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ARKEMA
Acquisition of Belgian adhesive and coating specialist Fixatti
28.07.2020
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY TURKEY
Car sector sees severe coronavirus-losses in production and foreign trade / Supply chain problems / VW plans for new plant halted
24.07.2020
REHAU
Automotive weakness and coronavirus impact German group / Nearly 1,000 job losses
13.07.2020
RECTICEL
Sale of joint venture Eurofoam completed / Automotive Interiors segment also divested
06.07.2020
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Associations call on EU commission for bold post-crisis recovery plan / Suppliers face falling revenues and rising debt across Europe due to Covid-19
03.07.2020
PLASTIVALOIRE
Car component supplier witnessed largely stable turnover / "Brutal decline" in current quarter due to Covid-19
30.06.2020
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY
Industry takes a hard hit from Covid-19 / Many converters need the “ventilation” provided by the government
26.06.2020
GURIT
Gurit speeds up closure of aerospace plant in Switzerland due to Covid-19
16.06.2020
SENOPLAST
Start-up of thermoformed sheet production in China / Panels for trains and cars
15.06.2020
VARROC LIGHTING SYSTEMS
Production site in Poland opened
08.06.2020
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Supply chains remain unreliable / Volatile demand affecting production more than usual / Suppliers expect at least 20-30% lower sales for the year / Losses inevitable
04.06.2020
NOVARES
Financing of EUR 146m to secure continued business
03.06.2020
NOVARES
Competitors Akwel and Motherson consider takeover / Seven candidates register with commercial court
20.05.2020
TECHNIPLAS
Another major bankruptcy in automotive industry / Former Weidmann plants in Europe unaffected for now
19.05.2020
NOVARES
Automotive supplier files for insolvency / EUR 115m needed / Nearly all plants worldwide at a standstill
14.05.2020
AVIATION
Aircraft JV between Boeing and Embraer terminated / Reorganisation at Boeing to prepare for post-pandemic recovery
30.04.2020
CONTITECH
Almost half of plants shut down due to coronavirus pandemic / Production of medical PVC tubing in Italy
30.04.2020
BOGE RUBBER & PLASTICS
Sales decline for first time in 10 years / On the way towards diversification
30.04.2020
CORONAVIRUS
Carmakers better prepared than in 2009 / 60% of Spanish production base shut down / Italy presents plans for relaxing lockdown / Adventures in polymer prices / Plastics production index slumps / Fear of rising insolvencies
14.04.2020
RECTICEL
Sale of Eurofoam / Prettl enters automotive interior segment via Admetos
09.04.2020
TURKEY
Government introduces Covid-19 measures to help out businesses / Pagev sees lack of including plastics sector as major deficiency / Polyolefin spot prices trending sharply downward
02.04.2020
EVENTS
Coronavirus prompts Detroit motor show to be cancelled / Show space repurposed as temporary hospital
02.04.2020
PLASTIC OMNIUM
Production in Europe and North America at a standstill / Plants in China operating at 50%
26.03.2020
PLASTICS PROCESSING
Economic consequences of Covid-19 to peak in next six weeks / Advice to converters – continue production at full speed, then stop / Germany's ArGeZ sees technical parts manufacturing halting between end of March and end of April
23.03.2020
AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY
ContiTech declares force majeure at its sites in all countries affected by Covid-19 / Akwel halts or reduces production
23.03.2020
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