The phoenix takes flight

Since 10th November 2005 Cadence Innovation k.s. (C.I.), formerly Peguform Bohemia, based in Liberec in the Czech Republic has been operating under new ownership. We spoke with the CEO, Pavel Neumann, about future plans for the com-pany and its activities in bumper production and glazing. ....read more!

Suppliers flock to Saxony to welcome the PASSAT

Mosel bei Zwickau/Germany: It is no accident that the Passat B6 is being hailed as VW’s new volume production flagship: with its strik-ing chrome radiator grill, it very much sets the seal on the appear-ance of the VW brand name in the superior medium category. The car has been rolling off the assembly lines at Mosel/Zwickau since the middle of 2005. The response from the customers is thoroughly positive, was the satisfied comment made by VW management spokes-man Michael Oeljeklaus in Mosel, and he is anticipating full capac-ity operation for 2006 with 1,050 units per day or 200,000 units per year. With the advent of the new Passat, a number of suppliers from the plastics sector have re-located so as to be closer to the plant. ....read more!

Renault Modus Suppliers

Elastogran, Visteon, Borealis, Inergy Automotive, Dow Automotive, BASF. ....read more!

Various parts - one process
Delivery of thefirst ThermoGrain one-shot plant

R+S Technik delivered the Type UFA 2010 all-purpose moulding plant in October 2005 to their long-standing customers Struc-tuplas-Risselberg NV based in Izegem, Belgium. The Belgians have already been producing natural fibre door trims for the latest generation of the Astra on R+S plants. The patented ThermoGrain technology was developed jointly between R+S, Structuplas-Risselberg and Hup-pert Engineering, Germany, and is going into series production for the first time. The Astra Twin Top convertible is to be built in Antwerp with a scheduled annual volume of 35,000 units per year. ...read more!

Liberty for the designer contribution
Energy Absorbing Foam

This material was developed specially for the produc-tion of intake modules and displays a combination of particularly high bursting strength as well as very good dimensional stability. This is why the material is also well-suited for the complex eight-cylinder intake manifold. ....read more!

Extensive
Wide portfolio of Lanxess for plastics

With its broad range of prod-ucts, Lanxess chemical corpo-ration, based in Leverkusen, Germany, is an important part-ner to the automotive indus-try. Some of the products the company can contribute are described here. ....read more!

Plastics Protects Metal
Side-rail covers for Toyota Tacoma mid-size pickup truck

The side rails and tailgate that surround the cargo box of the mid-size Toyota Tacoma pickup truck are each topped with a moulded cover that protects the exterior sheet-metal dur-ing normal loading and unloading operations. The box-rail covers and tailgate cover are injection moulded by Plastikon Industries of Hayward, CA/USA. The material selected for these parts is Sequel 1514 thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) from Solvay Engineered Polymers, Inc. ....read more!

Fewer components, more functions
Integrative frontend concept

Integrative Front-End Philosophy (IFP) is the name HBPO has given to its frontend concept, which has been presented for the first time at the IAA 2005 in Frankfurt/Germany. It reduces the number of components in the whole frontend system and increases functionality by 20 percent, despite a significant weight reduction. ....read more!

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