Hormuz blockade chokes Gujarat: 80% of detergent MSMEs go dark – Global News Digest, 13 Apr 2026

Geopolitical impact / Supply chain crisis

Hormuz blockade chokes Gujarat: 80% of detergent MSMEs go dark

Korea's industry minister rushes to front lines of petrochem crisis

Iran war rips the lid off the world's petrochemical dependency

Middle East war sends Bangladesh's plastic industry into freefall

Crude oil shock is about to make your child's toys 40% pricier

Recycling & circular economy

Faerch and Norfersk close the loop on meat tray recycling at scale

Aduro clears the path for Europe's first hydrochemolytic plastics recycling plant

8800,000 tonnes of car plastic burns yearly — Europe has no system to stop it

India's r-PET bet: How 17 new plants are rewriting the packaging playbook

Cambridge scientists use scrap battery acid to crack plastic recycling wide open

US study proves recycling is a privilege — and poorer communities pay the price

Sustainability & innovation

Archroma arrives at China Interdye with fixes for fashion's dirtiest problems

Sulzer bets big on Spinnova to industrialise chemical-free wood fibre

Biotalys and Syngenta score first win in war against resistant crop pests

DS Smith crafts Art Deco-inspired sustainable packaging for Lalique's new collection

Microplastics are quietly poisoning India's farms — and no one has a plan

Investments & corporate moves

Glencore doubles down on US aluminium with South Carolina recycling stake

SCG and CEIBS join forces to build the next generation of China-ready leaders

AstraZeneca dumps its Bengaluru factory for ?3,400 crore real estate windfall

Tata Sons listing buzz sends Tata Chemicals stock surging nearly 7%

Industry & market updates

From oil shock to ASEAN powerhouse: Thailand's petrochemical rise and reckoning

PlastiWorld 2026 wraps up in Mumbai with ?60 crore in deals and 800+ MoUs

IPF sounds the alarm: West Asia crisis sends polymer costs soaring 70%

India Rubber Expo 2026 closes with record deals and global partnerships

Midnight blaze destroys Jalandhar rubber factory, exposes glaring safety gaps

Malaysia's rubber output crashes 40% year-on-year as sector struggles

Yokohama takes its touchless aircraft lavatory tech to Hamburg's biggest airshow