Send this page / Print this page Home / Composites News / In Brief

More Composite News

By period
Last week
Last month
Last year
By category
Business & Markets
Products
Applications
Process & Equipment
In Brief
Report
By application sector
Automotive
Aeronautics / Aerospace
Marine / Boatbuilding
Construction / Civil engineering
Railway / Mass transit
Consumer goods
Sports / Leisure
Corrosion resistant products (pipes, tanks, gratings)
Electronics
Wind Energy
Medical
Defence / Security
Appliances / Office equipment
Sanitaryware
Other
By process
Hand lay-up
Spray-up
Sheet Moulding Compounds (SMC)
Bulk Moulding Compounds (BMC)
Casting
Pultrusion
Filament winding
Long Fiber Injection (LFI)
Continuous laminating
Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM)
Eco Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM Eco)
Reinforced / Structural reaction injection (RRIM/SRIM)
Vacuum bag / Autoclave
Other
By product
Thermoset resins
Thermoplastic resins
Glass reinforcements
Carbon reinforcements
Aramid reinforcements
Natural reinforcements
Other reinforcements
Core materials
Adhesives
Additives
Gelcoats
Prepregs
Preforms, Fabrics/tapes or mats / unimpregnated
SMC / BMC
Moulds / Tooling materials
Test / Quality control equipment
Process equipment
Composites parts
Design / Engineering services
Other
Advanced Search

More about this

Related contact

www.polytec-group.com

Features

Special Asie
Aerospace
Sport & Leisure

04 Jul 2007  -  Austria

Polytec Group opened new headquarters

The Polytec Group, the Hörsching-based automotive supplier, opened its new headquarters on Friday 15th June. The new prestigious and functional glass building took just a year to construct. Some 3.2 million euros were invested in the new site which has 2,900 m² of space.

The old site was simply no longer adequate for a company of our size. said CEO Friedrich Huemer in his speech. Polytec would continue to grow through making additional acquisitions, he claimed. This international group sees both the USA and China as potentially interesting markets.

The Polytec Group has grown from a small five man company in 1986 to having close to 6,000 employees today at 31 sites across the world and an annual turnover of around 750 million euros. Over the next few years, Huemer hopes to reach the one billion mark.

A new building with glass-fronted openness
The finance and controlling department, executive board and management offices are all housed in this bright and airy building. For the Guests were welcomed in the spacious 4m high entrance hall by a bright red Ferrari, as Polytec produces the front and rear bumpers of the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano for this Italian car manufacturer. An exhibition of additional interesting products from the automotive industry was on display in the prestigious showroom, highlighting the comprehensive product range and high level of expertise of the international Polytec Group. 

About Polytech Group
Founded in 1986 in Grieskirchen (Austria), over the last ten years the company has developed from a manufacturer of industrial plastic components into a systems supplier capable of servicing the entire process chain.

The Polytec Group, as an important supplier of products based on plastics, natural fibre composites and other materials, is rooted in a tradition of valuing and accepting responsibility for our customers, employees and investors.

The strategy pursued by the Polytec Group is one of targeted development based on organic growth, with both existing customers and newly acquired customers, and selective acquisitions in the synergistic technologies sector.

The Polytec Group operates in 4 different market segments:
- The Polytec Automotive Systems Division which represents the largest division of the Group develops and produces components, modules and systems for interior and engine compartments.
- The Polytec Car Styling Division operates in the small and medium volume segments and produces exterior and interior parts and accessories for passenger cars.
- The Polytec Automotive Composites Division produces different exterior, functional and structural parts in the medium volume segment for trucks and passenger cars.
- The Polytec Industrial Division produces different plastic mouldings for industrial applications and manufactures equipment for the processing of plastic material.

Source : Polytec Group