AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Who will call shots in e-mobility? / Stellantis CEO: “Darwinian times for the automotive industry” / Europe on track to become workbench for China / Combustion engine makers play dangerous game from Chinese perspective

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY EUROPE

Ordering of auto components to remain stable at best until end of year / Advanced vehicle age raises hopes of an upturn / Chinese car manufacturers to build new plants in Europe / Will lithium for batteries be in short supply from 2030?

STELLANTIS

Carmaker offers buyouts for thousands of US workers / Cuts hit around the globe

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

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

FAURECIA

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

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”

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

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

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

NOVARES

Expansion in Serbia / New automotive supply plant in Morocco

NOVARES

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

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

AD PLASTIK

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

MAGNETI MARELLI

Pietro Gorlier named CEO of Italian automotive supplier

RÖCHLING

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

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

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

FIAT

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

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?

AUTOMOTIVE MARKET

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

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

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

MECAPLAST

Serbian plant is commissioned / Renewed rise in sales in 2011

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

JOHNSON CONTROLS

Automotive business of Romania's Spumotim acquired