The company recently announced an acquisition of Faurecia’s Auto Exterior division, which reported sales of $2 billion in 2014. With this transaction, Plastic Omnium emerges as a global player with over €8 billion of sales which places it among the 25 largest automotive suppliers worldwide.
(Since the deal is anticipated to close by the end of 2016, the figures below do not include this acquisition).

North America: First growth driver for Plastic Omnium in 2015-2019
From 2015-2019, North America will be the largest contributor to Plastic Omnium’s total growth. With an increase in revenue of nearly $1 billion, the company’s revenue is expected to increase by 50 percent to reach a total of $2.8 billion. This strong growth is supported by a sustained investment plan of $650 million, aiming at increasing the industrial footprint, diversifying the portfolio of customers and developing innovative products and solutions.

Four new plants in 2015 – 2017 with an objective to increase market share
In 2015, Plastic Omnium launched two new manufacturing facilities in the United States: in August 2015, the Chattanooga (Tennessee) facility started producing bumpers for Volkswagen, and in November 2015, the Fairfax (Kansas) plant delivered its first fuel systems to General Motors.

Additionally, two new manufacturing facilities are under construction in Mexico. Leon will start production mid-2016 to deliver fuel systems to General Motors and Daimler, while the San Luis Potosi facility
will start delivering exterior components to General Motors in mid-2017, and will also supply components to Daimler.

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This center, which groups together 80 people, is designed to support Plastic Omnium’s growth among Japanese automotive manufacturers. It houses the design and management of the development of new automotive programs and ensures sales development for all Plastic Omnium’s automotive activities – exterior components and modules, fuel systems and emissions control systems – for Japanese manufacturers.

Today, Plastic Omnium partners the Japanese manufacturers Honda, Isuzu, Nissan, Suzuki and Toyota, which it supplies on 4 continents and in 14 different countries. The share of these manufacturers, which represents 6% of Plastic Omnium’s global automotive revenue, is expected to increase with the construction of new production capacity and the development of innovative offerings.

The Group is in particular involved in the construction of a new Asian plant for Maruti-Suzuki and has recently launched production of the SCR emissions control system for Toyota’s diesel vehicles at its Kitakyushu plant in Japan.

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Mr Mark Sullivan CEO Plastic Omnium Auto Inergy Division with his Excellency Thierry Dana The Ambassador of French Republic.

Upon contact with the hot gases, AdBlue is converted by hydrolysis to ammonia, which then reacts with the nitrogen oxides to emit non-polluting water and nitrogen. The system reduces NOx up to 95%, bringing the level of NOx emissions of diesel vehicles below that of petrol vehicles, and into compliance with future environmental standards.

In early 2015, Plastic Omnium began production of SCR systems for the Volkswagen Group new MLBevo platform. Following the Audi Q7, in production since February, production of SCR systems for the Audi A4 has just begun in the Polish plant in Lublin. The Audi A5, Volkswagen Touareg and Porsche Cayenne will be equipped with the system from 2016 and 2017. A total of 2 million SCR systems will be provided to the Volkswagen Group over the lifetime of this platform.

Plastic Omnium, World no. 1 for fuel systems (more than 18 million fuel tanks produced in 2014), is now one of the leaders in SCR systems, in a market that is growing strongly due to tighter environmental standards for NOx reduction (Euro 6 in Europe and Tier 2 Bin 5 in North America). Worldwide, the SCR market will grow from 1.6 million systems in 2014 to 6.4 million in 2018 (0.6 million, and 5 million in Europe, respectively).

With the launch of this major contract for the Volkswagen group, Plastic Omnium confirms the development potential of its SCR technology, now adopted by nine global manufacturers (Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Renault, Nissan, Toyota). Plastic Omnium’s production volume, which totaled 300,000 units in 2014, is expected to grow to 2.2 million units in 2018, representing a global market share of 35%. The SCR system will contribute to achieving the target of a turnover of 7 billion euros for the Group in 2018.

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With the Auto Shanghai Exhibition around the corner (April 20-29, 2015), and the Group counting among its participants, Plastic Omnium sets out its latest developments on the Chinese market

With 22 million vehicles produced in 2014, China is the leading global automotive market.

It accounts for one-quarter of automobile production worldwide.

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