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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
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY European and US vehicle production shutting down due to Covid-19 / Car giants dealing with supply disruptions and plummeting demand	20.03.2020
IAA Munich comes out on top / Concept for fusion of trade fair and the city	10.03.2020
CLARIANT Masterbatch range for automotive plastic connectors	06.03.2020
AUTOMOTIVE MARKET New car registrations in Europe take a fall in January	25.02.2020
GURIT Restructured automotive plant in Hungary sold to Italy's Carbopress	24.02.2020
BORGWARNER US car components supplier acquires Delphi Technologies / Plastics processing at German site to focus on propulsion concepts of the future	20.02.2020
TEIJIN Establishment of German automotive composites centre / Bases planned in US and China	06.02.2020
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY The Frankfurt “IAA” is now history / Second round for candidates Berlin, Hamburg and Munich	03.02.2020
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Record figures for recreational vehicles / Sales and revenue set to grow in 2020 too	29.01.2020
WOODWARD / HEXCEL Aircraft suppliers pool competencies / Group sales would reach USD 5 bn	23.01.2020
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Global stagnation / “The road will be steep, stony and arduous” / New boss of German association receives support from the industry / Favourite cities for IAA to be named by end of January	09.01.2020
NOVARES French company to start production in Russia	08.01.2020
YANFENG AUTOMOTIVE INTERIORS First plant in Serbia goes onstream / Interaction with the car of the future / Cooperation with sensor specialist IEE	20.12.2019
FOAMPARTNER Conzzeta to sell chemicals division containing FoamPartner and Otto Bock / Focus on sheet metal processing	16.12.2019
HBPO Plastic Omnium subsidiary builds plant for front-end modules in Germany / Fine dust filters developed with Mann+Hummel	09.12.2019
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Reinventing the wheel for the “IAA” / Mobility platform instead of just passenger cars / Competition between Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart	02.12.2019
MANAGEMENT Payment risk in German automotive industry worsens / Margins fall due to higher material and labour costs / Stiff competition challenges SMEs / More European supplier insolvencies expected / Atradius “Market Monitor” 2019	02.12.2019
PLASTIC OMNIUM Inergy Automotive Systems shifts focus to CRP high-pressure cylinders at the expense of fuel tanks / New line planned in Belgium	29.11.2019

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