TECABS successfully demonstrates technologies for 50 units/day production of lightweight carbon fibre automotive body structures

The technologies used in the prototype floorpan - the largest structural automotive part of its kind - allow for a production scenario of 50 units/day, one order of magnitude higher than currently feasible for long-fibre carbon composite structures in cars. Though not yet ready for application in full-scale production of mass produced cars, the results generated by the TECABS project represent an important step towards wider use of structural composites in the automotive industry., ,The TECABS (Technologies For Carbon Fibre Reinforced Modular Automotive Body Structures) project is a leading EU project on advanced composite materials for the automotive industry, funded under the GROWTH programme of the European Commission and involving three European automotive OEMS (Volkswagen, Volvo and Renault), as well as four major suppliers and seven major academic research institutes in the field of lightweight materials for the automotive industry.
To coincide with the official end of the project, the TECABS consortium organises a session to share the project results with international press, which will hosted by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and start at 14:00h on September 1st 2004 in the auditorium of the Arenberg castle. The session will showcase the project results and provides the opportunity to discuss these with representatives from the project partners.For more information about the TECABS project as well as a route description to the press session, please consult the TECABS website: http://www.tecabs.org(opens in new window)