Plastic to become the new 'metal' of the future

摘要

FUEL efficiency is the most important factor that influences the decision to buy a car in India. However, we often tend to oversee the fact that roughly 50% of the fuel consumed is used to move the weight of the car. This means that if we reduce the weight of the car by 10 % it becomes 5% more fuel efficient. LANXESS has taken the lead in developing Durethan and Pocan grades of high performance plastics, which are replacing metal parts used in cars, making them lighter, safer and more fuel-efficient. This transition from metal to plastic-metal hybrid parts has also helped increase production efficiency.