NEWS
Sapa forms automotive group following takeover
Automotive parts manufac- turer Sapa has taken a majority interest in Spanish injection moulding and moulds company Hispa- moldes with the goal of creating a leading supplier in the European sustainable mobility industry. The integration will give rise to Grupo Indea, through which Sapa says it will be able to further its consolida- tion and expansion plans, reinforcing and increasing its business volumes while expanding its geographic reach and diversifying its customer portfolio. Hispamoldes has 350 employees at four facilities and makes €38m in revenue. Giovanni Affinita, CEO of Sapa Spain, said: “In addition to implying our entry into the Spanish and Moroccan markets, this acquisition is highly comple-
IMAGE: HISPAMOLDES
First US production
Sapa has taken a majority interest in Hispamoldes based in Spain
mentary as it will bring us access to new production technologies that will reinforce and broaden the scope of our One-Shot method.” This is a patent pending system capable of combining all the steps needed to produce automo- tive parts into just one. Sapa sells its products to major European OEMs, including Stellantis, Volkswa-
gen, Ferrari and BMW (Rolls Royce). It has eight produc- tion plants around the world, and in 2022, it generated around €250m of revenue. Reports say that integra-
tion of Hispamoldes into Sapa’s organisational structure will not result in any changes in manage- ment structure. �
https://sapagroup.net �
www.hispamoldes.com
site for STS German automotive systems supplier STS Group is opening its first US production site in the former General Electric plant in Salem, Virginia, creating 119 new jobs in the process. The first prototypes will roll off the production line before the end of 2023, with series production ramping up in January 2024. The plant will be
operated as a subsidiary of STS Group North America and will strength- en the region’s position as a centre for automotive manufacturing. It will supply Volvo
Trucks’ assembly opera- tions in Pulaski County as well as other truck and automotive plants throughout the Midwest and Southeast. �
www.sts.group
Audi involved in MaterialLoop project
Audi is attempting to advance circularity in the automotive industry by forming a joint project with 15 partners from the research, recycling, and supply sectors called MaterialLoop. The aim of the project is to explore the reuse of so-called post-consumer materials taken from vehicles at the end of their lifecycle in the production of new cars. As part of the project, in October 2022, 100 vehicles were dismantled. The targeted disassembly of individual compo- nents enabled the retention of high-quality secondary materials such as larger plastic pieces for recycling. After disassembly, the remaining car bodies were shredded and sorted into material groups comprising steel, aluminium, plastic, and glass. The pilot project will run until the end of April, and Audi claims to already be putting valuable findings from the project into practice. �
www.audi.com
4 INJECTION WORLD | April 2023
The aim of the project is to explore the reuse of post-consumer materials from vehicles
www.injectionworld.com
IMAGE: AUDI
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54
