Innovative Materials for Battery Systems
Discover Envalior's advanced battery system solutions designed to enhance electric vehicle performance.
Our innovative materials are developed to meet a wide variety of technological challenges in mobility, making (electric) vehicles safer, lighter and more sustainable. Browse these pages to learn more about how our industry experts, scientists and engineers work hand in hand with our customers to develop next generation solutions.
The future of mobility is rapidly changing. The era of internal combustion engines as a single power source is ending, indicating a transformation that makes vehicles cleaner. To realize this transformation, automotive OEMs need advanced materials that make electric vehicles safer, lighter and more sustainable.
Our portfolio of tough yet lightweight materials are driving manufacturers to produce automotive components that are extremely light, reduce friction and operate in extreme environments – particularly at very high temperatures - with drastically smaller carbon footprints.
New suppliers entering the EV market are producing charging plugs using lower quality materials to drive costs down, which puts other manufacturers under pressure to improve cost efficiency. Yet, low quality materials fail to deliver the aesthetic value that OEMs expect today. They are also unsuitable for producing new fast-charging plugs, which process higher voltage rates and require high-strength materials designed to ensure final parts are safe to handle under any conditions.
Fabric roofs for convertibles are highly complex assemblies when it comes to safety, look, and functionality. Designing them is therefore always challenging. The example of the new convertible from a German premium automotive manufacturer illustrates the new opportunities that high-tech thermoplastics open up in the design of such parts. Its fully automatic fabric acoustic soft-top is equipped with a roof crossmember at the front that is made from the lightweight Tepex® and Durethan® structural materials from Envalior. They act as substitutes for magnesium.
Experience how our high-performance materials and designs are transforming the automotive industry. With our interactive 3D visualization, you can explore the cutting-edge technologies powering modern electric vehicles. Click on specific components to reveal their role in the vehicle, their precise location, and why they’re integral to performance and sustainability. Each application connects you to in-depth resources, empowering you with valuable insights and solutions tailored to your needs.
The future of mobility is rapidly changing. Automotive OEMs need advanced materials to address these dynamics.
Envalior’s unique portfolio of high-performance engineering materials enable OEMs to realize future-proof designs that make cars lighter, safer and more sustainable.
By selecting one of the tabs at the top of this illustration, you can explore how our materials can support manufacturers in making vehicles future-proof, by making them:
Automakers continue to focus on high voltage platforms ( >800V) that increasingly use high-power IGBT components with dedicated frames – which need to offer high dimensional stability, and resist extreme temperatures and electro corrosion. We offer a complete portfolio of Pocan® PBT, ForTii® PPA and Xytron™ PPS compounds that ensure UL94-V0 flame retardancy and excellent insulative properties from -40°C up to 180°C. Xytron™ offers high bonding strength
with silicon gels, excellent dimensional stability and creep resistance, and ionic content of less than 50ppm to reduce the risk of electro corrosion.
In EVs, thermal management systems (TMS) are critical to keeping battery packs within
the optimal temperature range – to ensure EVs are safe and improve engine efficiency and service lifetimes. Xytron™ is ideal for developing TMS components such as coolant connectors that require the highest hydrolysis and heat aging resistance. ForTii® PPA and EcoPaXX® PA410 also offer proven performance in TMS components.
As vehicle electrification accelerates, there is an increased need to decrease weight of various parts to compensate for heavy batteries.
To achieve lightweighting you can extend your toolbox with Envalior’s portfolio of high-performance engineering materials.
Click on the various applications to learn how our materials can help to further reduce the weight of your vehicle.
By significantly reducing the carbon footprint of our high-performance engineering materials, we support our customers in realizing their sustainability goals.
Click on the buttons to explore how our materials can help to further reduce the footprint of your vehicles by using:
Bio based materials
Bio mass-balancing materials
Post-consumer recycling materials
We work closely with partners, customers and suppliers to realize implement value chains
that lead to a more sustainable value chain and economiesy. Our high-performance certified circular polyamide Akulon® CRC-MB is made of post-consumer plastics, which would otherwise be discarded invial and fills or incineratedation. We By lleverageing advanced recycling processes to convert, used plasticis converted into new feedstock, which then enters the production chain to delivernew virgin-quality materials. Every year, roughly 650kt offishing nets are discarded in ocean–equivalent to almost 400,000 vehicles. Akulon® PA6 Re-Purposed is based made from on recycled fishingernets, which DSM ,together with its partners, is collectsing from the Indian and Arabian Ooceans. The While being recycle, the performance of this such compound is comparable tos are almost at the level of virgin PA6. Every year about 650kt off is hernet is discarded in oceans, this is an equivalent of almost 400,000 vehicles that we be dumped into the oceans every year.
Discover Envalior's advanced battery system solutions designed to enhance electric vehicle performance.
Learn how Envalior helps manufacturers leverage advanced material science to improve the performance and reliability of automotive thermal management systems.
Our advanced materials reduce weight, improve performance, and overcome supply chain issues, offering sustainable, cost-effective solutions for modern vehicle suspension systems.
Learn more about Envalior’s lightweight material solutions to lower weight & cost and maintain optimal driving experiences
Learn why Envalior is a leading supplier of advanced thermoplastic material solutions for gears and actuation systems.
Learn why Envalior is a leading global supplier of advanced materials for automotive fuel systems.
Learn how Envalior helps manufacturers leverage advanced material science to improve the performance and safety of automotive braking systems.
Drivetrain components have to work in very challenging conditions. Stanyl has proven an effective replacement for aluminum in FEAD systems, especially for the tensioner
Learn more about Envalior’s best-in-class thermoplastic material solutions for air management applications
Drivers have the most interaction with the interior of the vehicle, making it a key area of focus as automobile manufacturers focus on improving the driving experience.
Engine components such as timing systems, oil sumps, and bearing cages - engineering plastics reduce friction compared with metals, which gives fuel efficiency.
Our broad portfolio of materials has grades suited to a wide range of exterior applications – for both painted and unpainted parts.
Fuel cell systems need to use materials that are pure. If not, ion leaching and hydrolytic and heat aging can occur. These two failure modes and the risks and consequences can hurt your brand image. Impure materials increase the risk of ion leaching, and higher water absorbing materials show more ion leaching, which you do not want. Also, impure materials increase the risk of hydrolytic and heat ageing— PA9T and PA66 are not good performers.
Body plugs, structural reinforcements and chassis made of Akulon polyamide 6 and Arnitel TPC (TPE-E) make better, safer, lighter, and more cost-efficient cars