Carpeted sandwich panels to be used in boot-floors for pair of vehicles

摘要

Polypropylene (PP) sandwich panels from nonwovens specialist Fynotej of Mexico City are to be used to produce the boot-floors of two vehicles. The company has signed contracts with what it describes as "two of the world's largest automotive manufacturers" to supply a total of 120 000 m~2 of the honeycomb panels, called Fynocore, over two years. One contract concerns the supply of the panels for a vehicle that is yet to be launched, while the other is for a vehicle that is already in production. Fynotej says that the panels are light in weight, strong, recyclable and cost-effective to produce. They are made using a significant amount of recycled content. Further, the company can use a proprietary in-line thermofusion process to laminate nonwoven carpets to the surfaces of the panels, eliminating the need for adhesive bonding.