Coats Automotive Division Highlights Ultra-Lightweight Composite Technology at ACCE 2019

CHARLOTTE, N.C., September 3, 2019 (Newswire.com) - ​​​​Coats, the world’s leading industrial thread manufacturer and global supplier to the automotive composite industry, is exhibiting and presenting at this year’s Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition (ACCE) in Novi, Michigan (Wednesday 4 – Saturday 6 September), to introduce its new technologies engineered to combine performance with production efficiency and optimal weight reduction.

"Our innovative thermoplastic and thermoset technologies are creating the automotive solutions of the future, with capabilities to customize down to the smallest detail and we are excited to partner with OEM, and Tier 1 partners positioned at the forefront of the lightweight automotive composite revolution," commented Probir Guha, VP of Global Composites Innovation, Coats. "We consider the ACCE event to be one of the premier platforms to educate and inform the entire automotive sector on the many transformations within the composite industry across the globe."

The advent of both Synergex™ and Lattice™ now allows Coats to offer customers cost effective means to reduce weight by more significant levels than that of aluminum, magnesium and conventional carbon fiber and hybrid technologies. Coats will be exhibiting the full range of automotive composite solutions as well as presenting on the viable alternatives to manufacturing currently available and on the horizon for the automobile industry.

In April, Coats opened its Innovation Hub – EMEA in Bursa, Turkey following the recent opening of Innovation Hub – Asia in Shenzhen, China in March. Innovation Hub – America, the first of the series, opened in October 2018 in North Carolina, US. These three dedicated centers at key locations around the world enable Coats to collaborate with a range of innovation partners including customers, brands, suppliers, universities and start-ups.

About Coats

Coats is the world’s leading industrial thread company. At home in some 50 countries, Coats has a workforce of 18,000 people across six continents. Revenues in 2018 were US$1.4bn. Coats’ pioneering history and innovative culture ensure the company leads the way around the world. It provides complementary and value added products, services and software solutions to the apparel and footwear industries. It applies innovative techniques to develop high technology Performance Materials threads, yarns and fabrics in areas such as automotive, composites, fibre optics and Oil and Gas. To learn more visit: www.coats.com ​

About ACCE

The SPE Automotive and Composites Divisions jointly sponsor the annual Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE). The event is designed to educate and update automotive design and production engineers, sales personnel, and management from transportation OEMs and Tier suppliers about the benefits and expanding importance of thermoset and thermoplastic composites in passenger vehicles, light trucks, and other ground transportation applications.

Source: Coats