(PlasticsToday) -- Japan's Sekisui Plastics (Osaka) became the third company in the space of two days to announce a major investment in automotive plastic components in the state of Tennessee when it announced plans to invest USD 3 million in a second manufacturing facility for foam plastics, primarily used in automotive safety components, in Mount Pleasant on August 31. The previous day, ABC Group Fuel Systems (Toronto, ON) and NYX, Inc. (Livoni, MI) also announced major investments for molding plastic auto parts in the state