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VISIOCORP
Considering strategic options / New working hours to generate savings
18.11.2008
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Recovery not expected before 2010 / Both OEMs and suppliers are feeling the heat
03.11.2008
RANGER
French injection moulding company files for protection from creditors
03.11.2008
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Financial crisis exacerbates car makers' slump / Suppliers adopting a wait-and-see attitude / Impact could be most severe for SMEs / First victims are being identified / Eastern Europe unlikely to be OEMs' white knight
31.10.2008
EUROSTYLE
Auto supplier seeks creditor protection for French subsidiaries / Two months allotted for rescue plan
28.10.2008
POLYTEC
Acquisition of Peguform completed / Combined group sales will exceed EUR 1 bn in 2008
28.10.2008
RÖCHLING
Manufacturing and sales consolidation in US / Expansion plans for hardboard production
24.10.2008
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Call for aid in Europe for economical vehicles
13.10.2008
SABIC
Stamax LGF PP now available worldwide / Plans to expand production
10.10.2008
VALEO
German rear lighting systems production to be shifted to France and Poland / Increasing competition
17.09.2008
IAC
Job losses in Sweden / Plant closures threatened as economy weakens / Takeover of Visteon site in UK
12.09.2008
JOHNSON CONTROLS
Extensive restructuring in North America, western Europe / Pretax charge of USD 400-500m in Q4 2008
09.09.2008
EADS
Expansion in composites processing / Augsburg, Nordenham and Varel facilities transferred to new business
08.09.2008
CADENCE INNOVATION
US automotive supplier files for Chapter 11 reorganisation / European plants not affected
04.09.2008
HARITA / FEHRER
Joint venture planned by Indian and German auto suppliers / PU upholstery for seating systems
03.09.2008
POLYTEC
After Peguform, more deals may be in the works / Grammer on back burner? / Sufficient Liquidity
02.09.2008
POLYTEC
German auto supplier Peguform is acquired by smaller Austrian group / New “top 100” player with EUR 2.2 bn in sales
29.08.2008
GEIGER TECHNIK
Sintex acquisition concluded / Change of name / Job cuts in Germany
26.08.2008
WEBASTO
Investment in a second production cell for polycarbonate glazing / Orders increase
15.08.2008
MAGNA
Continuation of expansion in Russia / Acquisition of supplier Technoplast
12.08.2008
DRÄXLMAIER
Automotive wiring site selected in Prishtina, Kosovo / Pilot plant to begin operations in August
30.07.2008
AUTOMOTIVE GLAZING
Polycarbonate consumption to grow by 70% a year up to 2012 / Focus on roof modules, backlites, fixed side windows and design elements / Bayer MS and Sabic IP now in competition
24.07.2008
SCHLEGEL AUTOMOTIVE
India's Ruia Group buys British sealing systems manufacturer / Investment in India and UK
23.07.2008
MECAPLAST
Production to be shifted to Précigné
18.07.2008
PLASTECH
Johnson Controls establishes jv to acquire interiors business / Profits expected from 2010
10.07.2008
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