Feature Automotive Do composites have an answer for everything? 32 Lightweighting Roding Automobile GmbH uses advanced lightweight design software 35 Structure part Thermally-conductive structural automotive compounds 36 Interior 38 Cycle times 45 Battery pack Fast-curing epoxy prepreg system for automated processes with short cycle times A safer battery pack for e-vehicles using polyurethane pultrusion technology 48 Battery box 41 Production A lightweight solution for battery boxes A revolutionary change in vehicle panel production featuring thermoplastic tape 50 e-vehicle A new material for thermoformed automotive interior applications The road to the 1000-kilometre electric vehicle Moving composites forward n°131 We are a vertically-integrated, fullservice supplier developing materials that meet our customers' needs today News 8 " Edito ............................................................. 3 Moving composites forward: Composites are blazing the trail ................................. 4 6 Hyosung to increase its annual carbon fiber production to 24,000 tons with a total investment of $820M by 2028 Plastic Omnium is strengthening its R&D by opening two new centers in Belgium and China CONTENTS Index .........................................................74 Advertisers ..........................................74 ln brief An interview with Steven Rooney CEO, Continental Structural Plastics jec composites magazine / N°131 November - December 2019 10 Strategy 13 Agenda «Agility and speed are key to delivering for our customers»