Automobile Textiles

11th Mar 2020

Covestro and Toyota Boshoku, a car component manufacturer of the Japanese Toyota Group, are jointly developing a new polyurethane composite material for the new electric concept car "LQ" developed by Toyota Motor. The material is based on a combination of Covestro's advanced Baypreg F NF technology and Toyota Boshoku's expertise in using kenaf fibres.

4th Mar 2020

For the first time, Audi has used seat upholstery made from recycled material in its fourth generation A3. Secondary raw materials are being used. Up to 89 per cent of the textile used is from recycled PET bottles, which are made into yarn. This results in fabrics that give the same quality in terms of look and feel as conventional textile upholstery.

28th Feb 2020

Autoliv has become part of Together for Safer Roads (TSR), a coalition of private sector companies working to prevent traffic crashes, injuries and deaths on roadways. Autoliv will be a member of the Global Leadership Council for Fleet Safety, that uses peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing to help smaller fleet operators create safety cultures and reduce...

24th Feb 2020

Polestar is working towards full sustainability for its future vehicles. The electric performance brand aims to reduce weight, cut plastic content and lessen waste material with innovative natural and recycled source materials such as Bcomp’s natural fibre composite solutions, and cork and fishing nets. This could improve crash behaviour for interior...

21st Feb 2020

Kalitta Motorsports has joined hands with Revchem Composites in a diverse marketing partnership. The multi-time world championship drag racing team will work with Revchem Composites, one of the leading composite distribution companies, throughout the course of the 60th annual NHRA Winternationals on technical opportunities as well as strategic...

18th Feb 2020

Exel Composites has supplied fibreglass profiles for 33 electric buses to Chinese bus and coach manufacturer Yutong which in turn has delivered these to Helsinki, Finland. Introduction of the electric buses is part of Finland’s goal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by five million kilograms a year. Light weight fibreglass increases energy efficiency.

5th Feb 2020

Hennessey has constructed an all carbon fibre chassis for Venom F5. Built entirely of carbon fibre, the all-new ground-up design has been engineered and built to propel the Venom F5 to a top speed of over 500 kilometres per hour. The new F5 chassis is both strong and light weight, and made after an extensive two-year long engineering and development...

23rd Jan 2020

Covestro has joined hands with the Research and Development Centre of Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC R and D Center) to make a lightweight composite seat back for the Chinese car manufacturer's latest electric concept car, ENO.146. The backrests of the two front seats are made of Maezio CFRTP, the reinforced thermoplastic composite material from...

22nd Jan 2020

Due to continuously increasing demand for advanced solutions and products made from graphite in the automotive sector, SGL Carbon has modernised and expanded its production capacities for specialty graphite automotive components at the Bonn site. As part of this, the company has also constructed a new, large hall for production of the parts.