innovatively come with a satellite communication system, which leverages low-orbit satellite communication technologies for significant advantages of strong signal, wide coverage, low charges, and quick response. Also exhibited at the event was an Exeed “intelligent ecological cockpit” with low-VOC eco-friendly interior materials, eco-friendly water-based coatings, and an air quality system supporting active cockpit cleaning. Other Exeed mode...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/06

jection unit to inject paint into a mold, and the paint is thermally solidified in the mold. The technology will eliminate coating and drying processes, which were previously performed separately, and make it possible to reduce CO₂ emissions by about 60%. Paint without volatile organic compounds (VOC) can reduce the environmental burden. The new technology will eliminate the need for coating booths and drying ovens, resulting in reduced install...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/18

Antolin supplies solutions for several car models Grupo Antolin-Irausa, S.A. (Antolin) has supplied an advanced headliner and sun visors for Tesla Model 3 Highland. Engineered with a plastic core and a textile laminate, produced using a VOC-free (Volatile Organic Compound) process, this technology is typically found in luxury trims. The company has provided a spilt overhead system for the new Volkswagen California van, featuring a panoramic headl...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/04

developed sub-nano ceramic membranes capable of separating gases or liquids, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), at the molecular level from gas or liquid mixtures, and aims to expand its business in the decarbonization area. Since Borsig has expertise in organic membranes of volatile organic compounds (VOC) as well as high engineering technologies, NGK will promote the modularization of sub-nano ceramic membranes through the M&A to make it easier for...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/03

cing environmental impacts under the Zero Impact Factory strategy. By 2025, it aims to make its vehicles 45% more eco-friendly than in 2010, but the plant is pushing for at least a 59% reduction. In 2024, the focus is on energy efficiency, along with water conservation, waste reduction, and cutting VOC and carbon emissions. Interim results show progress, with a 67.5% overall reduction in environmental impact since 2010. In 2023, energy efficiency...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/18

Center (KTC). It will address customer needs for UV/LED/EB curable resins and additives for specialty coating and adhesive applications for advanced electronics, new energies, building efficiency, and e-mobility markets. It will promote Sartomer UV-LED and EB curing technologies, which are very low VOC (volatile organic compounds) and lower carbon intensive, in Japan. Based on Arkema press release ...

News  Updated at: 2024/08/05

new Audi Q6 e-tron series. The milestone EcoRP L033i robot, to be installed in May 2024, will paint interiors. The six-axis robot uses the EcoBell4 atomizer, enabling four-second color changes and reducing paint and rinsing agent consumption. The EcoBell4 technology also reduces operating costs and VOC emissions, benefiting the environment. The new top coat line includes 28 robots and advanced application technology. Dürr is also providing a qua...

News  Updated at: 2024/05/24

ation and performance demands for consumer electronics and future mobility. It will present Rilsan PA11 and Pebax Rnew thermoplastic elastomers, Kynar PVDF for electrode binders and separator coatings in battery cells, Piezotech materials for haptic interfaces and touch screens, Sartomer liquid low-VOC (meth)acrylates and dielectric resins, and adhesives solutions.  Based on Arkema press release...

News  Updated at: 2024/01/05

Hankook Tire develops AI-based Voice of Customer (VOC) analysis system Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd. (Hankook Tire) announced that it has developed a Voice of Customer (VOC) analysis system based on a generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform, ChatGPT. Since early 2023, the South Korean tire manufacturer has been collaborating with Amazon Web Services, Inc. and Snowflake Inc. to build an integrated VOC data analysis system. Through t...

News  Updated at: 2023/11/10

M mechanical rotational process which is well known for conserving energy and resources during the pretreatment and cathodic electrocoating of vehicle bodies. In the future, SERES will use the EcoDry X dry separation system for overspray removal, a solution that saves energy. To eliminate solvents (VOCs) from exhaust air, paint booths are equipped with a compact air pollution control system from Dürr. Exhaust air from the paint booths, which has...

