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Our Cockpits and Instrument Panels are Driven by a Unique Knowledge of Materials and Processes
When it comes to meeting tough requirements for performance, aesthetics, and economics, the instrument panel is among the most challenging of interior components.
Here are just a few of the demands that need to be met:
Our experience in instrument panel design, engineering, and manufacturing is extensive and global. As a result, we are better able to understand and meet customer requirements. We continue to build on this experience by developing and offering a wide choice of instrument panel design options. They include proprietary solutions which focus on craftsmanship and performance. Our customers also benefit from our experience in executing many types of passenger airbag door solutions, including discrete, integrated and hidden.
Our broad product portfolio includes surface solutions from the entry level to the luxury sector, and ranging from hard injection-molded surfaces to full-soft, high-class surfaces. We develop enhanced instrument panel surfaces through technologies such as In-Mold Graining and RIM skin. We have created a broad portfolio of substrate technologies that include injection molding, renewable natural fibers, and high-strength solutions using long glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene. In addition, our mold-behind expertise has led to proprietary joining processes. Our CrafTec family includes MCI (Multi-Color Injection molding), PMB (Partial Mold Behind) and P-FiP (Partial Foam-in-Place) solutions – each of which yields high craftsmanship and value.
As a leader in Just-In-Time (JIT) and In-Vehicle Sequence (IVS) methods, we also supply customers with fully assembled-and-tested cockpit modules. Our innovative assembly and delivery systems are customized to meet the unique vehicle assembly requirements of our customers.
As a supplier of cockpit subsystems like instrument panels and trim, instrument clusters, and electronics, we are also developing an integrated cockpit structure with Thyssen Krupp. Here the goals are to reduce development time, cost, and weight, while improving performance. A prototype will be available in our booth at this years’ IAA in Frankfurt, Germany.
- Long-term durability
- Passenger airbag integration
- Energy absorption
- Segment-appropriate styling
- Environmental responsibility
Our experience in instrument panel design, engineering, and manufacturing is extensive and global. As a result, we are better able to understand and meet customer requirements. We continue to build on this experience by developing and offering a wide choice of instrument panel design options. They include proprietary solutions which focus on craftsmanship and performance. Our customers also benefit from our experience in executing many types of passenger airbag door solutions, including discrete, integrated and hidden.
Our broad product portfolio includes surface solutions from the entry level to the luxury sector, and ranging from hard injection-molded surfaces to full-soft, high-class surfaces. We develop enhanced instrument panel surfaces through technologies such as In-Mold Graining and RIM skin. We have created a broad portfolio of substrate technologies that include injection molding, renewable natural fibers, and high-strength solutions using long glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene. In addition, our mold-behind expertise has led to proprietary joining processes. Our CrafTec family includes MCI (Multi-Color Injection molding), PMB (Partial Mold Behind) and P-FiP (Partial Foam-in-Place) solutions – each of which yields high craftsmanship and value.
As a leader in Just-In-Time (JIT) and In-Vehicle Sequence (IVS) methods, we also supply customers with fully assembled-and-tested cockpit modules. Our innovative assembly and delivery systems are customized to meet the unique vehicle assembly requirements of our customers.
As a supplier of cockpit subsystems like instrument panels and trim, instrument clusters, and electronics, we are also developing an integrated cockpit structure with Thyssen Krupp. Here the goals are to reduce development time, cost, and weight, while improving performance. A prototype will be available in our booth at this years’ IAA in Frankfurt, Germany.
