GERMANY: DuPont announces weight-saving innovation
Author: just-auto.com editorial team | 27 February 2008
In a claimed breakthrough for structural automotive components, DuPont has announced that its reinforced DuPont Zytel nylon resin has replaced steel in exhaust system parts on all Volkswagen vehicles built on the current Golf platform. The company says that the result is a 50% weight reduction on the component.
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