Joint development with Toyota Textile Co., Ltd. to provide sustainable solutions for new concept vehicle Toyota LQ

The new polyurethane composite containing hemp fiber is 30% lighter than the traditional material The lightweight material will play an increasingly important role in the future travel For example, they will further extend the range of electric vehicles Created as a material solution provider, Kos has extensive experience in the global automotive industry, including the Japanese market At the innovation center of Japan, Coase created many sustainable solutions, such as low-density polyurethane foam raw materials Toyota Textile Co., Ltd of Japan selects kostar as a partner to jointly develop new polyurethane composite materials (photo source: Toyota) for the brand-new electric concept vehicle LQ of Toyota Motor Company, which is exactly the innovation leadership of kostar Toyota Textile Co., Ltd of Japan selects kostar as a partner to jointly develop a brand-new electric concept vehicle for Toyota Motor Company LQ develops new polyurethane composites Toyota Textile Co., Ltd is a manufacturer of auto parts under the Japanese Toyota group This material combines the advanced baypreg? F NF technology of covestro and the expertise of Toyota textile in the field of hemp fiber, providing a lightweight and sustainable solution The new product is used in the door panel of Toyota LQ, which is the first time that Toyota has used this material in its model in the world As a hibiscus plant, hemp grows mainly in Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, India and Africa Hemp fiber comes from the bast fiber of hemp plant More and more attention has been paid to this raw material because of its high cost-effectiveness and good mechanical properties In the automotive industry, plant fiber as an alternative raw material is also attracting more and more interest This material combines the advanced baypreg? F NF technology of covestro and the expertise of Toyota textile in the field of hemp fiber, providing a lightweight and sustainable solution The new product is used in the door panel of TOYOTA LQ (photo source: TOYOTA) light weight and tough kenaf fiber reinforced polyurethane foam composite material with extremely low unit area weight, less than 1 kg / square meter, and high strength The door panels made of kenaf fiber reinforced polyurethane foam are 30% lighter than those made of traditional materials The lighter the material, the farther the vehicle will travel after each refueling or charging This new composite material is developed by Toyota Textile Co., Ltd and kostron Japan innovation center, which has just finished upgrading, through close cooperation "The results of our joint development have made an important contribution to the ultra lightweight and sustainable design of automobiles, and also demonstrated our company's efforts to focus on the use of alternative raw materials and help the development of circular economy," said Hiro Inoue, Minister of transportation industry application development, polyurethane business department, innovation center of kostron Japan About covestro: covestro is one of the largest polymer producers in the world, with sales of 12.4 billion euros in 2019 Its business scope mainly focuses on the production and manufacturing of high-tech polymer materials, as well as the research and development of innovative solutions for many fields of daily life The main service areas include automobile, construction, wood processing and furniture, electrical and electronic industries, and other fields include sports and leisure, cosmetics, medical and chemical industries themselves As of the end of 2019, keschuang has 30 production bases and about 17200 employees (calculated by full-time employees) in the world You can visit to download this press release and related pictures from the news server of covestro Please indicate the source when using the picture For more information, please visit Kos official WeChat official account: cossson's forward-looking statement in China, which may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and projections All kinds of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause substantial differences between the actual operating results, financial conditions, development or performance of the company in the future and the estimates made in this paper These factors are included in the official report of covestro, which can be viewed at Kostron shall not be responsible for updating these forward-looking statements or making them consistent with future events or developments