Altair Enlighten Award Nominations in for 2015 - NETCOMPOSITES
There are 17 nominations for Altair's 2015 Enlighten Award with the winner to be announced at the CAR Management Briefing Seminars in August. In its third year, Altair explains that the award will be presented in collaboration with the centre for Automotive Research (CAR) at the 2015 CAR Management Briefing Seminars taking place in Traverse City, Michigan, US from August 3rd-6th. The award aims to recognise the achievements in weight reduction within the automotive industry, from motorcycles to passenger cars, light trucks to commercial vehicles and buses. Comprised of worldwide automotive experts, the awards judging committee, chaired by Dr. Jay Baron, the President and CEO of CAR and Director of CAR's Coalition for Automotive Lightweighting Material (CALM), will assess each nomination and select... Automotive Performance Materials (APM) and Faurecia brought sustainable design to instrument panels, centre consoles and door panels of the Peugeot 308 by integrating a natural, hemp-based fibre with polypropylene, which allows for complex shapes... BAIC Group (Off-road Vehicle Technology centre) achieved a weight savings of 88. 2 pounds in their new vehicle model BJ40 using CFRP, magnesium, aluminum and innovative optimised structuring of the hood, lower control arm, car-roof, chair skeleton... Source: www.netcomposites.com
