.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kunststoff-Strohalme_CCO_pexels-pixabay-65612-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<p>Your go-to for business news,&nbsp;<strong>Plastics Information Europe<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>PIE<\/strong>), kicked off the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ki.de\/en\/pie-industry-talk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PIE Industry Talks webinar series<\/a>&nbsp;on 19 February 2026 with a data-rich look at how the global plastics landscape has shifted since 2022. Moderated by PIE\u2019s Deputy Editor-in-Chief&nbsp;<em>Somya Abrol<\/em>, the webinar was joined by PIE\u2019s Senior Market Analyst&nbsp;<em>Vincent Breit<\/em>&nbsp;and market expert&nbsp;<em>Dimitrios Koranis<\/em>, and walked attendees from Europe, the UK, and the US through the post-pandemic reset in worldwide plastics production and the ongoing struggles in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The speakers highlighted how European output has lagged global growth, under pressure from high energy costs, weak demand, and increasing competition from regions with structural cost advantages. A second focus was Europe\u2019s changing position in global trade, with a review of the EU\u2019s trade balance from 2018 to 2024 and a closer look at import flows of LDPE, LLDPE, and HDPE into Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants saw how Europe has shifted from a more comfortable net-exporter status towards growing dependence on imports for key polyolefin grades, with rising volumes from the Middle East, North America, and parts of Asia. The discussion underscored how these shifts are reshaping pricing power, margin pressure, and investment decisions along the value chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those who were unable to attend the webinar live, or those who would like to rewatch it, the video recording is available here below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PIE Industry Talk\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1166632240?h=a23ce0eda0&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>This article appeared on the 26th of February 2026 at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pieweb.plasteurope.com\/default.aspx?pageid=976543&amp;docid=259736&amp;key=83pf3fv8nm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PIE Web<\/a>\u00a0(Plastics-Information<\/strong> <strong>Europe<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your go-to for business news,\u00a0Plastics Information Europe\u00a0(PIE), kicked off the\u00a0PIE Industry Talks webinar series\u00a0on 19 February 2026 with a data-rich look at how the global plastics landscape has shifted since 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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