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Innovative PP Base Resin
Manufacturing News Center - Microcomposite polypropylene
offers significant weight savings for interior automotive applications.

Borcom WG 140AI microcomposite helps the automotive industry
meet the challenges of vehicle weight reduction
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October 20, 2004-Jobwerx News-Borealis has launched a
new BorcomT microcomposite, the first generation of a new polypropylene
(PP) product family designed to bring significant weight reduction to
a range of interior automotive applications. Based on an innovative
PP base resin with 10% selected micro-scale filler and utilising advanced
compounding technology, Borcom WG 140AI can provide weight savings up
to 8% compared with traditional 20% mineral filled PP compounds used
by the industry.
According to Robert Füreder, Marketing Development Leader, Borealis
Engineering Applications: "We have developed Borcom WG 140AI microcomposite
to help the automotive industry meet the challenge of vehicle weight
reduction in order to lower fuel consumption, thereby reducing the impact
of exhaust fumes on the environment and at the same time providing a
running-cost benefit to the consumer. Typical applications for which
the new microcomposite presents itself as an ideal replacement material
for climate control housings, airducts and side trims in low pressure
moulding."
This Borcom microcomposite shows increased impact improvement on current
materials at comparable stiffness. It also offers better flowability
for easier processing and its close shrinkage compared with alternative
materials makes it compatible with existing tools. The new microcomposite
is easy to colour and available as self-coloured material.
With its micro-scale filler, Borcom WG 140AI not only contributes to
lower part weight and costs and overall vehicle weight reduction, it
also delivers savings on materials handling, transport and storage.
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