# Continental and aft automotive set up joint venture for plastic couplings

Continental and aft automotive signed an agreement to create a 50/50 joint venture to manufacture couplings made of high-performance plastics for automotive fluid systems. The joint venture is expected to create more than 30 new jobs by 2025, pending antitrust approval.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2020-08-10
- Jobs: 30
- Status: announced
- Products: high-performance plastic couplings for cooling circuits and turbocharger/charge-air cooler connections
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Continental](https://endata.com/companies/925.md) (partner)
- [aft automotive](https://endata.com/companies/49222.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [automotiveworld.com](https://www.automotiveworld.com/news/continental-and-aft-automotive-set-up-joint-venture-for-the-future-of-mobility/), 2020-08-10: "The close collaborative partnership with aft automotive will enhance our skills as a system supplier and enable us to consistently expand our technological expertise in high-performance plastics for the future."

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