Styrenics producer Trinseo (Berwyn, Pennsylvania / USA; www.trinseo.com) highlighted its launch of the “Enlite” range of structural polymers for semi-structural applications at the 2015 International VDI conference “Plastics in Automotive Engineering” in Mannheim / Germany on March 18 and 19. It also discussed its development of lightweight technologies for external and internal automotive parts.

Trinseo Automotive, previously known as Styron, will focus on two lines – “Enlite” long glass fibre PP (LGF-PP) and glass fibre (GF). The structural polymers use technologies that can replace existing materials such as steel and aluminium with lighter, cost-efficient solutions. The company is also exploring further solutions to offer automotive manufacturers a broad range of “Enlite” products and global semi-structural solutions. One example featured at VDI was the development of the lift-gate and front-end module of the new Renault "Espace", which was designed with LGF-PP polymers.