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State program will help SRG with training at Missouri site


June 7, 2013 10:15 am ET

POPLAR BLUFF, MO. — SRG Global Inc. will benefit from an $800,000 training program from the state of Missouri to Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff to help with worker training.

LG to launch lithium-ion battery cell production at Mich. plant


May 6, 2013 1:41 pm ET

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — LG Chem Ltd. will launch lithium-ion battery cell production for the auto industry in July at its new plant in Holland, Mich.

Engel, PME fluidtec seal partnership


March 4, 2013 3:21 pm ET

SCHWERTHBERG, AUSTRIA — Engel Holding GmbH, the Austria-based injection molding machinery manufacturer, has announced a partnership with PME fluidtec GmbH of Germany in the field of water injection technology (WIT).

R&D chief for BMW focused on lightweighting, new technology


March 4, 2013 12:22 pm ET

Technologically speaking, this is a big year for BMW AG. Herbert Diess spoke with Automotive News Europe Editor-in-Chief Luca Ciferri about the technical challenges facing BMW.

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Compacts bring life to interiors


February 1, 2013 2:09 pm ET

DETROIT — The American car buyers may still love their sports utility vehicles and pickup trucks, but there is an increasing emphasis on small cars as the industry faces new fuel economy requirements.

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JCI taps next-generation interiors


January 25, 2013 2:26 pm ET

DETROIT — Johnson Controls Inc. is looking across a variety of plastics production capabilities and new ways to combine them for the next generation of auto interiors.

Magna investing $81 million in new plastics plants


January 24, 2013 2:23 pm ET

AURORA, ONTARIO -- Magna International Inc. will invest $81.75 million to build two new Michigan plastics facilities, with injection molding, painting and assembly.

Denso to bolster automotive molding at Mich. site


January 24, 2013 2:19 pm ET

DETROIT -- Denso Corp. will invest $105 million in new production at its Battle Creek, Mich., plant -- a site that include in-house molding for automotive engine thermal products.

Grupo Antolin to invest in Russia


January 23, 2013 12:25 pm ET

BURGOS, SPAIN -- Spain's Grupo Antolin, one of Europe's largest producers of plastic auto interior parts, plans to invest 30 million euros ($40 million) to build its second plant in Russia, which is expected to be located in the Tosnensky area of the St. Petersburg region.

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