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AUTOMOTIVE PLASTICS European market to rise by 8.3% per year to 2019 / Growth driven by need for lightweight materials / Composites increasingly important / Frost & Sullivan report	14.02.2014
HELLA New headlight production facilities commissioned in China and Mexico / Job cuts at German plant in Lippstadt	11.02.2014
MAGNA Automotive assembly joint venture created in China / New plant in Hangzhou	07.02.2014
GRAMMER Building fourth plant in North America to serve as US headquarters and manufacturing hub / New facility goes on stream in Serbia	05.02.2014
POLYURETHANES Flexible foam producers fined EUR 114m for price fixing / EU sees antitrust offence confirmed	31.01.2014
DAINICHISEIKA COLOR & CHEMICALS Japanese compounder establishes Mexico-based joint venture with Mitsubishi Chemical / Targeting the North American automotive market	31.01.2014
CONTITECH Acquisition of Fuju Rubber expands drive belt business in China / Modern 33,000 m² production facilities included in Zhejiang deal	31.01.2014
SOLVAY Buy-in of Canadian composites manufacturer Aonix complete	17.01.2014
DR. SCHNEIDER Automotive supplier expands Polish plant / Meeting growing order volumes from German OEMs	13.01.2014
MINDA SCHENK PLASTIC SOLUTIONS Filing for insolvency / German management to try and keep business afloat through restructuring of activities	13.01.2014
TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES Opening of second Polish facility for PU parts / Production of anti-vibration components	10.01.2014
FAURECIA / MAGNETI MARELLI French, Italian automotive OEMs team up on vehicle interiors / Merger of plastics and electronics	29.11.2013
MAGNETI MARELLI Automotive lighting joint venture with China South Industries / Changan is major customer	26.11.2013
SOLVAY Purchase of a stake in Canadian composites specialist Aonix / Collaborating on thermoplastic composites	31.10.2013
FAURECIA JV discussions underway for bumper system production site in Russia	09.10.2013
TOYODA GOSEI Japanese auto supplier on massive North American expansion course / Two new sites in operation and a third to be built	18.09.2013
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Demand for new cars in Europe to bottom out in 2013 / Slight growth predicted for 2014 / Production stagnates at 12m vehicles / Producers fight poor demand with technology / Suppliers raise proportion of plastics in cars	17.09.2013
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL Opening of two new facilities in Mexico	17.09.2013
BOREALIS New line for PP-LGF compounds at Monza / Automotive weight saving of 15% claimed	12.09.2013
WIRTHWEIN Machinery expansion project at Polish subsidiary	09.09.2013
CARCOUSTICS Opening of new production site in Slovakia	26.08.2013
COMPOSITES TECHNOLOGY German IKV presents milestone in gap impregnation technology / Automated production of CRP engine hood in 15 minutes / Evonik and Henkel among the industry partners	23.08.2013
AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY FRANCE German premium brands give boost to suppliers amid slump / Poor domestic demand compensated by healthy international business	20.08.2013
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY EU Commission fines five OEM suppliers EUR 142m in wire harnesses price-fixing case	14.08.2013
COOPER STANDARD US company consolidates French activities, buys Jyco Sealing / Reports strong global growth in Q2	09.08.2013

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