Keyword: weight reduction

Chemistry & Life Sciences

A Day at the Races

10.07.2015 - On Friday, July 3rd 2015 Wiley-VCH editors Michael Reubold, Martin Friedrich, Roy Fox and I were hosted by chemical company Evonik at the Hockenheim Ring to attend the DMV Gran...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Polycarbonate Compounds in Automotive Glazing Applications

06.10.2014 - Automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are evaluating every possible opportunity to reduce vehicle weight to achieve fuel savings and reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2)...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

A Perfect Symbiosis of Material and Design

05.10.2014 - Replacing sheet metal with Tepex dynalite continuous-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites delivers significant additional weight savings in numerous areas of plastic-metal...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Simulation as the Cornerstone of Next Generation Weight Reduction for the Automotive Industry

22.11.2012 - Computer Aided Engineering - Sustainability has been a major driver of innovation for decades in the automotive industry and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future...