AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY EUROPE

How much plastics does electromobility require? / Auto sector faces radical change / Renaissance of combustion engine also conceivable

ILLIG

Provisional insolvency in self-administration / Specialist for thermoforming machines to intensify search for investors

KAUTEX

Insolvent German machine maker acquired by China's Jwell – report

MANAGEMENT

Insolvencies at major firms in Germany rise again in Q3 / Rescue rate improves – Falkensteg report

PLASTIC OMNIUM

German fuel tank plant to close / 150 workers face redundancy

GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY

Bankruptcies at major firms up 25% from 2022 / Sector disproportionately affected

KAUTEX

German blow moulding machine maker files for insolvency / Blame said to lie with car industry woes, supply chain issues, soaring costs

MULTIVAC

German packaging machine supplier opens logistics centre in US / Company joins R-Cycle recycling initiative

RECYCLING

Kick-off for “R-Cycle” project in Germany / Linking data of recyclable waste for new packaging / Arburg, Brückner, Kautex and Reifenhäuser

KAUTEX TEXTRON

Textron group considers sale of fuel tank and blow moulding specialist

CHINAPLAS 2019

Record number of visitors at Guangzhou venue / Strong focus on innovations in digitisation and e-cars / Trade dispute with US casts a shadow

MILACRON

The end for "Uniloy" blow moulding machines / Policka plant soon abandoned? / Focus on injection moulding and extrusion / Reduced presence at "K 2019"

KB COMPONENTS

Swedish group acquires Canadian injection moulder / Focus on automotive market

KAUTEX MASCHINENBAU

Austrian holding company acquires majority / Links with Engel companies

KAUTEX MASCHINENBAU

Sales office opened in Mexico / Rising demand for extrusion blow moulding machinery in North and Central America

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Strategic reorientation by industry leaders / New car registrations exclusively electric from 2026 on? / Plastics manufacturers and automotive suppliers remain calm / Big data in the car / Highlights from the "IAA"

KAUTEX TEXTRON

Plastic tank manufacturer starts up new facility in China

KAUTEX

Blow moulding technology specialist extending its headquarters in Germany / New subsidiary in Russia

RÖCHLING

Sales approach EUR 1.6 bn / Duffner era comes to an end / Collaboration with Japan's Starlite / Composite undercarriage as next step in light-weighting / Investing several million euros in medical engineering

KAUTEX TEXTRON

Groundbreaking ceremony for Chinese car fuel tanks plant / Meeting California emission standards

KAUTEX MASCHINENBAU

Larger plant commissioned in China / More capacity for bigger blowmoulding machines

KAUTEX MASCHINENBAU

Management now has majority equity share / capiton replaces Steadfast Capital as investor in blow moulding specialist

KAUTEX TEXTRON

German plant to cease operations in 2012 / 150 employees affected by closure / Automotive supply activities no longer profitable

PEOPLE

Bill Farrant new CEO of Kautex Maschines

KAUTEX MACHINENBAU

Cooperation with German blow moulding machine manufacturer Rikutec