Teijin to Acquire Benet Automotive from Jet Investment.

Teijin has agreed to wholly acquire Benet Automotive, a leading automotive composite and component supplier in the Czech Republic, from Jet Investment. Financial terms were not being disclosed. Benet is a tier one supplier of composite components to the automotive industry, offering advanced technologies for carbon-fiber-reinforced and glass-fiber-reinforced plastic molding, as well as the painting and assembly of vehicles. The company specializes in reinforced reaction injection molding (RRIM), a low-pressure process using polyurethane; and both conventional autoclave and resin transfer molding (RTM). Benet has three facilities in Czechia and one in Germany to serve European automotive OEMs including Volkswagen, Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Skoda.