Dow (NYSE: DOW) is set to present its latest innovative materials at the VDI congress Plastics in Automotive Engineering (PIAE 2024) in Mannheim, Germany, from June 19 to 20. These materials are designed to support a low-carbon future for mobility throughout the entire vehicle life cycle.
The showcase at the Dow MobilityScience™ stand will feature new material developments for interior, exterior, and under-the-hood parts. These advancements enable decarbonization, circularity, and next-generation design, aligning with sustainability targets while meeting performance, safety, and aesthetic requirements.
Zshelyz Lee, Global Automotive Plastics Circularity Team Leader at Dow, stated, “The automotive industry is undergoing a revolution, driven by the urgency to become sustainable and the necessity to differentiate. At Dow, we are constantly innovating to help the automotive industry address the triple goals of climate protection, circular economy, and safer materials, and to enable OEMs and Tiers to design for the future with the latest in material science.”
Dow’s MobilityScience™ team aims to provide automotive expertise, deep materials knowledge, and technical know-how to assist OEMs and Tiers in navigating the evolving mobility landscape globally.
The showcased solutions at PIAE 2024 target specific design challenges facing the automotive value chain. They include technologies enabling circularity of thermoplastics, bio-based and circular options, and next-generation materials for achieving sustainability and novel design in automotive applications.
Andrea Benvenuti, Global MobilityScience™ Sustainability Application Team Leader at Dow, emphasized the importance of acting swiftly in the face of industry challenges. “With all of today’s challenges, we in the automotive industry need to act fast, seize new technologies, and collaborate with the right partners,” Benvenuti said. “We in the MobilityScience™ team are committed to supporting OEMs & Tiers in their sustainability and design aspirations with our technology and expertise, and to helping build the ecosystem needed to bring about circularity and decarbonization.”
Dow looks forward to engaging with industry players at PIAE 2024 to explore collaboration opportunities in advancing circular, low-carbon mobility together.
