Automotive
Hexcel solutions for high performance cars
As an innovator in advanced composites, Hexcel supplies design-enabling technologies to high performance car manufacturers. For decades, many prestigious names and unique car models have benefited from HexPly® prepregs to meet a combination of performance requirements including high temperature resistance, impact absorption and outstanding visual appeal.
Hexcel's Primetex® patented technology has recently added a new dimension to the visual quality of interior features and HexPly® XF3 surface film was developed to increase the surface quality of painted bodywork. As mainstream car manufacturers (such as BMW and Alfa Romeo) have introduced carbon reinforced composites into their luxury models, Hexcel’s product range has expanded to meet the requirements for larger volume, cost-sensitive production.
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Hexcel developments for sustainable mobility
Beyond performance, Hexcel is adapting high quality composite materials to respond to the future demands of the fast evolving automotive industry in other ways. With an increasing focus on energy saving and reducing CO2 emissions, the opportunities for weight-saving and reducing fuel consumption by using composites are in the spotlight. In addition to saving weight, Hexcel materials offer possibilities for enhanced safety features, by integrating safety functions - or completely redesigning the vehicle structure - while complying with the manufacturers expectations for efficient production processes. As Hexcel's R&T department continues to develop new materials for the industry, we are committed to integrating only sustainable routes and anticipating future regulatory requirements.
Innovative technologies and decades of experience are combined with a strong forward-looking Technical Support team that is ready to work in partnership with customers to ensure they obtain the most appropriate and custom-tailored solutions for the designs of today and tomorrow.