Market Report

Challenging Regional Environment Dents Financial Stability in the First Half of 2025 MOL Group’s profit before tax reached USD 236 mn in the second quarter of 2025, down by 56% year-on-year due to lower operating profits but supported by finance gains. Upstream’s performance was...

African Trade Opportunity Results in Contracts and Strong Growth Projections Think Plastic Brazil, a portfolio of solutions for the plastic-converted products sector in the process of internationalizing to target markets, hosted a business mission to South Africa from June 17 to 20, 2025, bringing together...

Stronger Order Intake Paves the Way for Plastics and Rubber Sector Recovery For German producers of rubber equipment and plastics, 2024 was just another year to "forget." After accounting for pricing adjustments, order intake and sales both decreased by 21% and 19%, respectively, from the...

Shaping a Self‑Sufficient Future: Is Europe Ready to Stand Without the USA? For European industry, the USA is considerably more than just a significant sales market. Companies are being particularly severely hit by Donald Trump's shift in trade policies. Europe must now demonstrate strength and...

Westfalia Fruit Trials Exclusive Technology Targeting Food Safety and Sustainability Westfalia Fruit, a leading multinational supplier of avocados, has conducted the first successful trials of an innovative and natural method of ensuring food safety within the supply chain. Current industry practice is to manually deep clean...

Ease of Use – A Sometimes Overlooked Key to Productivity in Digital Printing, and Staff Fulfilment By Erwin Busselot, Director Business Innovation & Solutions, Ricoh Graphic Communications, Ricoh Europe In the face of a very challenging environment, impacted by higher costs, demand for the faster turnaround...