Tuesday, 20-Dec-11

Masterflex expands into Asia
GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (Dec. 20, 2011) -- Polyurethane hose producer Masterflex Group is starting an expansion into Asia, setting up a business unit, Masterflex Asia Pte Ltd in Singapore, and planning another subsidiary near Shanghai, China, where it plans to manufacture from 2012 onwards.

EV battery boxes a bonanza for plastics
FRANKFURT, GERMANY (Dec. 20, 2011) -- Battery housings for electric vehicles (EV), previously made of metal, are now being developed in thermoplastics and thermosets, and thermoplastic battery module frames are already going into production.

Tuesday, 13-Dec-11

E-scooters provide inspiration

Smart electric scooter

HONG KONG (Dec. 13, 2011) — For Olivier Boulay, the head of Mercedes-Benz’s new design center in China, the ever-present electric scooters on Chinese streets are both a source of inspiration and an indicator of the country’s potential as an innovator in electric vehicles.

GM and Teijin to expand use of carbon fiber composites
DETROIT (Dec. 13, 2011) -- General Motors LLC is joining the list of carmakers putting development money into carbon fiber, with an agreement to co-develop a thermoplastic carbon fiber composite for potential use in high-volume production.

BMW designers lean on plastics for zero-emission cars

van Hooydonk

HONG KONG (Dec. 13, 2011) — Plastics are playing a larger role in making cars lighter and commercializing electric vehicles, but for one prominent automotive designer, more still needs to be done.

Tuesday, 06-Dec-11

Automotive designers delve farther into plastics' flexibility

Gould

LIVONIA, MICH. (Dec. 6, 2011) -- Experts charged with lightweighting interior vehicle parts are rethinking what a car interior means and how parts can function in multiple ways to achieve aesthetic and operational goals.

Teijin builds $25 million plant for carbon fiber composites
TOKYO (Dec. 6, 2011) -- Teijin Ltd. plans to establish a plant that will have the capability to mass-produce carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic components.

Visteon sells majority of interiors business to Chinese JV
SHANGHAI (Dec. 6, 2011) -- China’s Yanfeng Visteon Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd. is making its biggest move yet to become a global auto supply force with an agreement in hand to buy the interiors operations of its joint venture partner.

IAC looking at expansion in western India
MUMBAI, INDIA (Dec. 6, 2011) -- International Automotive Components India Pvt. Ltd. plans to set up another facility in western India to cater the emerging auto hub in the region.

Antolin adds lighting group, looks at China JV with Inoac
BURGOS, SPAIN (Dec. 6, 2011) -- Spanish automotive components supplier, Grupo Antolin, has agreed to acquire CML Innovative Technologies, a vehicle lighting systems company. The company has also been working on setting up a joint venture in north China.

Tuesday, 29-Nov-11

Hong Kong molder Vigor eyes technology, looks beyond plastics

Dongguan factory

HONG KONG (Nov. 29, 2011) -- Hong Kong-based injection molder Vigor Precision Ltd. is making major changes to cope with China’s tougher manufacturing climate, including building a new factory in lower-cost Guangxi province, investing heavily in automation, and branching into markets beyond its traditional plastics business.

Saturday, 26-Nov-11

Germany's Leoni opens wire harness plant in China
NUREMBERG, GERMANY (Nov. 26, 2011) -- Leoni AG said it is opening a plant in Jining in northeast China's Shandong province to produce wire harnesses for General Motors Co. and other customers.

Wednesday, 16-Nov-11

Auto supplier Huaxiang eyes German, U.S. markets
NINGBO, CHINA (Nov. 16, 2011) -- Ningbo Huaxiang Electronics Co., a major Chinese interior trim supplier, will acquire two units of bankrupt German supplier Sellner Holding GmbH in a bid to gain access to the German and U.S. markets.

Tuesday, 15-Nov-11

Ford cuts weight and costs in large interior part

MuCell

LIVONIA, MICH. (Nov. 15, 2011) -- When Chuck Rocco began looking into the potential of using Trexel Inc.’s microcellular foaming process for interior parts at Ford Motor Co., everyone told him the same thing. It couldn’t be done. The part he targeted was too big and too complex, people told Rocco, supervisor of body interiors for Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford.

Falcon Plastics buys stake in Chinese plant
SUZHOU, CHINA (Nov. 15, 2011) -- Falcon Plastics Inc. will buy a share of Poly-Cast Plastics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., joining two other injection molders, to serve its multinational customers operating in China.

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