Sabic Collaborates with China’s Dongfeng to Develop Composite Truck-Mounted Toolbox

Sabic has collaborated with leading Chinese truck maker Dongfeng Motors to develop a novel plastic composite hybrid solution to produce a strong, lightweight truck-mounted toolbox. The application is made with a combination of Sabic’s Stamax resin, a long-glass-fiber polypropylene (PP), and continuous glass-fiber composite laminate inserts via a single overmolding process. The finished part is up to 30% lighter compared with a similarly designed steel part, and use of the solution allows Dongfeng to benefit from resulting production efficiencies.