Europe
The Conservative party's victory in yesterday's UK general election means Prime Minister Boris Johnson can now go ahead and withdraw the country from the European Union, a decision that could affect car makers building and selling cars in the country.
Following yesterday's UK General Election which gave the pro-leave Conservative Party a large majority, the UK Chemical Industries Association has urged the new government to 'get Brexit right'.
World car registrations in November 2019 were down 2.4% compared with the same month in 2018 at 7.70 m units, according to LMC Automotive.
Operating loss and business impairments will drive auto interiors company Autoneum into a high double-digit million net loss in 2019.
FoamPartner is for sale as Swiss holding company Conzzeta, has decided to sell all but its metalworking interests.
West European car registrations in November 2019 were up by 4.2% at 1.09m units. compared with November 2018 , according to data from LMC Automotive.
There was a hands-on theme at this year's PDA-Europe meeting held on 21 and 22 November here.
Trelleborg is cutting its business areas to three from five and looking hard at performance in a reorganisation scheme, unveiled on 4 December.
A team from Covestro and RWTH Aachen were finalists in the Deutscher Zukunftsprei, the German President's prize by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmer in late November.
BASF's Elastocoat C6226/107 a polyurethane resin for pultrusion that is stable at up 200° C has won an Award.
