CAREERS MEDIA English GROUP EXPERTISE PRODUCTS & SERVICES OUR MARKETS We make it possible Home News Composite: Hutchinson’s multi-market expertise for sustainable mobility COMPOSITE: HUTCHINSON’S MULTI-MARKET EXPERTISE FOR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY 11/24/2020 Hutchinson constantly innovates through innovative materials custom-developed for its customers. One such material is composite, which offers numerous benefits to make vehicles lighter and thus reduce CO2 emissions. Composite: a strong material with multiple properties Composite is a combination of several materials: a carbon or glass fiber reinforcement, a thermosetting or thermoplastic resin, etc. By combining each material’s performances in a targeted way, we obtain greater strength and create a customized material with a very low density. Composite therefore offers a very good alternative to conventional materials such as steel or aluminum, and a significant reduction in the weight of equipment for cars, planes, etc. Product design: a lever to maximize the benefits of composite Vehicle weight reduction is essential to comply with new environmental standards which are increasingly demanding in terms of CO2 emissions. Composite is an ideal material to meet this challenge because it can reduce the weight of a part by up to 70 %! Hutchinson manages to reduce this weight significantly not just through the material but also through control of the product’s design: attention paid to design enables parts already made in composite material to be optimized even further. Incomparable multi-market synergies Through its multi-market expertise, Hutchinson can enable its aviation and car industry customers to benefit from the technological advances and specific process advantages of each market. The car industry is a concrete example of our capacity to produce composite parts in large volumes and aviation provides relevant details concerning design rules. Numerous optimizations can be made by capitalizing on the synergies of the various markets, allowing us to envisage zero CO2 emissions vehicles in the future. Composite is therefore an ideal material for building sustainable mobility. OUR GROUP OUR MARKETS OUR NEWS We make it possible ABOUT HUTCHINSON Hutchinson designs and manufactures smart solutions for a world on the move and contributes to future mobility on land, in the air and at sea. NEWS CONTACT US THE GROUP Our expertise Our group Our presence FOLLOW US © 2021 HUTCHINSON RSS SITEMAP PERSONAL DATA T&C We use cookies and other tracers to analyze and improve your user experience, perform audience measurement statistics and allow you to play videos. You can accept, refuse or configure cookies (below). In the event that you refuse the cookies offered, only the technical cookies necessary for the proper functioning of the site will be placed. For more information, you can consult the "Personal data charter" page. When you browse our website, Hutchinson may place cookies. You have the option to disable cookies, these settings will only be valid on the browser you are currently using Technical cookies and this banner: these cookies are necessary to ensure the operation of the site and to configure your choices and cannot be deactivated. "Google Analytics" cookies. The activation of this category of cookies allows us to establish traffic statistics on the site. Disabling them prevents us from monitoring and improving the quality of our services Accept Refuse “Youtube” Marketing Cookies for viewing Youtube videos. Accept Refuse VALIDATE