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

SPAIN

National supply chains must switch to medical supplies and protective gear to aid coronavirus fight / Prime minister Sánchez wants “Marshall Plan” for Europe / Support from 3D printing is indispensable

SPAIN

Catalonia's quest for independence clouds economic prospects / Region is plastics industry heavyweight / Strikes and demonstrations ahead of new elections

RÖCHLING

German automotive supplier puts second plant in Spain onstream / Further expansion already planned

DR. SCHNEIDER

Expansion of production site in Poland / Improvements for automotive supply

PLASTIC OMNIUM

European Commission gives conditional approval for purchase of Faurecia's Exterior Systems unit / Deal contingent on divestiture of seven European plants

SPAIN

Industry on solid course for growth / Both exports and imports of plastics on the rise / Plastics processing activities continue to increase / Automotive segment a key driver / Political impasse in Madrid slows economic dynamics

TEKNIA

Record sales in plastic automotive parts production in 2015 / EUR 2m loan from Cofides for international business development

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

AUTOMOTIVE MARKET

LFT PP demand growing in most applications / Increasing role in automotive design / AMI report