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Advanced Polyolefins for the Automotive Sector Advanced Polyolefins for the Automotive Sector www.clickablecar.com lyondellbasell.com Shaping what comes next The company’s Amazing Chemistry is applied at 55 manufacturing sites located across five continents. This manufacturing network has enabled the company to be a pacesetter in the Global Fortune 500 and to earn a listing in the S&P 500. In addition, LyondellBasell’s proprietary technologies have stood the test of time. The company recently commemorated the golden anniversary for receiving a Nobel prize in chemistry; an honor awarded for historic work done to create modern catalysts and polymers essential in many end-use consumer goods. LyondellBasell is widely recognized safer and more enjoyable. Popular fields. These new natural gas energy within the industry with sales of $45 examples include computers, portable fields provide advantaged feedstocks billion. It is one of the largest and most electronics, personal care items, that elevate LyondellBasell’s competitive admired global chemical companies. food packaging, sports equipment, manufacturing strength. In its own petrochemical sector, durable construction materials, piping, Now, around the world and around the LyondellBasell is larger than Bayer and automotive components, biofuels, Chemisphere, LyondellBasell people, similar in size to Dow, based on market textiles and medical supplies. plants and products lead the way in capitalization. LyondellBasell is listed Now more than ever, the world counts petrochemical safety, environmental on the New York Stock Exchange as on the chemicals and the products that stewardship, product innovation and LYB. Around the globe, wherever the LyondellBasell delivers. sustainable performance. quality of life is improving, LyondellBasell products are likely there. These The Company’s performance is To learn more about how LyondellBasell products are the structural building buoyed by a dedication to operational is shaping what comes next, visit blocks of countless goods – numerous excellence and also by the robust www. lyondellbasell.com products which make our lives easier, development of American shale gas LyondellBasell: a global polyolefins resource for the automotive sector In response to customer requests for global support, LyondellBasell has invested in polypropylene resin and compounding plants around the world. The investments take two forms: 100% ownership of assets or the establishment of joint venture (JV) companies in Asia-Pacific. Complementing the strength and using locally available raw materials infrastructure of LyondellBasell’s wholly wherever possible. Because they owned assets, the JVs add a strong operate independently (supported by regional influence and knowledge LyondellBasell’s global sales and technical of local market conditions. JVs are staff), LyondellBasell’s JV partners are licensed by LyondellBasell to produce able to implement decisions quickly. the compounded grades required by This dual strategy of wholly owned specific markets. Operating in Thailand, assets and JV partners has been Japan, Australia and Malaysia, these particularly effective for LyondellBasell’s joint venture companies offer world- PP Compounds Group, which supports class facilities for the manufacture and the global automotive industry by development of Advanced Polyolefins providing polypropylene compounded (PP Compounds) products based on materials for a wide range of automotive leading-edge olefin resin technology, components for today’s modern cars. 100% LYB Knapsack, Germany Toll Compounding Jackson, TN, US Milton Keynes, UK Bayreuth, Germany JV Togliatti, Russia Mansfield, TX, US Tarragona, Spain Oita, Japan DangJin, Korea Altamira, Mexico Suzhou, China Guangzhou, China Port Klang, Malaysia Rayong, Thailand Pindamonhangaba, Brazil Chennai, India Ensenada, Argentina Dammam, Saudi Arabia Dandenong, Australia LyondellBasell: your preferred polyolefins supplier The global automobile industry is changing rapidly, and, as a This is achieved in several ways: result, the role of raw material suppliers is being redefined. Strategic partnerships The cost structure of new vehicles is largely determined in the initial design Operating in an increasingly competitive Local supply – global sourcing phase. As a result, by working with business environment, there is a strong Flexible manufacturing processes Tier-1s and OEMs in the design phase, drive to cut costs and reduce time-to- require reliable, responsive supplies LyondellBasell can help manufacturers market for new models. There is a drive at local levels. At the same time, create sustainable value that can be to optimize the environmental aspects of materials consistency is important for passed through to customers. the industry’s products, while consumers customers with operations in different expect enhanced safety standards, regional or continental markets. Cutting development times increased comfort and improved fuel LyondellBasell’s global polyolefins economy with each model change. There is significant time savings in network has strategically located supply developing component engineering facilities that guarantee uniformity of A paradigm shift in the and materials simultaneously. specifications – wherever in the world At LyondellBasell’s technical support automotive industry: a materials are sourced. centers, powerful computer analysis new type of supplier systems simulate the behaviour of LyondellBasell is helping the Adding value – intelligently complex components before they automotive industry meet these Ensuring that customers in the are prototyped. For example, mold challenges by providing support automotive industry benefit fully performance can be predicted and for the design and development of from leading-edge technology optimized by modelling melt flow paths. components and sub-systems. In is a fundamental part of addition, LyondellBasell delivers cost- LyondellBasell’s mission. Compliance testing effective solutions that contribute Where components must comply with significantly to the performance national or international safety standards and success of our customers’ end and OEM specifications, LyondellBasell’s products. We are committed to technical staff can implement all our role as the global automotive necessary test procedures. industry’s preferred polyolefins supplier. State-of-the-art design & CAE support LyondellBasell’s experienced design engineers utilise the most advanced computer-aided engineering (CAE) techniques to provide automotive customers with superior parts and mold designs. This sophisticated technology enables engineers to statistically simulate all phases of the molding process and the real working conditions of a part’s life. Structural design by finite element methods helps identify the best options for designing a complex system such as an instrument panel assembly. Conditions such as static loads, vibration, thermal dilatation, possible creep effects (due to sunload) and spontaneous dynamic conditions (caused, for example, by head or pedestrian impact) are analysed by simulation software, taking into account the non-linear behaviour of the material’s Process simulation helps engineers strain-rate and temper ature dependence. design molds and processing parameters, either in the early stages of the project (processing option feasibility, material selection) or in the final mold detail definition. For example, in injection molded applications, all phases of the process can be simulated, beginning with the filling and packing phase, continuing with the in-mold cooling process, and ending with post-extraction behaviour (shrinkage/warpage). LyondellBasell’s Advanced Polyolefins Group: facing the automotive challenge Polypropylene, which includes a family of enhanced reactor thermoplastic olefins (TPOs) and compounded grades, offers innovative solutions for a number of challenges the car industry faces today. The versatility and economy of Technology creates polypropylene creates opportunities opportunities for cost-effective and innovative The last two decades have seen steady design concepts that enhance growth in the quantity of polyolefin passenger safety and comfort. materials used by the automotive PP’s lower density contributes to industry. This trend is driven by improved fuel economy and reduced technological breakthroughs – many raw material costs. Additionally, PP’s the results of LyondellBasell research – intrinsically superior noise, vibration that dramatically extend the property and harshness (NVH) properties range of polyolefins. LyondellBasell has contribute to improved passenger developed a full range of technologies comfort. The result: PP has become including gas-phase, Spherizone and the most important thermoplastic Spheripol processes. material in an automobile, with an average utilisation of more than 50 kg per vehicle. Catalloy process technology Some of the most exciting opportunities in polyolefin materials continue to emerge from LyondellBasell’s Catalloy process. Using a series of independent gas-phase reactors and sophisticated catalysts, the Catalloy process allows in-reactor alloying and grafting using multiple monomer inputs. This produces materials over a much wider property spectrum – and with a high degree of consistency. Their wide range of highly balanced and tailor-made properties make these new materials of particular interest to automotive designers. The versatility of LyondellBasell’s reactor grades can be further extended using a variety of additives and advanced compounding technologies,
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