Slovakia

WARREN, Mich., 04.29.2008 – TI Automotive, a leading supplier to major automotive manufacturers, is expanding its operations in Slovakia to support increased product demand from Hyundai, Kia and PSA Peugeot Citroen.

The company is building a new 15,000-square-foot facility in Trnava, Slovakia, to support brake and fuel line production for PSA Peugeot Citroen.

“The Trnava plant brings us even closer to our customers and to the business opportunities that will provide us with further growth,” said TI Automotive Trnava plant manager Oliver Garaj. "This new location will significantly improve our logistics, enabling us to meet the sequencing requirements of our customers and ensuring that we remain competitive in the global marketplace.”

16th International Autosalon of Motor Cars, Utility and Motor Trucks, Transport Technique and Car Accessories (AUTOSALÓN NITRA 2008) to exhibit passenger cars, light and heavy commercial vehicles, components, others.

10 September - Press day
11 - 16 September - Open to public

Organizer/Location:
Vystavnictvo Agrokomplex

NOVE MESTO, Slovakia, Dec. 13, 2007 /PRNewswire - FirstCall/ -- TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE: TRW) today announced the opening of a new, technologically advanced manufacturing plant in Slovakia to support its position as a leader in the growing electric steering systems global market.

TRW Automotive offers an extensive portfolio of electrically assisted steering products including its full electric column-drive and belt-drive systems, and its electrically powered hydraulic systems (EPHS). These systems provide steering assist only when needed, thus reducing fuel consumption and C02 emissions.

Dec. 2007 -- ZF is focusing on growth and expects sales in Eastern European to increase by 10 percent. The aim is to gain access to the markets in the East. Any company interested in doing business with Eastern European vehicle manufacturers needs to have a local presence in these countries. All of the major volume manufacturers have developed production capacities in the East, and all ZF competitors have established themselves here. Without a presence in Eastern Europe, ZF could runs the risk of being driven out of the market in Western Europe by low-cost suppliers from Eastern Europe. The same applies to Japanese and Korean vehicle manufacturers who have been joined in Eastern Europe by their Asian suppliers. ZF wants to get in on the action as a partner for Asian manufacturers.

Strengthens its presence in Eastern Europe

Bratislava, Slovakia – 20 November 2007. Johnson Controls, one of the world’s leading suppliers of automotive interiors, electronics and batteries, is today opening a new Automotive Business Center in Bratislava. Some 180 employees are currently working in Štúrova 4 in the areas of finance, purchasing, information technology and human resources. Another 170 new jobs will be created there by the end of 2008 in order to support the future growth of the company in the Eastern European growth markets.

Hanover/Puchov, November 8, 2007 -- Continental AG has acquired a majority interest in the Slovak company Continental Matador Rubber s.r.o. and is pressing ahead with the organisational integration of the tire, engineering and conveyor belt operations

Continental AG in Hanover has acquired a 51% interest in Continental Matador Rubber s.r.o. based in Puchov, Slovakia.

The tire and conveyor belt busi­ness, together with the rubber processing equipment business unit, were separated beforehand from the parent company Matador a.s., which now holds a 49% interest in the joint company.