Overview
- The German entities of Plastic Manufacturing have entered insolvency proceedings and Volker Böhm of Kanzlei Schultze & Braun has been appointed provisional administrator.
- About 1,045 employees are affected across three sites: roughly 830 in Diepersdorf near Nuremberg, about 95 in Oberlungwitz, and around 120 in Lüdenscheid.
- Wages and salaries are covered for roughly two months through insolvency pay while the administrator assesses operations.
- Reports link the German cash squeeze to severe financial distress at U.S. parent First Brands, which has itself filed for insolvency.
- The administrator cites shrinking European car sales alongside higher energy and raw‑material costs as core pressures on the supplier’s thin margins.