DVN Interior @ Torino: Design & Sustainability Everywhere
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Covestro CMF and Sustainability
Kurz Thin Film Technology
Kurz showed itself as green leader for thin film technology for high value, functional and smart surfaces and its technology as a sustainable supporter for the circular economy. Kurz presented samples with ‘smart’ functional surfaces and hidden-until-lit lighting functions. Meanwhile the thin-film decoration is thinner than a human hair and the samples are therefore extremely…
Mario Levi Group: Sustainable Leather
Since 1946, the Mario Levi Group has been one of the most prestigious tanning companies for vehicle-interior leather. They presented at their booth genuine and artificial leather samples, which were almost indistinguishable. The company also demonstrated environmentally friendly methods for the surface treatment of genuine leather. For example, with zeolite: Zeolites are microporous crystalline materials…
SP3 Lighting Prototypes
SP3 stands for Professional Prototypes and Services. THey presented small series components, surface technologies, E/E components and several demonstrators. The small series components (in this case Bugatti) included exterior mirror blinker elements, interior light reflectors milled from aluminum, Mini light guide for interior light and milled optics. Surface technology: coatings developed in-house for various substrates…
Tactotek’s In-Mold Structural Electronics
Tactotek presented package-friendly lighting components produced with IMSE-Technology (In-Molded Structural Electronics) for sustainable automotive interiors. See our previous coverage. The high value samples have proven that ISME-technology makes it possible to reduce the number of individual parts and the installation space, while at the same time the efficiency of the light output, the integration of…
TechnoTeam’s Light Measuring Systems
TechnoTeam is from Ilmenau, Germany. They presented the luminance and color measuring systems LMK 6 und LMK 8 color. The LMK 6 features small dimensions at high sensor resolution, an optimized stray light and high filter transmission. It offers full sensor control for customized image sizes. This allows task-specific data transfer rates for high speeds.…