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GENERAL MOTORS Chapter 11 filing no longer a remote possibility / Board of directors may be having second thoughts	26.11.2008
PEGUFORM Short-time working at Bötzingen, but no redundancies / Urmann new managing director	26.11.2008
GEIGER TECHNOLOGIES Application filed for insolvency / Sintex reported to have missed EUR 3.2m payments	19.11.2008
LEONI Acquisition of vehicle wiring systems business in Russia / First order from Kamaz	19.11.2008
AUTOMOTIVE First German supplier insolvency averted for now / Automakers grouping criticises bank policies / Short-time working and extended leave	18.11.2008
VISIOCORP Considering strategic options / New working hours to generate savings	18.11.2008
POLYTEC Profits slump in Q3 by nearly 90% / Job cuts almost certain	11.11.2008
MECAPLAST Orders fall 30% as vehicle demand slumps	11.11.2008
RANGER French injection moulding company files for protection from creditors	03.11.2008
EUROSTYLE Auto supplier seeks creditor protection for French subsidiaries / Two months allotted for rescue plan	28.10.2008
POLYTEC Acquisition of Peguform completed / Combined group sales will exceed EUR 1 bn in 2008	28.10.2008
ELRINGKLINGER Outlook for 2008 downgraded / Double-digit slip in earnings / Technology pipeline encouraging	27.10.2008
RÖCHLING Manufacturing and sales consolidation in US / Expansion plans for hardboard production	24.10.2008
PLASTIC OMNIUM German subsidiary adds Auto Components to name	24.10.2008
KAUTEX TEXTRON Restructuring for Bonn-based plastics converter	23.10.2008
BASF Third Asian “Cellasto” plant to open in Shanghai	22.10.2008
RIETER Two automotive plants to close in Barcelona area	20.10.2008
MANN+HUMMEL New representative offices in Southeast Asia / Sale of US subsidiary Unadyn to Piovan	14.10.2008
SABIC Stamax LGF PP now available worldwide / Plans to expand production	10.10.2008
VALEO German rear lighting systems production to be shifted to France and Poland / Increasing competition	17.09.2008
IAC Job losses in Sweden / Plant closures threatened as economy weakens / Takeover of Visteon site in UK	12.09.2008
RIETER German plant to close / Some 75 jobs affected / Restructuring, higher costs hit H1 2008 earnings	11.09.2008
REHAU Modernisation and expansion of the Viechtach site / Moulded joints for pipes / Pilot plant for new coating process / Improved logistics, energy management and recycling	10.09.2008
JOHNSON CONTROLS Extensive restructuring in North America, western Europe / Pretax charge of USD 400-500m in Q4 2008	09.09.2008
EADS Expansion in composites processing / Augsburg, Nordenham and Varel facilities transferred to new business	08.09.2008

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