Polyplastics also presented its Laseridge technology, which bonds dissimilar materials using laser-based surface treatment and injection molding processes.

Focus on components for electrified and autonomously driving automobiles; flame-retardant, tough, and corrosion-resistant product variants; new hydrolysis-stabilized PBT compounds under development.

Compared to conventional thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), the new products leave a lower carbon footprint and help close the carbon cycle; unlike many bio-based materials, they do not compete with food production.

At Composites Europe 2018, Engel is setting a further milestone on the road to economical production of thermoplastic composites: The Engel organomelt process is being used for the first time world-wide in the large-scale production of front-end carriers with integrated air ducts.