JSAE 2019 in Yokohama: Plastic Materials Exhibitions
Automotive plastics for a variety of uses including weight reduction, and thermal management
2019/07/05
- Summary
- Interior, exterior, and other components: Asahi Kasei, Mitsubishi Chemical, Mitsui Chemicals, Teijin, Kaneka
- New grades, etc.: Sumitomo Chemical, Toray, Kuraray, DuPont, Daicel-Evonik, etc.
- Plastic reinforcement materials: Nitto Boseki, Shin-Etsu Chemical
- Analysis of plastics: Mitsui Chemical Analysis & Consulting Service, Nissan Arc
Summary
The Automotive Engineering Exposition 2019 Yokohama was held by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE) from May 22 to 24 at the Pacifico Yokohama Conference Center Hall. The theme of this year’s event was “Redefined Communities Supported by Automotive Engineering” with the secondary theme of the “Direction of the Evolution of Cars Merged with Revolutionary Social Infrastructure.” According to the event organizer, 624 companies exhibited products, 95,900 visitors attended the event during the 3 show days (compared to 93,458 attendees in 2018), and the event was considered a great success.
This report describes some of the most noteworthy exhibitions by plastics-related material manufacturers and component suppliers. To seize opportunities related to the current trends of electrification and autonomous driving technologies in the automotive industry, exhibitors were seen to be actively promoting their products to the OEMs.
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| Automotive Engineering Exposition 2019 venue | The plastic components display of Riken Technos |
Related reports:
Plastic components and materials accelerating lightweighting in automobiles (Nov. 2018)
JSAE Exposition 2018: Lightweight processing technology and plastic materials (Jun. 2018)
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