News  Updated at: 2023/10/05

uces carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions during the processing of film. Toray plans to start production of the new PET film in the period from October to December 2023, and to achieve sales of about JPY 9-10 billion in 2030. Processing PET film using water-based coatings with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) generates CO2 from wastewater and drying processes. While VOC-free coatings are expected to be utilized, water-based coatings are difficult to d...

News  Updated at: 2022/12/19

l Import Expo (CIIE) to be held in Shanghai from November 5-10, 2022, with its products applied to New Energy Vehicles. Some of the products and applications are to make their debut, with details as follows: Renewable PET automotive headliner base material, which has the advantages of low odor, low VOC, recyclability, and is suitable for a variety of molding conditions. It is made of 100% PET material and contains recycled PET, which is low-carbo...

News  Updated at: 2022/10/20

raw material isosorbide. DURABIO offers high impact resistance, weather resistance and heat resistance compared to conventional engineering plastics. The plastic doesn't require a painting or coating process, as its surface is hard and scratch-resistant, thereby reducing volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions generated during production. Mitsubishi Chemical Group intends to promote the use of DURABIO for large exterior design parts in an effo...

News  Updated at: 2022/05/27

Moreover, the new plant will proactively pursue sustainability initiatives, through utilization of renewable energy sources such as solar power toward the realization of carbon neutrality, resource conservation measures such as use of recycled water, and emission reduction of air pollutants such as VOC (volatile organic compounds) to the greatest extent possible. From Honda press releases 1/2/3...

News  Updated at: 2022/01/07

ommodate more than 1,000 engineers. It also integrates an office building as well as state-of-the-art testing facilities, a workshop, a warehouse and testing-car parking lots.The test building is home to seven testing facilities including an eDrive lab, a charging lab, a volatile organic compounds (VOC) lab, a chassis lab, a noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) lab, an engine lab as well as an environmental lab. The new test building can accommod...

News  Updated at: 2021/10/22

Continental Structural Plastics introduces new composites for EV battery enclosures On March 9, Continental Structural Plastics (CSP), a Teijin Group Company, introduced several new advanced composite formulations that meet the most stringent electric vehicle battery enclosure performance standards for flammability, thermal runaway and VOC emissions while offering the design flexibility of sheet molding compound (SMC). These new composites includ...

News  Updated at: 2021/03/11

c color version to its plant-based DURABIO bio-plastics. The new metallic color version can create shiny surfaces without the need for painting. It demonstrates a high level of brightness and quality simply through the addition of pigments. The DURABIO also helps reduce volatility organic compound (VOC) emissions from coatings during production. The DURABIO has been increasingly adopted by vehicle models such as Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.’s compa...

News  Updated at: 2021/02/09

tive interior surfaces. These new structural materials, Ultramid B3E2G6 SI BK23353 and B3E2G10 SI BK23353, eliminate the need for coating and realize the production of automotive components that have smooth, mat, and grain surfaces, with only one production process. They are low volatility organic (VOC) emission materials and offer high ultraviolet ray stability. They are suitable for use in components such as steering column levers, armrests, cu...

News  Updated at: 2020/11/30

ed charging times.  Additionally, Licity binders enhance performance in low temperature environments, provide superior adhesion to collector foil and high compatibility with a broad range of active materials.  Licity binders are waterborne, carboxylated styrene butadiene copolymers with very low VOC content. Furthermore, CO2 can be saved when Licity products are manufactured according to the biomass balance approach. In this binder version, b...

News  Updated at: 2020/11/04

BASF and DiDi partner for coatings solutions On May 18, BASF and DiDi signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, where Xiaoju Autocare (Xiaoju Yangche), a subsidiary of DiDi, is headquartered. BASF will provide DiDi with sustainable automotive refinish products developed at its research and production site in Jiangmen. These products will help reduce VOC emissions and meet the stringent standards implemented i...

News  Updated at: 2020/05/18