On October 15th, Plastic Omnium had celebrating the grand opening and inauguration of a new Plastic Omnium Inergy plant in Huron, near Detroit.

This new facility will employs 400 skilled manufacturing and administrative workers, and will produce approximately 1.5 million plastic fuel tanks each year. Plastic Omnium Inergy has today three site in Michigan: Troy, Adrian and Huron.

On September 28 and 29, the Langres plants celebrated their 50th anniversary.

This ceremony celebrated both the starting point for the great Plastic Omnium adventure, with the creation of the first Group plant in record time, and the importance of Plastic Omnium for the local community.

A celebration bringing together current and past employees.

A series of events were organized over these two days. The ceremony began by the inauguration of a square in the town center dedicated to Pierre Burelle, the Founder of the Group, and the presentation of the hall of painted ceilings in the Denis Diderot museum renovated thanks to the Plastic Omnium’s patronage.

Then the celebration brought together current and past employees of the Langres plants, and an open-door day allowed the families to become better acquainted with our professions.

Last June, Plastic Omnium was awarded by PSA Peugeot Citroën for its Industrial Excellence at its ninth annual Supplier Awards.

This award recognises Plastic Omnium Auto Exterior, and particularly the French plant of Vernon, for its performance in terms of continuity, strategy, quality, logistics and continuous improvement in industrial processes.

The award was presented to Eric Auzépy, President of Plastic Omnium Auto Exterior during the ceremony hosted by Philippe Varin, PSA Chairman, Yannick Bézard, Purchasing Director, and the members of the board of directors involved more than 120 suppliers, of whom 23 were recognized for their achievements throughout 2012.