(26 February 2016) The Adler Pelzer Group owned by Paolo Scudieri, which designs, develops and manufactures components and systems for the transportation industry, opened in Taicang, China, a new soundproofing systems and acoustic comfort center, intended to become a hub for all research and development activities in Asia. The one in Taicang is the seventh research center owned by the Group worldwide. The milestone comes exactly ten years after Adler Pelzer’s first arrival in China. The new Hub will support local suppliers of materials achieve the technical and quality objectives required to provide the global platform with standardized solutions. The research center of Taicang will also provide customer service, from the proposal for new cars to the virtual simulation solutions and component design. In 2006 the Group Adler Pelzer inaugurated its first plant in Chongqing, thanks to the support of Andy, a Chinese partner already in the business of products to cushion the noise in automotive. Today the Neapolitan group has 10 production sites in China, serving 26 customers in Asia, producing a turnover (in 2014) of €145 million and employing over 2000 people. "We aim to be the leading multinational supplier in China and Asia in the field of acoustics and comfort for the automotive industry - explains Paolo Scudieri, President of the Adler-Pelzer Group - The new Technology Forum and R & D Center is an important condition for achieving quickly this goal. In the past ten years, in China we’ve grown from one to ten factories demonstrating we’re an ideal partner for the industry, for the quality of products, advanced technology levels and the ability to read the future by helping major car manufacturers design and build ever more efficient models." (Red)

ADLER PELZER

Established in 1956 by Achille Scudieri, who understood the latent potential of polymers, Adler Pelzer is headquartered in Ottaviano (Naples) and is the first Italian manufacturer of vehicle systems for acoustic and thermal comfort and coatings and panels for the doors and interior mats. Adler Pelzer has a particular specialization in the automotive sector, working in partnership with the world's major car manufacturers, but has solid experience also in the railway and marine sectors for which it managed major projects for the creation of interiors with sound-absorbing panels. The group, present in 21 countries with 62 plants, in 2015 had 10.000 employees and a turnover of over €1 billion, with investments in plant and equipment amounting to €28.2 million and supplying automotive companies in 35 countries.