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MGI COUTIER
French automotive supplier returns to growth / Management changes
15.07.2015
PLASTIVALOIRE
French plastics processor acquires Turkish injection moulder
15.07.2015
CONTITECH
Investing in plants in Serbia and China / German hose assembly line to be shuttered
13.07.2015
SCHLEMMER
German automotive OEM inaugurates plants in China and the Philippines
10.07.2015
TI AUTOMOTIVE
Acquisition by Bain Capital is completed / Bill Kozyra will continue to lead firm's existing management team
08.07.2015
LAPP
Groundbreaking for new European HQ / German cable producer investing EUR 20m
06.07.2015
HUNTSMAN
Purchase of Italian PU processor Tecnoelastomeri / Specialised in hot-cast elastomer systems
26.06.2015
NIFCO KTW
New injection moulding plant in US state of Georgia / Expansion of main facility in Germany
19.06.2015
BENECKE-KALIKO
Work starts to raise polyolefin-based foil production / Output to meet growing demand in NAFTA region / Aids vehicle lightweighting
17.06.2015
REHAU
EUR 50m investment in German site / Underlining commitment to automotive industry
17.06.2015
JOHNSON CONTROLS
Future of automotive business under review despite recent joint venture agreement with Yanfeng / Full range of strategic options to be considered
16.06.2015
WIRTHWEIN
Majority share in Turkey's Farel Plastik acquired / Supplying to white goods producer BSH
16.06.2015
AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLY
VW and SAIC build on partnership / Collaboration on electric cars / First model to be launched in 2016
12.06.2015
TAKATA
Faulty airbag inflators used in cars from 11 manufacturers / Vehicle recall in US swells to 34m / NHTSA coordinating public information campaign
29.05.2015
DSM
Launching “Xytron” family of PPS compounds / Partnership with China's NHU
27.05.2015
RÖCHLING
New plants under construction in Mexico and China / Medical technology growing slowly / Positive signals from the automotive business in North America
26.05.2015
AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING FRANCE
Excelcar R&D centre at Peugeot plant commissioned / Composites for carriage building
19.05.2015
MOTHERSON SUMI SYSTEMS
Automotive plants planned in USA and Hungary / New Daimler orders worth EUR 2.1 bn
19.05.2015
MAGNETI MARELLI / FAURECIA
Start of joint-venture car parts production for Fiat Chrysler in Brazil
18.05.2015
WEGU
Zhongding completes purchase of German plastics and elastomers processor
15.05.2015
TRANSDIGM
Aircraft supplier acquires Pexco's aerospace division / Transaction worth USD 500m
11.05.2015
MAGNETI MARELLI
EUR 36m investment realised as two production facilities are opened in China / Production target of 5m automotive lamps in 2019 at Xiaogan plant
07.05.2015
ADVAL TECH
Planning new air ducts production site in Mexico
04.05.2015
DOWAKSA
Collaborating with Ford to develop cost-effective, high-volume carbon fibres for automotive applications
29.04.2015
EUWE GROUP
First US production plant in South Carolina to start up in 2017 / Plastic interior parts for BMW “X” series
28.04.2015
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