Integrated report 2021 - reinventing inventing

A long-standing commitment to sustainable mobility

Plastic Omnium has been innovating to make mobility safer and cleaner for over 75 years, reducing the weight of vehicle components, optimizing their aerodynamics, and developing solutions to reduce their emissions. The past two decades have seen Plastic Omnium ramp up its environmental commitment, with an ambitious innovation roadmap that has delivered its solutions for zero-emission hydrogen-powered electric mobility and a focus on achieving carbon neutrality.

  • 1947 : Pierre Burelle comes up with 47 separate vehicle components that could be replaced by plastic
  • 1950 : First automobile customers
  • 1980 : First lightweight injection-molded plastic bumpers
  • 1986 : First lightweight high-performance fuel systems
  • 2001 : First ISO 14001 certifications
  • 2006 : Program
  • 2013 : First ISO 50001 certifications
  • 2015 : First investments in hydrogen technologies
  • 2016 : Acquisition of Faurecia’s Exterior Systems business
  • 2017 : Climate Pledge Arena
  • 2019 : First production line dedicated to hydrogen tanks - Herentals (Belgium), Creation of the program ACT FOR ALL
  • 2020 : International certifications for hydrogen tanks
  • 2021 : Carbon neutrality plan unveiled ACT FOR ALL, B rating