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PIE 883 of 10.05.2013

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CONTINENTAL STRUCTURAL PLASTICS
Expansion in France / Leasing floor space and purchasing equipment (16.05.2013)

OWENS CORNING
Automotive alliance with BASF, TenCate / Cost reduction (25.03.2013)

GURIT
EUR 1.5m supply agreement with major Italian automotive OEM / Composite body panel production expanded in the UK (31.01.2013)

TENCATE
Acquisition of UK thermoset composites producer Amber Composites (18.01.2013)

GURIT
Group reorganisation on 1 February 2013 / New Composite Materials and Engineering divisions (17.01.2013)

SCHÄFER MWN
New German joint venture for structural composite components (16.01.2013)

SOLVAY
Agreement with Fibroline to produce PVC composites (04.01.2013)

LANXESS
Acquisition of composite sheet manufacturer Bond-Laminates / Strengthening automotive business (21.09.2012)

CYTEC INDUSTRIES
Umeco acquisition completed / All-cash deal / Technology boost for advanced composites (25.07.2012)

FAURECIA
Sora Composites' automotive activities acquired / New US joint venture with Rush Group (23.07.2012)

AIRBUS
First US plant to start operations in 2015 / Focus on final assembly (09.07.2012)

UK COMPOSITES MARKET
Automotive partnership: Consortium to develop lightweight, lower-cost, composite vehicle structures / Key roles for robotics and fast-cure prepregs (21.06.2012)

GREINER
Growth curbed by volatile feedstock prices / Perfoam automotive supplier to be divested (29.05.2012)

TENCATE
Acquisition of PMC Baycomp / Activities bundled under new TenCate Industrial Composites group (29.05.2012)

CYTEC INDUSTRIES
Acquisition of composite materials provider Umeco / Cash deal / Plans to divest Coating Resins business unit (26.04.2012)

CARBURES
Spanish CFR specialist establishes Chinese joint venture (10.04.2012)

TPI COMPOSITES
Composite wind turbine blades joint venture with Turkey's Alke Insaat / Targeting southern European and North African markets (28.03.2012)

BRAZIL
Composites sector grows sales by more than 10% in 2011 / Study predicts 12% rise in 2012 (12.03.2012)

GURIT
Wind energy sector drives 2011 sales growth / Operating profit margin expected to be around 8% (06.02.2012)

LM WIND POWER
Plans to start manufacturing rotor blades in Brazil (16.01.2012)

CCP COMPOSITES
Total merges all its composites activities in new business unit (18.10.2011)

GURIT
“Further growth” expected after strong H1 2011 / Meeting annual EBIT margin target a challenge / Dynamic Indian market (16.09.2011)

GURIT
Acquisitions lead to 2.7% sales increase to EUR 240m in 2010 / Wind energy sees stronger H2 / Prepregs decline (07.02.2011)

DAIMLER
Joint venture with Toray to produce CFRP parts / Production to start in 2012 (31.01.2011)

POLYTEC
Italian composite production divested / Takeover by new Ranger owner IMR (12.01.2011)

PLASTICON
Composites manufacturer agrees to acquire AC Plastiques / Exploitation of synergies (21.12.2010)

BOEING
Plans to increase composite parts production at Chinese subsidiary / USD 21m investment (01.10.2010)

COMPOSITE ONE
New Hungarian plant for aviation composite parts (29.09.2010)

FACC
Revenues down / No improvements expected in ongoing financial year (28.09.2010)

AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION
Production of the Airbus A 350 begins / Boeing delays delivery of the Dreamliner until 2011 (09.09.2010)

GURIT
New tooling production site in China inaugurated (31.08.2010)

EUROCOPTER
New order for Airbus A350 XWB passenger and cargo doors / New hall for German production site (30.08.2010)

UAC
Aerocomposite subsidiary plans facility to manufacture CFRP aircraft body / Partnering with FACC to develop a wing box (20.08.2010)

CARBO TECH COMPOSITES
Bulk order from McLaren / Serial production of carbon fibre reinforced passenger cabins / 4,000 units to be manufactured starting 2011 (25.06.2010)

ADVANCED COMPOSITES GROUP
South African subsidiary sold to AAT Composites (23.06.2010)

GOODRICH CORPORATION
Acquisition of UK-based carbon fibre products manufacturer Crompton Technology Group (22.06.2010)

RÖCHLING
Plans to open new plants in Romania, China and the US by mid-2012 / Strong rise in sales in 2010 / Delivery delays due to raw material shortages (01.06.2010)

SGL KÜMPERS
JEG Innovation Award for automated carbon fibre preform technology / Project with EADS and Airbus (10.05.2010)

GURIT
125 employees at Canadian plant temporarily laid off (15.01.2010)

PREMIUM AEROTEC
Takeover of EADS composite processing in Lemwerder / Cooperation with SGL Group (16.12.2009)

