DS Smith partnered with TPV Automotive to develop a fiber-based corrugated packaging system for BMW car wheel carriers shipped to BMW's Asian assembly facility. The solution replaces Styrofoam, PS or wood packaging.

Plastic Omnium and start-up Greenerwave formed an exclusive partnership to develop a 4D imaging radar for vehicles, expected in 2025, with prototypes in 2022.

Marelli and Shanghai Highly signed a memorandum of intent to form a joint venture operating Marelli's compressor and HVAC business, with a definitive agreement targeted for January 2020.

Fiem Industries signed a technical assistance agreement with Toyodenso of Japan to manufacture bank angle sensors in India, with production expected from April 2019.

Sanden International and Unicla International signed a strategic alliance under which Unicla's heavy-duty compressors will be co-branded and sold through Sanden's global distribution network. The alliance was finalised in February 2018.

Rheinmetall Automotive's KS Kolbenschmidt signed a licence agreement with ZYNP to produce and market commercial vehicle steel pistons in China, with a new plant in Mengzhou, Henan province, funded by an unspecified double-digit million euro investment.