COMPOSITES

Europe loses more ground globally / Minimal investment in many cases / Record visitors at JEC show, Paris

OPMOBILITY

French auto supplier attains good results despite declining production / North American business boosted by Tesla

OPMOBILITY

French automotive supplier reports increase in sales / Boost from new Tesla component plant in US

PLASTIC OMNIUM

Acquisitions boost revenues / Plastics processor splits Industries division

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Registrations of battery- and electrically powered commercial vehicles soared last year / E-cars gain market share in China, Europe, US

YEAR-ENDER: EUROPEAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY

The plastics industry continues to work in a state of emergency / Slumps in demand, cheap imports and ever-new regulations make life difficult for producers and processors / Producers on the other side of the Atlantic also face more difficulties

PLASTIC OMNIUM

Profit warning after slowdown in the third quarter

PLASTIC OMNIUM

German fuel tank plant to close / 150 workers face redundancy

UPDATE - PLASTIC OMNIUM

Hydrogen storage facility to be built in US / Chinese JV begins operations / Power purchase agreement for 14 French sites

VOITH

Composites division lands orders for CFRP hydrogen tanks / Focus on truck applications

SAPA

Italian automotive supplier acquires majority stake in Hispamoldes / Integration into newly created Grupo Indea

E-MOBILITY

Car industry shoulders extra costs for next-gen materials, components / Awards, innovations in EVs

HBPO

Third Chinese plant for car components to open in October

PLASTIC OMNIUM

French automotive group takes full ownership of HBPO subsidiary

PLASTIC OMNIUM

Profits under pressure in H1 / Automotive supplier repeats forecast nevertheless / Investments in electromobility

PLASTIC OMNIUM

Lighting division created after acquisition of operations from Varroc, Osram / Q1 sales fall due to problems in Europe

PLASTIC OMNIUM

Dual-compound press at Sigmatech development centre / Transparent large PC parts for car bodies

TOTALENERGIES

Partnership with Plastic Omnium to use rPP in cars

COMPOSITES

German-speaking industry meets for “JEC DACH” / Global output down 14% in 2020 / Carbon fibres could generate renewed drive

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

HELLA

French car component maker Faurecia to buy German headlamp specialist

HELLA

Knorr-Bremse calls off takeover attempt / Cites lack of tech transfer prospects

HELLA

Knorr-Bremse woos lighting technology supplier / Is France's Faurecia also interested in buying?

ADLER PELZER

Takeover of automotive supplier STS from Mutares / Plastic car body parts to become the second pillar of business