FAKUMA ’24 PODCAST: EU’s economic struggle and ADNOC’s Covestro takeover hot topics ahead of plastics fair

Vicky Ellis

11-Oct-2024

LONDON (ICIS)–Markets editor Stephanie Wix and reporter Meeta Ramnani join senior editor manager Vicky Ellis to pick out key themes ahead of the 29th Fakuma plastics processing trade fair in Germany, in this latest ICIS podcast.

They discuss the clash of pessimism and optimism for acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), the changing European landscape for polycarbonate (PC) given ADNOC’s recent offer for Covestro, and pressure from cheap imports for PE and PP and engineering plastics polyacetal (POM) and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT).

Fakuma runs from 15-19 October.

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