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Letting the engine breathe properly - LANXESS
Polybutylene-terephthalate (PBT)-based compounds that offer not only high hydrolysis stability in hot and humid conditions but also good laser transparency for laser transmission welding are a...
Car showroom Bratislava 2022: a tour of all forms of mobility - exhibition premieres
- 26.04.2022
- Latest News
- Automotive
- Autosalon
The traditional Bratislava Motor Show will bring a cross-section of transport and electromobility from 28 April to 1 May. This year, it will not only focus on cars as a product, but also on services related to cars and...
New car sales in the EU fell by 20.5% year on year in March
- 21.04.2022
- Latest News
- Automotive
The decline, which was also affected by supply disruptions, thus accelerated significantly, as it was around 7% in the previous month. In Slovakia, on the other hand, sales are...
Despite shortage of raw materials: BGS on expansion course in the business area of radiation crosslinking
BGS Beta-Gamma-Service GmbH & Co. KG, specialised service provider in plastic processing for the automotive and electrical industry amongst other things, as well as in machine construction, concluded 2021 with a positive increase in turnover in the business area of radiation...
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GRAFE competence in coloring recycled materials
Studies see significant growth for hybrid materials in the automotive sector After a slump due to the Corona pandemic, the market for composites in the automotive sector will grow significantly again in the coming years. This is the result of several studies in this...
Passenger car registrations: -6.4% first two months of 2022
- 22.03.2022
- Latest News
- Automotive
In February 2022, new passenger car registrations in the European Union contracted further (-6.7%), as car manufacturers continue to face supply chain...
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Companies and employees of the Czech automotive industry are helping Ukraine
- 18.03.2022
- Services
- Automotive
Despite the difficult situation and the lingering pandemic of COVID-19, the companies of the Czech automotive industry financially and non-financially support the improvement of the situation in Ukraine, its citizens and the families of its Ukrainian...
Automotive conference NEWMATEC 2022 on June 7 and 8 again in Tály
- 08.03.2022
- Latest News
- Events
- Automotive
The 6th NEWMATEC conference, organized by the Association of the Automotive Industry of the Slovak Republic, will once again take place at the Partizán Hotel in...
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Narran laser in automotive - where can we find them everywhere?
- 31.01.2022
- Machinery & Equipment
- Automotive
- Lasers
CO2 and fiber lasers are an integral part of the versatile tools in the automotive industry, mainly due to their ability to process a wide range of materials including plastics, metals, textiles, glass, rubber, but also less conventional materials such as wood, leather or carbon fibers in the...
Extensive fire in the production halls of Grupo Antolin
- 31.01.2022
- Latest News
- Automotive
- Plastic products
The fire that broke out in the area near the main railway station in Mladá Boleslav was put under control by firefighters after several hours. The fire hit stored pallets, from which the spade spread to the surrounding...
Car registrations in Europe in 2021 were affected by the chip crisis and the lack of plastics
- 26.01.2022
- Latest News
- Automotive
New car registrations in European markets fell by 1.5% last year. However, the Hyundai-Kia or Toyota groups succeeded, which significantly increased their market share due to the growth in the number of registered...
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In the second year of the pandemic, Slovnaft expanded its support to public communities
Even in the second pandemic year, Slovnaft did not slow down in supporting communities, ecology, culture or sports. At the end of the year, they donated more than 10,000 euros to healthcare professionals caring for covid patients at the University Hospital Bratislava. Established CSR programs such...
Volkswagen doubles deliveries of all-electric vehicles in 2021
“Volkswagen is continuing to press ahead with the transition to e-mobility despite the limited supply of semiconductors,” said Ralf Brandstätter, CEO of the Volkswagen brand. Last year, the company delivered more electric vehicles worldwide than ever before, handing over more than 369,000 electric...
Slovakia produced more than a million cars in 2021
- 17.01.2022
- Latest News
- Automotive
- Business economics
According to preliminary results, just over 1,000,000 cars were produced in Slovakia in 2021, which is a slight increase of about 4 percent compared to the previous year. The same volume of production is expected in 2022. Just for the sake of interest, in February of this year, a 15-millionth...
MOL Group expands its consumer services portfolio in Poland
- 14.01.2022
- Latest News
- Automotive
MOL signed a set of agreements with PKN Orlen and Grupa Lotos covering the sale and purchase of several portfolio elements within Consumer Services. Accordingly MOL acquired 417 service stations in Poland including 270 company owned sites with a country-wide coverage and the potential to reach a...
Sales of new ŠKODA cars in 2021
- 12.01.2022
- Latest News
- Automotive
Last year, Škoda Auto delivered 878,200 vehicles worldwide. This is a year-on-year decrease of 126,600 cars. The reason for the decline is the pandemic and the crisis with a lack of chips in on-board electronics. The carmaker expects that the situation in the supply of semiconductors will be...
