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OETIKER Swiss group enters plastics processing industry with acquisition of AD Plast	24.01.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET Rise in December EU registrations supports 2024 growth / EVs account for over half of sales last year	22.01.2025
WEBASTO German automotive supplier accelerates restructuring / Job cuts, production cutbacks become more likely	20.01.2025
ELECTRIC VEHICLES North American investments strengthen lithium-ion battery manufacturing / Additional separator-film production planned	15.01.2025
COVESTRO Significant PC compounding expansion planned at US site	09.01.2025
LAPIPLAST Private equity company Koinos acquires majority stake in Italian thermoformer / Expansion of capacities planned	09.01.2025
ETIMEX TECHNICAL COMPONENTS Plans to focus on plastics injection and blow moulding / Sale of elastomer business	08.01.2025
AUTOMOTIVE Umbrella group tells EU lawmakers to ‘stick with End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation plan' / Resisting pressure to water down proposals ‘will boost recycled content in new vehicles'	02.01.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET EU registrations falter in November / Sales of battery-electric vehicles slump	20.12.2024
FORVIA Martin Fischer to take over as CEO of French automotive supplier	20.12.2024
WITTE AUTOMOTIVE Expansion of plants in Czech Republic, Bulgaria / Crisis in automotive industry affects supplier	19.12.2024
CONTINENTAL Spin-off of automotive division planned by end-2025 / Plastics-related ContiTech to remain with group	11.12.2024
ELECTRIC VEHICLES Demand for lithium-ion battery protection material set to accelerate / Growth in EV sales to see boom in HMWPE market	10.12.2024
RECARO AUTOMOTIVE Proma Group takes over insolvent seat manufacturer / Production moves to Italy	09.12.2024
POLYTEC Auto supplier unable to get out of red / Martin Resch tapped as COO	02.12.2024
ADIENT Closed-loop PU foam seats developed in coop with Dow, Jaguar Land Rover	02.12.2024
EASTMAN Further expansion of PVB films in Belgium	27.11.2024
SIMOLDES / POLYKEMI Collaboration tests recyclate performance in automotive / No major investments required for transition from virgin plastics	27.11.2024
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET EU registrations rebound in October / Tariffs slowing Chinese imports / BEV demand to decline / Ford job cuts to focus on Germany	22.11.2024
LEAR US automotive supplier misses annual targets / Sales stable despite low demand / Plant closures in Europe	21.11.2024
PLASTIVALOIRE Automotive business proves resilient over the year as a whole / Sales in industrial segment slump	19.11.2024
GRAMMER Revenues, earnings continue to decline / Automotive supplier lowers sales forecast	14.11.2024
PLASKOLITE Sheet manufacturer to shutter former Covestro plant in the US / 90 jobs to be slashed	14.11.2024
OPMOBILITY French automotive supplier reports increase in sales / Boost from new Tesla component plant in US	12.11.2024
AUNDE Automotive supplier acquires Toyota Boshoku subsidiary	11.11.2024

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