Research Centre: Aerospace, Automotive and Surface Transportation, Construction, Digital Technologies, Energy, Mining and Environment, Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering, Security and Disruptive Technologies
Research Centre: Automotive and Surface Transportation
Industry: Automotive
In the automotive industry, new technologies are constantly being developed to respond to increasingly stringent regulations and manufacturing requirements. To successfully compete on the global stage, auto manufacturers must find new ways of controlling design and development costs, streamlining fabrication processes and responding quickly to rapidly changing market needs.
Research Centre: Automotive and Surface Transportation
Passengers travelling on sleek, high-speed trains around the world may soon find new models lighter and faster due to a surprising new fabric reinforcing their components: flax fibres. Used around the globe in clothing, table linens and stationery, these fibres are three times as strong as cotton and just as strong asbut considerably lighter thanglass, a prominent component in parts used in ground transportation vehicles.