HBPO
Third Chinese plant for car components to open in October
 A front module by HBPO (Photo: KI) |
In Lingang near Shanghai, China, German automotive supplier HBPO (Lippstadt; www.hbpogroup.com) is finishing construction of a plant for automotive front modules and air duct systems that is to be officially opened in mid-October 2022, a spokesperson told Plasteurope.com.
The plant is expected to create 80 new jobs, with the slots to be filled by the end of 2023.
In addition to production facilities, a development centre is also to be built, and Lingang will serve as a training facility for employees from 14 other Asian plants spread across China, Malaysia, and South Korea.
Related: Plastic Omnium’s profits under pressure
At the end of the year, HBPO is to be wholly owned by Plastic Omnium (PO, Levallois, France; www.plasticomnium.com) after German lighting specialist Hella (Lippstadt; www.hella.com) sold the remaining third of the shares in the joint venture to the French company (see Plasteurope.com of 02.08.2022).
The plant is expected to create 80 new jobs, with the slots to be filled by the end of 2023.
In addition to production facilities, a development centre is also to be built, and Lingang will serve as a training facility for employees from 14 other Asian plants spread across China, Malaysia, and South Korea.
Related: Plastic Omnium’s profits under pressure
At the end of the year, HBPO is to be wholly owned by Plastic Omnium (PO, Levallois, France; www.plasticomnium.com) after German lighting specialist Hella (Lippstadt; www.hella.com) sold the remaining third of the shares in the joint venture to the French company (see Plasteurope.com of 02.08.2022).
01.09.2022 Plasteurope.com [251034-0]
Published on 01.09.2022
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