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Innovative plastics technologies are redefining the automotive and transport industries. From lightweight materials to energy-efficient solutions, learn how plastics are shaping tomorrow's sustainable mobility and revolutionising the way we get around.
Image: a black racing car on a race track; Copyright: Formula Student Germany / andrae

Mobility

07.08.2024

Formula Student puts plastics in the fast lane

Image: Two red cars parked next to each other; Copyright: duallogic

Mobility

08.12.2023

Covestro and HiPhi launch joint laboratory on advanced material solutions for future mobility
Image: Man on a bicycle; Copyright: Envato

Mobility

04.10.2023

They see me rollin' - Plastics in bicycles and current best practices
Image: completed demonstrator; Copyright: DLR

Mobility

20.09.2023

Thermoplastics in aircraft construction – less weight, more future

Interview with Dr.-Ing. Frederic Fischer, Project Manager "Large Passenger Aircraft", German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Photo: Rear view of a blue GENBETA on an indoor race track; Copyright: SABIC

Mobility

19.09.2023

New GENBETA car developed by Formula E and its innovation partner SABIC shatters Guinness World Records™ title

Record with thermoplastic
Image: Close-up of a tyre on a car; Copyright: Continental

Mobility

26.07.2023

Sustainability meets quality: new car tyre sets standards

Interview with Kristina Kumme, Product Manager for Summer Tyres, Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
Image: Solar panel in front of black electric car on the road; Copyright: anatoliy_gleb

Mobility

20.07.2023

With the power of the sun to the mobility of the future
Image: Illustration showing various products made of fibre composites; Copyright: herone GmbH

Mobility

12.06.2023

Lightweight construction: customised thermoplastic fibre composite profiles enable more sustainable flying

Interview with Dr Christian Garthaus, Managing Partner, herone GmbH
Photo: White Boeing stands in a large hall ; Copyright: astakhovyaroslav

Mobility

15.11.2022

First Boeing 777 with AeroSHARK takes off on passenger flights
Photo: Artemis 1 spacecraft in space for testing high-performance plastics; Copyright: German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Mobility

26.07.2022

Fly me to the moon: how high-performance plastics contribute to radiation protection in space

In the MARE experiment, plastic phantoms are to provide information about the risks of space radiation for humans
Image: Man in overalls is painting a car; Copyright: twenty20photos

Mobility

06.06.2022

BASF and BMW Group rely on renewable raw materials for automotive coatings
Photo: Airplane on the asphalt; Copyright: Rawpixel

Mobility

23.05.2022

New cutting-edge thermoplastic materials for the aerospace sector

Mobility

27.07.2021

Röchling BioBoom: bioplastics make cars greener

Further K-Mag articles

Photo: A rubik's cube on a desk; Copyright: Lemnaouer

Plastics in Daily Life

Rubik's Cube turns 50: A plastic cube that keeps the world spinning

Image: young asian woman in a laboratory; photo: Luke Hayes for Virginia Tech.

Developments

Virginia Tech develops biodegradable bioplastics from food waste
Image: Used tyres; Copyright: Sida - stock.adobe.com

Recycling

Tyre Recycling: Keeping Valuable Raw Materials in the Loop
Image: Four plastic containers with different contents. On the containers: light blue and white UBQ logo; Copyright: UBQ

Recycling

UBQ is literally turning trash into treasure
Image: Carrie Song, Senior Vice President, Commercial at Neste Renewable Products and Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Division COO, Business Development Div. at Mitsubishi; Copyright: Mitsubishi Corporation

Circular Economy

Neste and Mitsubishi Corporation Form Strategic Partnership
Image: several blister strips with tablets; Copyright: Tatiana Mara

Packaging

Making Blister Packaging More Sustainable
Image: Plastic flakes being poured out of a pipe; Copyright: Interzero

Circular Economy

Digital Twin for Resource Management
Photo: Children and adults with a banner at the Wongpanit Suvarnabhumi Recycle Station; Copyright: Indorama Ventures

Education & Studies

PET Youth Camp for Sustainable Plastic Management
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