Launch of TMG & Haartz Solutions
Today TMG Automotive of Guimarães, PT and Haartz Corporation of Acton, MA announce their joint venture TMG & Haartz Solutions and investment in a new manufacturing site for automotive surface materials.
TMG & Haartz Venture
Guimarães, PT & Acton, MA - Today TMG Automotive of Guimarães, PT and Haartz Corporation of Acton, MA announce their joint venture TMG & Haartz Solutions and investment in a new manufacturing site for automotive surface materials. Strategically located in Bostic, NC, the facility will occupy the sustainably renovated former Milliken Golden Valley plant and will consist of nearly 300,000 square feet of world-class synthetic leather manufacturing space. Focused on the localized supply of surface materials for seat covers, instrument panels, door pillars, and shift gear boots, the joint venture will serve customers across the Americas with a combined automotive industry experience of more than 150 years.
“TMG is pleased to formally announce the next phase of a longstanding and successful partnership with The Haartz Corporation: the joint establishment of a new manufacturing facility in the United States.”
Jose-Antonio Texeira, Co-CEO of TMG Automotive
Company History
TMG Automotive (TMG), a business unit of the TMG Group, is a world leader in automotive interior surface materials, notably synthetic leathers. The company's headquarters is based in Portugal, São Cosme do Vale (V.N. Famalicão) and European operations are based in Guimarães and São Cosme do Vale (V.N. Famalicão), with an office in Shanghai. The company is also part of the HaMinGi joint venture of Ningbo, China alongside Haartz Corporation and Minth Group. First supplying materials to the automotive industry in 1971 and today accounting for more than 100 published patents, the company has established itself as a world leader in sustainable manufacturing, now employing over 750 people worldwide. For more information visit www.tmgautomotive.pt
The Haartz Corporation (Haartz) is a world leader in highly engineered and uniquely designed convertible toppings and interior surface materials. The company’s world headquarters and North American manufacturing operations are located in Acton, Massachusetts, with additional manufacturing in Mannheim, Germany. The company also is part of HaMinGi - Ningbo, China, having joined with TMG Automotive and Minth Group in 2020. Beyond these manufacturing locations, Haartz maintains offices in Detroit, Munich, Tokyo, and Irapuato, Mexico. Employing over 400 people worldwide, Haartz has been a trusted automotive supplier since 1907, and continues to be privately owned and operated by the Haartz family.
“Haartz is delighted to announce our joint effort with TMG, a strategic continuation of the great collaboration between our two companies. Bringing a passion for innovation, creativity, and sustainable growth to North Carolina provides all of us with a great sense of excitement and optimism for the future."
John Millea, President of The Haartz Corporation.