Promens has opened a new factory in Nitra, Slovakia, serving the automotive industry with various plastics components. Among its produce are engine covers, latches, interior parts, visual components, kinematic system parts and cooling system components, to name but a few.

Central and Eastern Europe have become a hub for automotive manufacturing in Europe. Audi, Hyundai, Kia, Opel, Skoda, Suzuki, Toyota and VW as well as large tier 1 suppliers such as Valeo, FaurEcia and Lear are all located close to Promens Nitra, as well as a number of large tier 2 suppliers to the industry. The new Promens plant is therefore strategically well located to serve these customers.

Slovakia is the second fastest-growing auto manufacturing country in Europe, following Germany. The Slovakian car production is expected to rise by 500,000 units by the year 2014 and similarly the total EU production is expected to exceed 20 million cars annually by the same time. This increase is partially due to the growing demand for cars in new member states that can support production growth by as much as 1.5 million cars.

Throughout the Promens Group Lean Manufacturing Principles are being implemented. The new factory in Nitra is no exception from this. Lean Manufacturing aims at increasing productivity, reducing waste of any kind, as well as increasing quality and consistency. Already at the opening the outlook for the new 5.400 sqm factory indicates that it will soon be operating close to full capacity, so an available option to double the size of the plant may have to be utilized in the near future.