On 1 June 2020 Stefanie Hegels will take over management of the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles plant in Września. Read more

The Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles plants in Hannover and in Poland at Poznań and Września are to gradually start production again at reduced capacity levels from Monday 27 April after a shutdown of what will by then be just over five weeks. Read more

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €480 million loan agreement with LG Chem Wroclaw Energy, the Polish subsidiary of the LG Chem Group that was established to develop the group’s battery production facility in Europe. Read more

Volkswagen Samochody Dostawcze responds to the coronavirus pandemic and suspends vehicle production. Read more

Varroc Lighting Systems, one of the world leaders in the field of exterior lighting systems production for the automotive industry, continues to invest in the Polish market. After opening the research and development center in Krakow, the company has now opened a new facility specialized in headlamps manufacturing in Niemce. Read more

On February 25, in Radziszewice near Nysa, the foundation stone laying ceremony for the new production plant of the Belgian Umicore Group took place. In making their investment decision, the company, from the electromobility industry sector, was supported by the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH). Read more

The expansion of the Bridgestone Poznan factory is proceeding. January 20 marked the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone, which symbolically commenced the next important stage of this process - the construction of new production halls. Read more

For the third consecutive year, Lear Poland has been named a Top Employer by Top Employers Institute for its exceptional HR efforts. Read more

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) will resume production at its two remaining manufacturing sites in the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom in the week commencing May 25, after restarting its other vehicle and component plants in France (Yaris), Poland (engines and transmissions), Turkey (C-HR and Corolla Sedan), the United Kingdom (Deeside engine plant) and Russia (Camry and RAV4) earlier in May and April. Read more

Hyundai Motor has announced the start of production of the new Hyundai i30 at its European manufacturing plant, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech (HMMC) starting on May 25th. Read more

Mutares SE & Co. KGaA (ISIN: DE000A2NB650) and Cooper Standard (ISIN: US21676P1030) have signed an agreement on the acquisition of certain operations from Cooper Standard in Poland, Italy, Spain and India including approximately 2,500 employees. Read more

Valmet Automotive restarts car production today at the Uusikaupunki, Finland car plant. Production has been suspended since April 3 due to lack of components caused by the covid-19 pandemic. Read more

Ford confirmed today that it intends to restart initial production at most of its main continental European vehicle and engine plants from May 4. Read more

The current status of Nissan’s manufacturing operations in Europe, in response to the COVID-19 emergency, is as follows: Read more

MAN stopped production in mid-March to protect its employees, due to broken supply chains and the sharp drop in demand for commercial vehicles. Read more

Toyota Motor Europe announces it will gradually restart operations at Toyota Motor Manufacturing France (TMMF), Valenciennes, and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Poland (TMMP), in Jelcz-Laskowice and Walbrzych. Read more