Fiat: 30 articles – Plastics Information Europe

First edition of new "IAA" motor show in Munich loses exhibitors / PwC survey: 70% Germans, 97% Chinese willing to change mobility behaviour

07.09.2021

FAURECIA

+++ Follow-up +++ Takeover of Hella to birth six divisions / Increased focus on electronics, software

18.08.2021

PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY

GKV reports declines in polymer volumes and turnover / Profound change in raw material supply imminent / Roth: “Recyclate quotas cannot be enforced as in a planned economy”

23.02.2021

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

TURKEY

Pagev asks for plastics industry incentives due to Covid-19 impacts / Downturn in construction, automotive and white goods sectors / Medical supply production ramps up

15.05.2020

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Global car sales down 5% in 2019 / Industry faces consolidation and job cuts / Electric vehicles need one third fewer employees / Plastic content in cars above 30% for first time

19.07.2019

NOVARES

Expansion in Serbia / New automotive supply plant in Morocco

22.10.2018

NOVARES

Painting line at French facility opens / Supply for major automotive customers

23.10.2017

COMPOSITES

Global market for carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastics to grow by 10.8% per year / Automotive and aerospace applications drive demand / Grand View Research report

30.03.2017

AD PLASTIK

Croatian car supplier dissolves joint venture with Faurecia / Russian expansion plans for 2017 / Many new orders

10.01.2017

MAGNETI MARELLI

Pietro Gorlier named CEO of Italian automotive supplier

08.06.2015

RÖCHLING

New plant commissioned in Kunshan / Chinese facility to manufacture automotive components

30.09.2014

CENTRAL EUROPEAN AUTOMOTIVE MARKET

Slovakia and Czech Republic en route to becoming key car production centres / Triangle between Prague, Bratislava and Zilina emerges as an OEM stronghold / Hyundai draws South Korean companies to Europe

01.09.2014

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

It's all about lightweight construction / German plastics congresses focus on new approaches / Russian market could become even more depressed following Crimea crisis / Poor demand idles assembly plants for several days

01.04.2014

FIAT

Automaker halts production at 3 sites / Selmat denies failure to deliver necessary plastic components

16.05.2013

AUTOMOTIVE MARKET

Reduction of overcapacities in Italy, Spain and particularly France / TecPart says German suppliers are on comparatively safe ground / "Markets will stagnate for several years" / Raising R&D activities in Europe?

22.03.2013

AUTOMOTIVE MARKET

Suppliers suffer the brunt of declining sales figures / Growth driver China shows signs of weakness / Will the lull drag on until 2015?

02.10.2012

AUTOMOTIVE MARKET

Southern Europe's auto industry loses out in the crisis / Expert prophesies "long-term damage" / 25% of suppliers may not survive the crisis / Germany's Center for Automotive Research issues world market forecast

30.08.2012

ITALY

One of the weakest links in the European industrial chain / Plastics machinery performs below average / Polymer production shrinking / Company formerly known as Polimeri to move more into specialities

30.05.2012

MECAPLAST

Serbian plant is commissioned / Renewed rise in sales in 2011

19.04.2012

POLYURETHANES

FSK expects stable development for the German market in 2012 / Warning of further price rises / Wave of bankruptcies could hit automotive suppliers / High labour costs hinder progress of PU segment in Italy

27.03.2012

JOHNSON CONTROLS

Automotive business of Romania's Spumotim acquired

14.12.2011

HANWHA

Two-phased expansion at Czech supplier plant / GMT and EPP sheets

30.11.2011

MECAPLAST

Automotive supplier to open plant in Serbia in 2012 / Supply contract with Fiat

15.11.2011

GS CALTEX

Plans for PP compound production in Czech Republic / Output to go towards local automotive industry / Diversifying its portfolio

26.10.2011

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY First edition of new "IAA" motor show in Munich loses exhibitors / PwC survey: 70% Germans, 97% Chinese willing to change mobility behaviour	07.09.2021
FAURECIA +++ Follow-up +++ Takeover of Hella to birth six divisions / Increased focus on electronics, software	18.08.2021
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY GKV reports declines in polymer volumes and turnover / Profound change in raw material supply imminent / Roth: “Recyclate quotas cannot be enforced as in a planned economy”	23.02.2021
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
TURKEY Pagev asks for plastics industry incentives due to Covid-19 impacts / Downturn in construction, automotive and white goods sectors / Medical supply production ramps up	15.05.2020
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Global car sales down 5% in 2019 / Industry faces consolidation and job cuts / Electric vehicles need one third fewer employees / Plastic content in cars above 30% for first time	19.07.2019
NOVARES Expansion in Serbia / New automotive supply plant in Morocco	22.10.2018
NOVARES Painting line at French facility opens / Supply for major automotive customers	23.10.2017
COMPOSITES Global market for carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastics to grow by 10.8% per year / Automotive and aerospace applications drive demand / Grand View Research report	30.03.2017
AD PLASTIK Croatian car supplier dissolves joint venture with Faurecia / Russian expansion plans for 2017 / Many new orders	10.01.2017
MAGNETI MARELLI Pietro Gorlier named CEO of Italian automotive supplier	08.06.2015
RÖCHLING New plant commissioned in Kunshan / Chinese facility to manufacture automotive components	30.09.2014
CENTRAL EUROPEAN AUTOMOTIVE MARKET Slovakia and Czech Republic en route to becoming key car production centres / Triangle between Prague, Bratislava and Zilina emerges as an OEM stronghold / Hyundai draws South Korean companies to Europe	01.09.2014
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY It's all about lightweight construction / German plastics congresses focus on new approaches / Russian market could become even more depressed following Crimea crisis / Poor demand idles assembly plants for several days	01.04.2014
FIAT Automaker halts production at 3 sites / Selmat denies failure to deliver necessary plastic components	16.05.2013
AUTOMOTIVE MARKET Reduction of overcapacities in Italy, Spain and particularly France / TecPart says German suppliers are on comparatively safe ground / "Markets will stagnate for several years" / Raising R&D activities in Europe?	22.03.2013
AUTOMOTIVE MARKET Suppliers suffer the brunt of declining sales figures / Growth driver China shows signs of weakness / Will the lull drag on until 2015?	02.10.2012
AUTOMOTIVE MARKET Southern Europe's auto industry loses out in the crisis / Expert prophesies "long-term damage" / 25% of suppliers may not survive the crisis / Germany's Center for Automotive Research issues world market forecast	30.08.2012
ITALY One of the weakest links in the European industrial chain / Plastics machinery performs below average / Polymer production shrinking / Company formerly known as Polimeri to move more into specialities	30.05.2012
MECAPLAST Serbian plant is commissioned / Renewed rise in sales in 2011	19.04.2012
POLYURETHANES FSK expects stable development for the German market in 2012 / Warning of further price rises / Wave of bankruptcies could hit automotive suppliers / High labour costs hinder progress of PU segment in Italy	27.03.2012
JOHNSON CONTROLS Automotive business of Romania's Spumotim acquired	14.12.2011
HANWHA Two-phased expansion at Czech supplier plant / GMT and EPP sheets	30.11.2011
MECAPLAST Automotive supplier to open plant in Serbia in 2012 / Supply contract with Fiat	15.11.2011
GS CALTEX Plans for PP compound production in Czech Republic / Output to go towards local automotive industry / Diversifying its portfolio	26.10.2011