Markets Applications Automotive / Transport

Big engines, individualised cars roar at “IAA 2015” / Small combustion engines steal the show from e-vehicles / OEMs favour structural parts made of steel and aluminium / GFRP and CFRP deemed too expensive / Hybrid materials pose a challenge for recycling

Metals substitution and rising production of passenger cars drive global demand / PP accounts for about 28% of market / Grand View Research study

Caterpillar significantly expands order for utility vehicle seats

Shanghai Automotive joint venture building plant for electric vehicles in China

Automated plastic varnishing plant installed / New production sites in China and India

Purchase of Magna International's interiors business wrapped up

Foundation stone laid for new Russian car plant / Aims to expand presence and car sales / Partners bank to offer loans to customers

Automotive division will be outsourced / Spin-off within twelve months

Sealing profile manufacturer enters Mexico / Markus Wittmann appointed COO for North America

Panasonic acquires 49% stake in Spanish automotive OEM / Production of electronic rear-view mirrors / New plants in China and the US

French plastics processor acquires Turkish injection moulder

German automotive OEM inaugurates plants in China and the Philippines

Germany's Federal Cartel Office imposes EUR 75m fine on five acoustic insulation producers for alleged price fixing

New injection moulding plant in US state of Georgia / Expansion of main facility in Germany

Work starts to raise polyolefin-based foil production / Output to meet growing demand in NAFTA region / Aids vehicle lightweighting

Future of automotive business under review despite recent joint venture agreement with Yanfeng / Full range of strategic options to be considered

VW and SAIC build on partnership / Collaboration on electric cars / First model to be launched in 2016

Faulty airbag inflators used in cars from 11 manufacturers / Vehicle recall in US swells to 34m / NHTSA coordinating public information campaign

Launching “Xytron” family of PPS compounds / Partnership with China's NHU

Excelcar R&D centre at Peugeot plant commissioned / Composites for carriage building

Automotive plants planned in USA and Hungary / New Daimler orders worth EUR 2.1 bn

Start of joint-venture car parts production for Fiat Chrysler in Brazil

Zhongding completes purchase of German plastics and elastomers processor

Aircraft supplier acquires Pexco's aerospace division / Transaction worth USD 500m

EUR 36m investment realised as two production facilities are opened in China / Production target of 5m automotive lamps in 2019 at Xiaogan plant