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Vehicle manufacturers worldwide turn to Carcoustics’ state-of-the-art components from molded polyurethane foam

  • A new production facility recently opened its doors in Querétaro, Mexico.
  • CEO Dr. Peter Schwibinger: "Our internationally networked process engineering and global manufacturing infrastructure allow us to offer tailor-made solutions to our customers all over the world"

Leverkusen/Germany, 10/ 30/2014: Carcoustics designs and manufactures acoustic and thermal components for the automotive industry and other industrial sectors. It recently expanded its global manufacturing base with the commissioning of a new production plant for molded polyurethane foam components in Querétaro, Mexico. Carcoustics now has flexible production facilities for manufacturing this material of the future on three different continents. Alongside Querétaro in Mexico, it also has plants in Haldensleben (Germany), Nováky (Slovakia) and Langfang (China). Flexible molded polyurethane foam systems are ideal for the automotive industry as they improve thermal insulation and sound reduction but add little extra weight.

“These molded polyurethane foam components allow us to offer our customers highly individualized product solutions. We have access to the very best in production support systems through our internationally networked process engineering and global manufacturing base", says Dr. Peter Schwibinger, CEO of Carcoustics. Severin Fox, Product Manager for molded polyurethane foam components, adds: "There is a growing demand for this material in the automotive industry because of its flexibility and special properties. It can also be combined with other functional materials, so we are in a position to offer tailor-made solutions that meet our customers' particular specifications."

New lightweight materials and components are needed in order to ensure that the thermal and acoustic components do not add a significant amount of weight to the vehicle. Polyurethane is ideal because of its outstanding properties and the many benefits that it offers. For example, improving the thermal insulation of the engine bay slows down cooling of the drive units and so reduces the number of cold starts. As a result significant reductions in CO2 emissions and fuel consumption are possible. This kind of intelligent and consumption-oriented temperature management system requires effective thermal shielding of heat-sensitive components and parts in the engine bay – for example, by using polyurethane. Carcoustics is able to produce components to particular customer specifications thanks to the wide selection of raw materials at its disposal and the expertise of its engineers in prototype design and the acoustics laboratory.