Covestro and partners develop comprehensive automotive interior concepts

The car of the future will have multi-functional uses such as mobile living and working spa.

Jochen Hardt, Global Mobile Marketing and Project Manager at Covestro, said: "Our comprehensive concept includes developments that may become reality in a few years, but also visions for the futu.

Smart materials for future car interiors

The interior is the embodiment of functionality, comfort and design, but also efficien.

For example, Makrolon polycarbonate and its blends will play an important role in future car interiors due to their high degree of design freedom, mechanical stability and lightweight properties; and this material also has excellent properti.

Mae\zio continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites from Covestro have developed a special grade of materials based on polycarbonate but reinforced with carbon fibers, making them stronger and lighter, and also Ideal for efficient production such as ultra-thin par.

New trends in infotainment systems

Makrofol polycarbonate films can be used, for example, for printing and even for large covers like 3D integrated display scree.

Covestro also offers thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) films from the Platilon ran.

Classic all-round material: Polyurethane

Polyurethane is a classic and widely used material for car interio.

Polyurethane coatings can also provide high-quality finishes by adjusting the material properti.

Trendy exterior design of electric vehicles

At PLASTIC 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Covestro for the first time committed itself to the layout of the future and presented its integrated concepts for electric vehicles on a large sca.

Breakthrough achievement time after time

More than 50 years ago, Covestro presented the first car K 67 with an entirely plastic body under the name of its predecessor Bayer at the Düsseldorf Plastics & Rubber Sh.