With the further tightening of vehicle emissions and fuel consumption regulations, as well as the urgent need of increasing the endurance mileage of new energy vehicle, the lightweight design becomes the inexorable trend and important direction of automotive industry development. The data shows that, the decrease of automotive weight by 10% can reduce 8% of fuel consumption and 4% of emission; while the endurance mileage can be improved by about 10% if the weight of electric vehicle reduced by 100kg.
To achieve automotive lightweight, the large scale application of lightweight materials is the main method besides structure and process design optimization. Currently, automotive modified plastics are one of the most important lightweight materials, which have been widely used in spare parts including exterior decoration, interior trims, bumper, engine cover, airbags, seat belts, etc., and with the continuous improvement of hardness, strength and tensile properties, plastic window, door, framework and even all-plastic automobile have gradually emerged. Automotive modified plastics mainly include polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polyurethane, ABS materials, polycarbonate (PC), nylon, etc.
Kingfa is the global leader of the advanced material industry, with 30 subsidiaries in China and branch offices abroad such as in South Asia, North America, Europe, and so on. Kingfa’s products include modified plastics, special type engineering plastics, fine chemical materials, biodegradable plastics, wooden-based materials, carbon fibers and its composite and so on, which can be widely used in automobile, electronic appliances, industrial equipment, consumer goods, packaging, toys, etc.
The 2nd High-End Polyolefin Technologies & Market Conference 2017 will be organized by ASIACHEM on Jun 29-30 2017 in Suzhou. Kingfa will be present at Asiachem’s 2nd High-end Polyolefins Conference, and deliver a presentation about < Development & Application of High Performance Polyolefin Modified Materials under Automobile Lightweight Tendency>.
