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FIAT
Automaker halts production at 3 sites / Selmat denies failure to deliver necessary plastic components
16.05.2013
NIFCO
Japanese auto industry supplier adds KTS to the fold / Expansion of its UK plant in Stockton begins
15.05.2013
INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS
Tenth manufacturing facility opens in China / Assembly production for Ford, Volvo and Suzuki / Polyolefin and PVC resins for interior components
30.04.2013
LANXESS
Keltan Elastomers business unit HQ inaugurated in The Netherlands / Switch towards Keltan ACE technology proceeding apace
23.04.2013
STEBRO PLAST
Raising production capacity / Swedish injection moulder builds new hall
18.04.2013
ERCE PLASTURGIE
French injection moulder expands medical packaging sector
12.04.2013
CONTITECH
Fuel line production expansion in Hungary / Investment programme adds product development and compounding capabilities
11.04.2013
OWENS CORNING
Automotive alliance with BASF, TenCate / Cost reduction
25.03.2013
FAURECIA
Cost of production start-ups and restructuring in Europe squeezes profits / Speculation that PSA may sell
25.02.2013
GRAMMER
North American market is booming / Plans to raise production output
22.02.2013
JOHNSON CONTROLS
New seat manufacturing plant and interior components joint venture in Serbia / Supplier for Fiat's 500L compact van
08.02.2013
PLASTIC OMNIUM
Salaries at three French production sites are frozen / Reaction to threat of relocating some activities to Germany
28.01.2013
RECTICEL
150 jobs to be slashed at German automotive subsidiary by 2015 / No new order for Mercedes C-class components
24.01.2013
CONTITECH
New air conditioning and motor cable plant in Kaluga / Supplying Renault and AvtoVaz
12.12.2012
FRIEDOLA TECH
SilverLake Kraftwerk acquires majority stake / Equity increase, US expansion planned
03.12.2012
AVTOTOR
Cooperation with Canadian automotive supplier Avtotor / Manufacturing cluster to be established in Kaliningrad
28.11.2012
FAURECIA
Auto supplier plans to shed 1,500 jobs in western Europe / 37 new plants in low-wage countries
15.11.2012
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL
Agreement with Faurecia to jointly develop bioplastics for auto interiors / Biomass succinic acid to be used as raw material
08.11.2012
EASTMAN
Completion of PVB expansion in Belgium
30.10.2012
BASF / TENCATE
Strategic alliance to develop and produce thermoplastic composites for the automotive sector
29.10.2012
WIRTHWEIN
New auto part production plant planned in USA / Strategically located close to BMW facility
16.10.2012
PLASTIC OMNIUM
Inergy subsidiary planning additional facility in Russia / Remaining shares in Indian jv acquired
19.09.2012
COMPOSITE COMPONENTS
Czech auto and aircraft parts supplier to expand Chocen facility
05.09.2012
FAURECIA
Last remaining Plastal plant in France is acquired / Financial restructuring of insolvent German OEM wrapped up
05.09.2012
EMS GROUP
High performance polymers boost sales and profits / Market positions strengthened worldwide / Growth in US and Asia
29.08.2012
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