The Automotive Channel of Omnexus is a dedicated online area to Automotive cost reduction and Automotive weight reduction solutions. By focusing on the latest Polymers and Elastomers available on the market, or to be launched in the coming months you will learn from current:

• Automotive cost reduction solutions
• Automotive weight reduction examples
• Automotive transparent materials

A Solution Gallery is offered to you with a free access to understand effective design solutions like replacing metal to reach efficient automotive weight reduction. You can also discover the latest polymer innovation among the automotive transparent materials, and identify new ways of reducing cost on your automotive parts. In each of the offered Solution Case Studies you can ask for more information or contact an expert to discuss further your challenges in reaching unmet automotive cost reduction.

An Editorial is regularly uploaded on the Automotive Channel of Omnexus. These editorials are written by independent experts, and allow you to have an insight on the new Solutions launched. Industry trends like the latest weight reduction, cost reduction and transparent materials applied to automotive part and components are screened and detailed.

The Automotive Channel is also keeping you up-to-date with the industry news related to automotive challenges like cost reduction, weight reduction and transparent materials.

As an example many solutions already exist to replace glass on windows or panoramic roof. Polycarbonate and PMMA are the preferred polymer thanks to their natural transparency. But they provide the automotive designers with much more than glass-like transparency; they also allow much more complicated shapes while reducing part price. Automotive transparent materials are so far the ideal choice to meet with even more cost reduction requirements and innovative and eye-catching part design.

Few in-depth articles are uploaded every month on the Automotive Channel. These free-access articles allow you to be updated on automotive trends, latest regulations, and solutions to address these challenges. Reducing fuel consumption is of course the hotest topic within the automotive industry. And achieving this ever demanding goal can be very often eased by weight reduction projects. Thanks to their inherent light density compared to metals, polymers, especially high heat resistant polymers are an efficient material solution. By reducing component count they also offer cost reduction by reducing the number of assembly steps. Manufactured parts or full systems are also taking benefit from the well-known polymer design freedom by adding at no cost new functions.

As for all the Omnexus Channels, the Automotive Channel also proposes frequent free Technical WebSeminars detailing a product or a new technology. Within an hour you can so far learn easily, and even ask very specific questions at the end of these online events. Whatever your current challenge is to achieve weight reduction, cost reduction, or use a new transparent material pay a regular visit on the Automotive channel, and you will stay up-to-date with these innovations.