ROHM PLEXIGLAS® creates beautiful ambient lighting for Seat's new Ibiza and Arona

● SEAT equips two popular models with dazzling lighted air outlets

● A wide range of ROHM PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds can be used to create personalized ambient lighting in the interior of the car

● PLEXIGLAS® LED LD special molding compound is suitable for creating colorful side-emitting light strips

Sometimes it's just a few little details with hidden surprises that can make you fall in love with a car - like the pleasant atmosphere created by the interior lighti.

Ramon Vilardell, Senior Business Manager of the Spanish Moulding Compounds business unit, said: "It is great to see our PMMA used in the new mood lighting design in the first mod.

Air, light and color

The air-conditioning vents on both models come with different iris colours: dark red or cool white for the Ibiza and red, light green or honey yellow for the Aro.

Carolina Gómez Sánchez, Color Designer, Seat Color & Trim Team, said: “In both models, the interiors have been revamped, and we wanted to add decorative lighting elements to the air-conditioning ven.

In addition to color, lighting is also suitable for creating personalized designs with emotional appe.

"The best material for creating fantastic light effects"

The Seat designer said frankly: "We decided to use PLEXIGLAS® at the beginning of development in the colored light circle of the air outlet, because PLEXIGLAS® has excellent optical properties and is the best for creating fantastic light effec.

Gunther Benz, Product Manager for Automotive Applications in the Molding Compounds business unit, said: "This special specification molding compound was developed for LED contour lighti.

The light-guiding parts of the air-conditioning vents of both Seat models are made of PLEXIGLAS® LED 8N LD1 The injection-molded annular configuration also ensures that the light diffuses well outwar.

Gómez Sánchez emphasizes: "We are very satisfied with the final produ.

Ventilation, light and colour: Seat equips its Ibiza and Arona models with illuminated air conditioning ven.

Developed for LED contour lighting, PLEXIGLAS® LED LD is the ideal material for many ambient lighting applications, such as lantern contours, handles and operating elemen.

Red or green? PLEXIGLAS® moulding compounds can be used to personalise colour schemes in contour lighting, such as the Aran Green used in the Seat Arona Xperience in this pho.