Smart Molding International 2-2024

48 smart_molding international 2/2024 materials SABIC spotlighted at PIAE 2024 material solutions for automotive innovation and safety • SABIC was showcasing its specialty material solutions for automotive innovation and safety at PIAE 2024. • Applications on display included wheel inserts for aerodynamics, a front grille with paint-free color, a rearview mirror with EMI shielding for integrated ADAS radar, a service flap for EV charging ports and insulation film for EV battery modules. • SABIC’s materials enable longer useful life of automotive parts, incorporating recycled content and avoiding volatile emissions from coating application. S ABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, was highlighting at the 2024 Plastics in Automotive Engi - neering (PIAE) congress a selection of specialty mate - rial solutions that can enhance automotive innovation and safety. The parts and samples at SABIC’s exhibited attest to the company’s continuing research, development and invest - ment to promote the benefits of advanced thermoplastics. This strategy encompasses recycled and upcycled content for circularity, molded-in color for volatile emissions reduction, durability for longer useful life, and enhancement of driver assistance systems and electric vehicle battery packs. “Improving automotive efficiency and safety involves many different aspects of a vehicle’s design, production, and operation,” said Maureen MacDonald-Stein, director, Portfolio Strategy & Marketing, SABIC Polymers, Specialties business. “Our broad and growing array of specialty resins, compounds and copolymers offers customers multiple options for addressing specific challenges related to these two areas. But our solutions also deliver additional benefits, including potential system cost savings and more-efficient processing compared to traditional materials. As regulatory requirements and megatrends like electrification and environmental The 2024 Gold Edison Award winner LNP™ ELCRES™ SLX1271SR resin provides excellent paint-free aesthetics and weatherability (all pictures: SABIC)