We would like to inform you that this year's 9th edition of Automotive CEE Day, the largest purchasing meeting of the automotive industry in Central and Eastern Europe, will be held again in Opole on April 18 and 19. Read more

Valmet Automotive is significantly expanding the Zary plant in Poland to increase production volumes of electromobility solutions, such as active spoiler and charging flap systems. The plant expansion is scheduled ready in 2025, and will create 350 new jobs between the years 2025 and 2027. Read more

The newly-founded Brussels-based European EV battery materials producer IONWAY has chosen to build its first CAM production plant in Nysa, Poland, adjacent to Umicore’s existing CAM plant. Read more

On June 22nd, 2023, Polish manufacturer of gas springs FA Krosno S.A., merged into one group with the French manufacturer of gas springs, company Airax. Both companies are suppliers for car manufacturers, spare parts distributors and companies using gas springs for various industrial applications. Read more

Tenneco today celebrated the grand opening of a state-of-the-art, 9.600-square-metre engineering center that will serve the company’s European Ride Control and Advanced Suspension Technologies (AST) businesses. Read more

As an affiliate of CQLT Group, a Chinese state-owned enterprise, SaarGummi Group is one of the worldwide leading suppliers of technically high-quality sealing systems. Currently, close to 6,000 employees work at locations in North and South America, Asia, and Europe. Read more

Just 16 months after laying the foundation stone, MAN has successfully completed the expansion of its plant in Krakow. Truck production is running in three shifts and will continue to ramp up until the end of the year. MAN invested around 200 million euros in the expansion of the Polish production site. Read more

Kongsberg Automotive (KA) has officially opened its Brzesc Kujawski plant in Poland today. With this new production facility, KA will continue to secure business in both passenger and commercial vehicle segments and will strengthen the company’s position in the market. Read more

Stellantis N.V. is growing its software development and engineering network to eight hubs by establishing a new operation in Poland. The Poland software hub will be staffed with up to 300 employees in data analytics and software development and validation, and will be located in Gliwice, near a Stellantis manufacturing plant. Read more

Unless suitable countermeasures are taken, the ongoing shortage of semiconductors in the automotive industry will lead to a global drop in production of 20% by 2026. This is the result of a study commissioned by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA). from a leading consulting firm. According to the authors of the study, the shortage led to a global decline in production of 9% already in 2021. Read more

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has announced the start of production of its 5th generation hybrid powertrains for the new Corolla. The latest Toyota hybrid electric low-emission powertrains will be made at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Poland (TMMP) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK (TMUK) for the new Corollas manufactured at TMUK and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey (TMMT). Read more

Umicore today inaugurates its carbon neutral production facility for cathode active materials for electric vehicles in Nysa, Poland. This makes Umicore the first company in Europe with a complete circular and sustainable battery materials value chain. The gigafactory will supply battery materials to Umicore’s car and battery cell customers in Europe and marks an important step in achieving the European Union’s ambition of having its own battery ecosystem that is both sustainable and competitive on a global scale.

“We’re very proud to open Europe's very first gigafactory for cathode active materials. Umicore's carbon neutral facility here in Nysa is a true enabler and accelerator of the e-mobility transformation across the European Union.”

Mathias Miedreich, CEO of Umicore


“With this gigafactory, Umicore is leading the way in battery materials in Europe offering key ingredients for a responsible and sustainable value chain for electric transport. Its state-of-the-art product and process technologies complement our metals refining and cathode precursor production facility in Finland as well as our world-class R&D and pioneering battery recycling activities in Belgium. All these elements together, underscore how we are a reliable transformation partner for our customers, supporting them locally on their acceleration path towards sustainable electric mobility,” he said.

Nysa’s annual production capacity is set to reach 20 GWh by the end of 2023 and 40 GWh in 2024, with the potential to rise to over 200 GWh, or 3 million electric vehicles, in the second half of the decade. This growth trajectory is part of Umicore’s ambition to reach worldwide capacity of more than 400 GWh by 2030, and overall strategy to establish fully integrated regional battery material value chains on three continents. To this end, Umicore plans to construct a precursor and cathode active materials facility in Canada and expand its existing capacity in Asia.

The plant is fully powered by renewable electricity from a nearby onshore wind farm, enabling Umicore’s carbon-neutral growth ambitions. Construction of the plant began in 2019 and production started in July this year. Currently, Umicore in Nysa employs about 240 people. Their number is expected to increase to 400 by the end of 2023, along with the plant's future capacity expansion. Read more

Volvo Cars announces today it will establish a third manufacturing plant in Europe, positioning the company well to meet the continued demand from its customers for electric cars and capture future growth potential. Read more

ŠKODA AUTO has partially relocated cable harness production from Ukraine to the Czech Republic in close coordination with the affected suppliers. The car manufacturer is also securing additional production capacities in Morocco and other countries. Read more

Stellantis N.V. and Toyota Motor Europe N.V. (TME) today announced the expansion of their existing partnership with an agreement for a new large-size commercial van, including a battery electric version. Read more

Series production of the new ŠKODA ENYAQ COUPÉ iV has started at ŠKODA AUTO’s main plant in Mladá Boleslav. Like the successful, all-electric ENYAQ iV, it is based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB). Read more