The most recent applications can be found in the models Li L9 and the newly launched Li L8 from Li Auto Inc., a Chinese carmaker offering vehicles with alternative drive technologies. Both of these ...

The new composites are designed as alternatives to thermoset sheet molding compounds (SMCs). Offering similar mechanical performance, they are much more ductile and, as thermoplastic systems, much ...

BRILON, Germany—Lanxess A.G.'s Bond-Laminates subsidiary, part of its High Performance Materials business unit, has completed a capacity expansion for its high-performance composite Tepex at its site ...

Tepex continuous-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite materials from LANXESS (Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.) have shown potential for a variety of automotive applications — those CW has covered recently ...

Even following exposure to particle bombardment and temperatures at the end of the test of as high as 1,400°C, the Tepex test specimen did not undergo burn through. Photo Credit, all images: Envalior ...

The continuous-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite Tepex from Lanxess has shown potential for application as inserts for the local reinforcement of injection-molded components. While metal ...

Lanxess says its Tepex dynalite continuous-fibre-reinforced, semi-finished thermoplastic composites are now finding new applications in vehicle interiors. One example is the backseat system of an ...

The cover on the rear muffler of the BMW i8 is fabricated using a direct long fiber thermoplastic (DLFT) process from a polypropylene (PP) compression molding compound reinforced with long glass fiber ...

As a major supplier to the automotive industry, German specialty chemicals company Lanxess AG is upbeat about the prospects of the automotive market despite a significant decline in demand, ...