GURIT
Acquisition of leading Chinese wind turbine blade mould manufacturer Suzhou Red Maple (15.12.2009)

GURIT
Swiss group acquires marine composite engineering competitor High Modulus (07.12.2009)

FACC
Foundation stone laid for Strata plant in Abu Dhabi / Production of composite parts for aircraft construction (30.11.2009)

LM GLASFIBER
European workforce to be cut by nearly 900 / Most redundancies in Denmark / Challenging market (26.11.2009)

LM GLASFIBER
Capacity at third Chinese blade plant to double (12.11.2009)

FACC
Xian Aircraft buys aviation supplier / Austrian jobs guaranteed / Workforce sceptical (12.10.2009)

WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES
Cincinnati Extrusion and Tech-Wood develop houses made entirely of WPC / Trial construction in the US and Europe (24.09.2009)

GURIT
Performance targets met in H1 2009, but all product groups see declines / Full-year results below 2008 (21.09.2009)

QUADRANT
Aquamit now controls more than 95% of equity (31.08.2009)

QUADRANT
Directors declare “done deal” / Offer falls slightly short of target / Final tender deadline is 26 August (18.08.2009)

HAPPICH
Commercial vehicle component supplier files for insolvency / Italian group companies unaffected (29.07.2009)

PLASTAL
Creditors give go-ahead light for sale of most German plants / Separate Belgian-Scandinavian group formed (28.07.2009)

MECAPLAST
Further major job losses at French automotive supplier / Up to 1,050 positions may be cut (24.07.2009)

AIRBUS
High-tech composites manufacturing site / Financial support from Welsh Assembly (06.07.2009)

POLYMER RESEARCH
Twente University to establish a centre for thermoplastic composites (06.07.2009)

IDI
Acquisition of Menzolit Compounds businesses in France and China / Now global leader in SMC and BMC (30.06.2009)

FACC
Cooperation with Arabian company Mubadala / Building of new plant in Abu Dhabi / Transfer of orders (25.06.2009)

MERIDIAN
Decoma International buys parts of composites business / Sale includes units in US and Mexico (16.06.2009)

POLYTEC
Swedish production site to close / OEM supplier says additional plant shutdowns are to come (02.06.2009)

QUADRANT
Directors and Mitsuibishi make takeover offer / Shareholder opposition / Negative earnings in Q1 (06.05.2009)

EXEL COMPOSITES
Loss-making sports business divested / Concentrating on composite profiles for technical applications (28.04.2009)

GURIT
New business model heralds return to profit / Sales growth in target markets reaches 17.8% (06.04.2009)

HEXION
New resins unit to supply wind energy market / Failed bid to acquire Huntsman leads to 2008 loss (16.03.2009)

SORA COMPOSITES
Family firm acquires insolvent Ranger France / 270 jobs to be saved (11.03.2009)

PLASTAL
Swedish holding files for insolvency / Some of Dynamit Nobel businesses likely to be affected (06.03.2009)

MERIDIAN
SMC production facility to be built in Mexico (23.02.2009)

BENTELER-SGL
Acquisition of Fischer Composites / Austrian plant to be extended / Fischer remains true to skis (12.02.2009)

TORAY
Investment in German carbon fibres specialist ACE / Plans to develop RTM process for mass market cars (20.01.2009)

GURIT
Chinese wind turbine materials contract awarded (13.01.2009)

FINMECCANICA
Aerospace supplier plans joint ventures with Russian firm (02.12.2008)

EADS
Expansion in composites processing / Augsburg, Nordenham and Varel facilities transferred to new business (08.09.2008)

HILL & SMITH
Acquisition of US manufacturer of pultrusion products / Companies already had marketing, production agreement (02.09.2008)

MECELEC
Supplier to French electricity and gas sector files for protection from creditors (21.08.2008)

HEXCEL
Sale of BHA Aero Composite Parts stake to Boeing (30.07.2008)

HANSEYACHTS
New GRP plant in Poland (02.07.2008)

FACC
Now “Future Advanced Composite Components” / Name change reflects Fischer exits / Capital increase agreed (01.07.2008)

FACC
Fischer Sports wants to sell its shares in aircraft parts supplier / Salinen Austria has established special takeover entity / Search for investors (13.06.2008)

SIGMA
World's first composite bus body / Joint venture with Compin of France (02.06.2008)

LM GLASFIBER
Sales increase by 22% to EUR 575m in 2007 / Delays in Spain bring EUR 40m operating loss (07.05.2008)

SGL
Joint venture with Benteler to develop carbon fibre composite automotive components (29.04.2008)

FACC
Joint venture with Arab investor / Production base in dollar zone / Divestment plans are on ice for now (24.04.2008)

LM GLASFIBER
New blade facility under construction in Poland (23.04.2008)

