Automotive
More durable, lightweight, fuel efficient designs in today’s cars all benefit from innovations made in the plastic industry. The variety of applications grows each year along with other innovations to build the cars of the future.
Applications
- Thermal and sound insulation
- Component housings
- Connectors
- Bearings and bushings
- Gaskets, washers, spacers
- Wiring harnesses
- Gears
- Trunk bed liners
- Moisture barriers
Benefits
- Lightweight material helps fuel efficiency
- Easy to machine
- Corrosion, abrasion and fatigue resistant
- Wide range of stiffness, tensile strength and creep resistant
- Low wear and coefficient of friction
- Low moisture absorption
- Sustainable, can be recycled