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ŠKODA AUTO launches series production of the ENYAQ iV at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav
- 27.11.2020
- Services
- Automotive
Serial production of the ENYAQ iV model began at ŠKODA AUTO's main plant in Mladá Boleslav. The 100% battery-electric SUV is the first ŠKODA series production model based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Toolkit...
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Autumn production of passenger cars is pushing the economy forward
- 26.11.2020
- Services
- Automotive
Despite the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and the significant limitations associated with it, motor vehicle manufacturers were again able to cut back some of their losses in October, when their production in all monitored segments exceeded performance in October last year. Since January,...
Another decline in sales of new vehicles in the Czech Republic
- 11.11.2020
- Latest News
- Automotive
Coronavirus has again hit new vehicle sales. After an optimistic period, another decline...
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The production of road vehicles is catching up with the spring losses
- 27.10.2020
- Services
- Automotive
The production of road vehicles in the Czech Republic in the third quarter of the year will catch up with the losses caused by spring outages. Production in the summer months and in September contributed to the gradual easing. Since the beginning of the year, a total of 835,082 road vehicles...
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K.D. Feddersen – your distributor for engineering plastics from Teijin
K.D. Feddersen CEE GmbH is the distributor for Teijin’s PC and PC/ABS for Central Eastern Europe in the countries Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic and...
In September, 6,350 new passenger cars were registered in Slovakia
- 19.10.2020
- Latest News
- Automotive
In September 2020, the EU passenger car market registered the first increase of the...
Ensinger s.r.o. invites you to Automotive Hungary (Ipar Napjai 2020)
- 16.10.2020
- Latest News
- Automotive
- Exhibitions
The International Exhibition for the Automotive Industry will take place from 19 to 22 October 2020 in...
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The summer months brought a revival of production in the Czech Republic
- 07.10.2020
- Automotive
Motor vehicle production in the Czech Republic is only very slowly catching up with the losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. From the beginning of the year to the end of August, a total of 691,889 motor vehicles were produced, ie 26.9% less than in the same period of 2019. This trend...
New passenger cars by fuel type in the EU
- 05.10.2020
- Latest News
- Automotive
In 2019, almost 60% of all new cars registered in the European Union ran on petrol (58.9%, compared to 56.6% in 2018), while diesel accounted for 30.5% of registrations (35.9% in...
The car exhibition in Nitra will not take place
- 25.09.2020
- Latest News
- Events
- Automotive
The event was to take place from October 8 to 11. It was supposed to replace the traditional Motor Show, because according to the exhibition center, it was not possible under the current epidemiological conditions to organize the fair at the level to which visitors and exhibitors are...
Last year, Slovakia had the second highest emissions from new cars in the EU
- 18.09.2020
- Latest News
- Automotive
A look at the microdata shows that the difference compared to the European average is mainly due to the purchase of above-average heavy fossil fuel cars and the low proportion of electric and other alternative...
The company SILON s.r.o. has decided to enlarge their TABOREN product portfolio for non-flammable PP compounds
- 11.09.2020
- Latest News
- Automotive
- Compounds
The company SILON s.r.o. has decided to enlarge their TABOREN product portfolio for non-flammable PP compounds. At a time when e-mobility is a big topic in the automotive industry, we do not want to be left behind and we come up with compounds based on PP or PE which can be either completely...
Car registration in Slovakia in July
- 04.09.2020
- Latest News
- Automotive
The Association of the Automotive Industry of the Slovak Republic (ZAP) informed that in July 2020 it recorded registrations of new passenger cars with a total of 8,262...
Last chance to register for the conference on polymeric materials in the automotive industry PMA & SRC 2020
- 03.09.2020
- Latest News
- Events
- Automotive
- Rubber
The forthcoming PMA & SRC 2020 International Conference focuses on various aspects of plastics and rubber in the automotive industry, with the aim of presenting and discussing innovative approaches to new polymer products that are increasingly decisive in the design and appearance of the new...
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ŠKODA AUTO has invested 32 million euros in a production line for ENYAQ iV in Mladá Boleslav
- 03.09.2020
- Automotive
ŠKODA AUTO has completed the reconstruction of the production line for the production of MEB vehicles at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav, which has been underway since last summer. Among other things, modifications were made in the area of building statics, conveyor technology and final assembly....
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The beginning of the summer did not bring a turnaround in the development of vehicle production in the Czech Republic
- 27.08.2020
- Services
- Automotive
Despite the gradual restart of the market, the production of motor vehicles is still well below last year's level. From January to July, a total of 589,339 motor vehicles were produced, ie 29.7% less than in the first seven months of last year. The development of production reflected the...