TENCATE
Composites firm YLA acquired for USD 32m (29.01.2008)

AMER
Continued slow winter sports sales trigger reorganisation / Jobs to go at Atomic and Salomon (18.01.2008)

AZDEL
Korea's Hanwha buys GMT specialist from Sabic and PPG / Expansion in automotive sector planned (26.11.2007)

TELENE
New RIM plant at Mitras Automotive in UK (22.11.2007)

SGL
Epo purchase strengthens prepregs business (19.11.2007)

GURIT
Operating loss expected for second half of 2007 / New management team to restore profitability (01.11.2007)

ROSSIGNOL
Quiksilver evidently wants to shed large parts of its winter sports division as soon as possible (26.09.2007)

GKN AEROSPACE
Contract to supply composites winglets for Boeing aircraft / Deliveries to start next year (18.06.2007)

LM GLASFIBER
Headquarters to move to Kolding (24.05.2007)

GURIT
EBIT soars 174% to CHF 27.5m / Margins limited by realignment / Wind energy leads (13.04.2007)

POLYTEC
Acquisition of Menzolit-Fibron / Now Europe´s largest manufacturer of composite parts for automobiles (10.04.2007)

GURIT
Swiss units bear brunt in new round of changes / Zullwil faces redundancies (23.03.2007)

EXPRESS COMPOSITES
UK acquisition adds to capabilities (21.03.2007)

GURIT
Jobs to go at Newport as part of refocusing / New carbon fibre prepreg plant at UK site (06.03.2007)

NORDAM
First composite airliner window frame developed / Weight saving on aluminium (21.02.2007)

GURIT
Construction work begins on composites plant in China / Main target markets are wind energy and boat building (02.01.2007)

REIFENHÄUSER
"Bitruder" extruders for wood polymer composites installed at Kosche plant / Profiles added to range (20.12.2006)

GPX GROUP
Joint venture with SF2 Retail Solutions / More products and services (04.12.2006)

FENNER
Record pretax profit (30.11.2006)

PLASTIC OMNIUM
Majority takeover of Inopart approved (07.11.2006)

MENZOLIT-FIBRON
Component production will not move to Turkey / Most presses will transfer to Gochsheim (26.10.2006)

MENZOLIT-FIBRON
German headquarters moving to Kraichtal / Some production to be relocated to Slovakia (17.10.2006)

GURIT
Concentration of winter sports materials production in Switzerland (17.10.2006)

AIRBUS
Five German components plants to be sold? / Up to 10,000 jobs at stake (13.10.2006)

DYNAMIT NOBEL
Gea wins initial damage claim against Flex-N-Gate (21.09.2006)

THYSSENKRUPP
Automotive division sells plastics operation to US company / Four plants for SMC parts (28.07.2006)

LM GLASFIBER
Rotor blade producer expands plants worldwide (31.05.2006)

GURIT
Strong first-quarter performance / UK factory leads improvement in wind energy business (19.05.2006)

PLASTIC OMNIUM
Plans for majority acquisition of SMC processor Inoplast / Composite parts for Chinese truck cabs (04.05.2006)

GURIT-HEBERLEIN
Restructuring costs affect earnings ahead of split / Health care and composites separate (06.04.2006)

GURIT-HEBERLEIN
Composites division strengthened / Complete takeover of the winter sports business (21.03.2006)

INAPAL
SMC specialist builds plant at the VW site in Palmela / New presses from Dieffenbacher (16.03.2006)

FACC
Large orders from Airbus and Boeing / New Austrian plant to start up in February 2007 (01.03.2006)

POLYMER-TEC
Long fibre-reinforced polypropylene cooperation with Ranger (10.02.2006)

GURIT-HEBERLEIN
Reorganisation of composites business (02.02.2006)

DYNAMIT NOBEL KUNSTSTOFF
Sold in second round to Sweden´s Plastal / Private equity owner to merge auto suppliers (17.11.2005)

EVENTS
JEC organises composites forum in Paris (06.10.2005)

QUADRANT
Acquisition of Poly Hi Solidur / Increased focus on semi-finished high-performance products (14.07.2005)

ADIDAS
Sale of Salomon ski division to Amer Group / Finnish player becomes world market leader (02.06.2005)

QUADRANT
Record sales, organic growth boost Quadrant in 2004 / Price hikes without immediate impact (05.05.2005)

TUFNOL
MBO from receiver / Business restructured and renamed / Over 70 jobs, Scottish depot saved (09.12.2004)

ESSEL PROPACK
Acquisition of Britain´s Arista Tubes / Europe the prime target / Moscow plant opens this year (14.10.2004)

DYNAMIT NOBEL KUNSTSTOFF
Sale to US tier 1 supplier Flex-N-Gate for EUR 430m / Broader geographical spread (13.05.2004)

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