Faurecia is poised to become the first automotive supplier to mass produce a 100% bio-based plastic with hemp-based fibres and a natural-substance matrix to replace injection-moulded polypropylene.
This was just one of a raft of developments the French-headquartered Tier 1 supplier introduced at last week’s LA Auto Show.
Faurecia joined forces with Japan’s Mitsubishi chemicals to optmise PBS (polybutylene succinate) as the basis for its BioMat.

BioMat will now begin appearing in vehicles as early as 2016, Faurecia says.
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Toto je velky challange pre polnohospodarov vypestovat a dodat potrebne mnozstva kratkeho vlakna pre masovu vyrobu v automobilovom priemysle.