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Gurit bags CHF 30mn order for composites auto body panels

19 Jan '15

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Switzerland based Gurit, a manufacturer of advanced composites and technologies said it has been selected as the supplier for carbon fibre based automotive body panels.

“This contract has a total contract value of more than CHF 30 million calculated on a multi-annual basis,” Gurit said.

Beginning from fourth quarter of 2015, Gurit will produce exterior Class-A carbon body panel parts utilising both Gurit's existing open mold manual and its new proprietary advanced press technology.

Gurit’s advanced press technology is a result of continuous research and close collaboration with leading car manufacturers.

“The hot compression molding production technology significantly reduces curing time thus enabling efficient production of small-scale series which are fully compatible with OEM mass assembly methods,” Gurit added.

Key features of the new technology also include parts accuracy, high-quality carbon look capability as well as Class-A surface quality.

“This project win represents an important milestone in the strategic advancement of our automotive exterior body panel business,” said CEO Rudolf Hadorn.

He too added, “We have been working hard to prove superiority of our advanced press technology. This contract clearly shows that our effort to industrialise composite parts manufacturing ideally meets OEMs’ needs.”

Gurit has been supplying carbon fibre based Class-A car body panels to leading OEMs since 2007.

Manufacturing car body panels from composite materials not only provides car manufacturers with greater design flexibility compared with metal panel technology.

Benefits also result from the combination of material functionality and robust processing along with significant weight savings. (AR)

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