Passenger vehicle production in China was 2.2m units in October 2019. This is a 6.0% fall compared with October 2018, according to consultants LMC Automotive.

Automotive retail sales in the US are likely to be 1.13m units in October 2019. This is a 2.9% rise compared with October 2018, according to consultants JD Power and LMC Automotive.

Car sales in the Asean trading area in August were 201,000 units. This is a rise of 6% compared with the same month last year.

FoamPartner has developed a new range of low-emission flexible polyurethane foams for automotive interiors. Heribert Perler and Henri Mispreuve explain what the foams can do to meet tighter regulations.

Faurecia, which makes automotive seating and interior components, generated sales of EUR 4185m in the third quarter of 2019.

Scott Bader has collaborated with Shape Corp to create a curved, multi-hollow pultruded carbon fibre bumper beam for the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray.

World new car registrations in September 2019 were down 2.7% compared with the same month in 2018, at 7.51m units.

Woodbridge is to buy all the shares in the joint venture Woodbridge GSK High Polymer Technology from partner Guangzhou Automobile Group Component.

Faurecia has agreed to buy out the remaining 50% of a car interiors joint venture with tyre maker Continental.