Automotive light weighting: driving the revolution

Posted on 11 Apr 2016 by The Manufacturer

Sajid Mohammed, Associate Commercial Director at plastics recycler Luxus, looks at how automotive light weighting is helping drive a step-change in plastics innovation.

With government legislation putting automotive manufacturers on a deadline to improve fuel efficiency and lower emissions, light weighting materials technology is now taking major steps forward to help meet this challenge. Yet vehicle weight has actually been increasing as OEMs continuously add car features, so reversing this growing weight spiral has become an urgent priority. Over…

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