Trelleborg's new bio-circular EPDM grades slash product carbon footprint by 55% – Global News Digest, 22 Apr 2026

Packaging and films

Videplast and ExxonMobil crack the code on thinner, recyclable pet food film

UK foodservice packaging businesses urged to lobby MPs over unfair pEPR burden

ICAR and Natures Bioplastics develop biodegradable films for milk and water packs

Hormuz near-shutdown is about to make packaging more expensive for everyone

Ammonia and fertilizer

Ammonia industry sounds alarm as gas directive risks cutting critical sector supplies

NYK Line, Golden Island and Yara team up to launch ammonia bunkering in Singapore

Petrochemicals and polymers

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan push ahead with joint petrochemical and refining projects

Israeli strikes on Mahshahr and Asaluyeh leave Iran scrambling for polymer imports

Kumho Petrochemical bets on high-value SSBR and EPDM to ride out global glut

Lotte Chemical spins off Daesan plant and merges with HD Hyundai Chemical

Trelleborg's new bio-circular EPDM grades slash product carbon footprint by 55%

INEOS Inovyn sells Italy's largest chlor-alkali plant to Esseco Industrial

Industrial technology and manufacturing

Dürr's RoDip Ezy reimagines automotive dip coating with curves, no turntables

IMI locks in Solvay as anchor IIoT customer with 5,000-sensor global framework deal

Energy, mining and critical minerals

NavPrakriti to build Rs.100 crore Odisha plant to recover lithium, cobalt and nickel

Canada bets C$36.5 million on E3 Lithium's Alberta direct lithium extraction project

Investments and corporate moves

Middle East conflict carves $30-40 million hole in Worley's FY26 earnings

Heranba board to convert subsidiary ICDs into optionally convertible debentures on April 27

Sustainability and circular economy

India's textile waste holds Rs 78,500 crore of untapped value, says FICCI report