A trend emerging in the automotive industry is the development of an all-polypropylene body panel. Recent advances in polypropylene technologies and compounding have raised the performance profile of LyondellBasell's resins. Our high-performance polyolefins are viable, cost-effective alternatives to body panel components made with steel or engineering thermoplastics.
Replacing structural and semi-structural metal components with plastics is one way of reducing weight as well as costs. Engineering applications such as door modules are potential customer applications for advanced reinforced polypropylene.
More information about our polymer products available for body panel applications can be found on our polymers site.