Work as a Plastic Injection Technician/Technologist at BOURBON AP Nitra, s.r.o.
- 18.08.2020
- Latest News
- Automotive
Due to the expansion of production, the company BOURBON AP Nitra, s.r.o. occupies the professional position of Injection Molding Technician (Technologist). Details of the job offer can be found...
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Addiplast group expands its engineering plastics range with its ADDIBIO RENEW range of natural fibers and bio-polymers
- 10.08.2020
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Automotive
- Packaging
- Bioplastics
- Circular economy
- Compounds
- PA Polyamide
- PE Polyethylene
- PP Polypropylene
- Recycled plastics
- Technical plastics
- High Performance Polymers
Addiplast Group, founded in 1986, now, has 2 production sites: Addiplast & Addikem in Saint Pal de Mons in France, equipped with twin-screw extruders and Buss co-mixers. Both sites are certified IATF 16949 and ISO 14001 and have a production capacity of 30...
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Kurz wins Red Dot Award for excellent product design
- 04.08.2020
- Services
- Automotive
A Human-Machine Interface (HMI) concept for an automotive display panel from Leonhard Kurz was awarded the 2020 Red Dot Award for good design. The HMI concept received the award in the product design competition and in the automotive category. The special feature of the HMI instrument panel is its...
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Lightweight construction Arburg: Efficient production of highly durable components with long glass fiber
Big topics in connection with the automotive industry are electromobility and autonomous driving. In addition, the requirements for resource protection and sustainability are constantly increasing. Arburg shows how efficient insertion of fibers into a polymer melt (FDC) can be used efficiently and...
Passenger car registrations: -38.1% first half of 2020; -22.3% in June
- 16.07.2020
- Latest News
- Automotive
In June 2020, registrations of new passenger cars in the EU totalled 949,722 units, a drop of 22.3% compared to the same month last year, when 1,222,942 cars were...
Czech car market in June 2020: Fall of only 5.2% compared to last year
- 07.07.2020
- Latest News
- Automotive
Sales of new cars on the Czech market in the first half of the year were strongly affected by the coronavirus pandemic. But the June results promise to return to...
Back 2 Business – Virtual B2B Auto Expo
- 03.07.2020
- Latest News
- Events
- Automotive
From June 29 to July 17, 2020, the US Embassy in Bratislava offers virtual meetings with US car manufacturers and automotive suppliers in the US for free. Eventtia (a secure online platform for creating suitable meetings) will allow you to schedule priority B2B meetings during mutually agreed,...
26. General Assembly of ZAP SR
- 01.07.2020
- Latest News
- Events
- Automotive
On June 24, 2020, a meeting of the highest body of the Association of the Automotive Industry of the Slovak Republic - the General Assembly - took place in the Tatra...
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KURZ and BURG DESIGN – Visionary Design
With the goal of creating, and offering creative new impulses in the world of surface design, we've initiated an in-house source of inspiration for thought-leaders, thinkers, and visionaries called Visionary...
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The Czech car industry is starting up only slowly
- 22.06.2020
- Services
- Automotive
The Czech automotive industry recorded a significant decline again in May 2020. 62,609 motor vehicles were produced, ie 52.8% less year-on-year. The total numbers copy the development of passenger car production, which, despite the gradual restart of the markets, is starting up only slowly. Thus,...
Passenger car registrations: -41.5% five months into 2020; -52.3% in May
- 17.06.2020
- Latest News
- Automotive
In May 2020, the European passenger car market suffered another sharp drop, with registrations falling by...
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New cooperation between RÖHM and GRAFE
From 1 July 2020, GRAFE Polymer Solutions GmbH, based in Blankenhain, will start production and sales tasks for low-volume orders for PLEXIGLAS® pre-painted material from RÖHM GmbH on the German...
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PA66 Vydyne - Over 180 approvals for automotive OEMs and Tiers
Company Ascend is the world‘s largest fully integrated PA66 producer. Full integration means that Ascend produces all raw materials needed for PA66 polymerisation itself and customers therefore benefit from high quality and reliable availability of PA66...
Motor vehicle production fell to a minimum in April
- 27.05.2020
- Latest News
- Automotive
The development of motor vehicle production in April this year will enter the history of the Czech automotive industry. The shutdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic caused a dramatic drop in April production by...
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