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EDU-MaTech: training for companies in the engineering and automotive industries
- 27.12.2021
- Services
- Events
- Automotive
In February 2020, the implementation of an international project entitled "Creating strategic partnerships and preparing advanced lifelong learning courses for companies and clusters with innovation potential in the engineering and automotive industries" (EDU-MaTech)...
Historically lowest car sales in the EU since 1993
- 21.12.2021
- Latest News
- Automotive
In November 2021, European Union passenger car registrations fell for the fifth consecutive month this year (-20.5%), totalling 713,346 units...
Martin Jahn has become the President of the Czech Automobile Industry Association
- 16.12.2021
- Latest News
- Automotive
"Being the president of the Association of the Automotive Industry again is a great honor and at the same time a great commitment for me. The automotive industry has been in a deep operational crisis for almost two years as a result of the covid-19 pandemic and the resulting supply chain...
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October car production in the Czech Republic fell by almost half
Car production in the Czech Republic fell by 47% year on year in October due to outages caused by a lack of chips, with 68,202 passenger cars produced. A total of 899,855 cars were produced this year. This is 4% less than in the same period last year, which was the worst in terms of volume since...
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Nissan demonstrates the benefits of dynamically implementing 3D printing on its assembly lines
- 18.11.2021
- 3D technology
- Automotive
The automotive giant Nissan relies on a small farm created from BCN3D printers at its plant in Barcelona, which has so far produced 700 tools, parts and guides that they use on their production...
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CEE Automotive Supply Chain 2021: Sustainability not only on the road but also in production (photo report)
- 11.11.2021
- Services
- Events
- Automotive
- Photo reportage
Almost three hundred guests from nine European countries gathered for a conference and business meeting at the CEE Automotive Supply Chain 2021 event at the Clarion Congress Hotel in Olomouc. The leitmotif of the conference part of the event was the topic of sustainability, not only in relation to...
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The chip crisis is also affecting the Czech automotive industry
The deepening chip crisis is significantly affecting the performance of the automotive industry in the Czech Republic. So far during the year, 831,653 passenger cars were produced, ie. Only 2.9% more than last year's "covid" year. However, since August, production has been significantly affected by...
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ŠKODA AUTO a.s. component production plant in Vrchlabí produces CO2 neutral
- 12.10.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Automotive
- Waste Management
The component plant in Vrchlabí has been ŠKODA AUTO’s first CO2-neutral production site worldwide since the end of 2020. To achieve this, the car manufacturer systematically reduced its energy consumption and switched to renewable energies. In doing so, the company was able to cut CO2 emissions at...
The largest meeting of automotive suppliers will take place again in Olomouc after a one-year break
- 10.08.2021
- Latest News
- Events
- Automotive
Po roční přestávce se uskuteční již čtvrtý ročník akce CEE Automotive Supply Chain. Jednat se bude opět v Olomouci, 12. - 13. října 2021. Mezinárodní fórum, které tvoří konference, výstava, B2B jednání a networking navštívilo v roce 2019 450 delegátů ze 17 různých...
New car registrations are growing, Tesla is the second best-selling car in Europe
- 04.08.2021
- Latest News
- Automotive
Podľa údajov spoločnosti JATO Dynamics na 26 európskych trhoch bolo minulý mesiac zaregistrovaných 1 268 683 nových osobných automobilov - čo je nárast o 13% v porovnaní s júnom 2020. Napriek tomuto nárastu sa miera obnovy trhu výrazne spomalila v porovnaní s rastom zaznamenaným od marca do máj...
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Mechanical stroke regulator Oerlikon HRSflow avoids surface defects
Oerlikon HRSflow has developed a Mechanical Stroke Regulator (MSR) for hydraulic driven valve gate systems that makes it easy to individually preset the opening positions of the pins in hot runner systems. Via a graduate scale adjusting screw the user specifies the individual oil volume, which the...
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The role of plastics in modern transport is huge. Radiation crosslinking of plastics expands their use.
Radiation crosslinking can change the performance of plastic products, thus extending the scope of their use. Improved material properties and better durability of such modified products open up a wide range of potential new applications. For example, metals in functional parts can be replaced by...
May car registrations in the European Union have risen again
- 17.06.2021
- Latest News
- Automotive
In May 2021, passenger car registrations in the European Union rose by 53.4% compared to last year, totalling 891,665 units. Nevertheless, last month’s result is still far below the 1.2 million cars that were sold in May...
The MOL Group buys a network of 120 OMV service stations in Slovenia
- 11.06.2021
- Latest News
- Automotive
- Business economics
The MOL Group entered into an agreement with OMV to acquire a 92.25 percent stake in OMV Slovenija d.o.o., in which the Group's subsidiary, INA d.d., currently owns a minority stake of 7.75%. The agreed purchase price is EUR 301 million. The MOL Group will thus own a 100% stake in OMV...
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