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Nowadays people spend more and more in cars and commercial vehicles. To make driving a safe and comfortable experience Bayer MaterialScience is continuously developing new high-tech thermoplastic materials and offers superior technical solutions.

Pleasant soft touch surfaces in the Automotive Interior are one of the particular strengths of the Thermoplastic Polyurethane Desmopan®. The benefits of Desmopan®-surfaces for interior applications like door handles, cup holders, instrument panels are multifold:

Good scratch resistance
Good abrasion resistance
Free of plasticizers
Color stability / Colorfastness

In fact Desmopan® fulfills a broad range of requirements of the Automotive industry which can be of particular importance for applications in the Chassis and other areas:

Good resistance to oils and greases
Absorption of shocks and vibrations
Flexibility over a wide range of temperatures
Permanent buckling strength
Good recovery after deformation
Good resistance to tear propagation.

In sum: Desmopan® components are used for a wide variety of functions in both passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The most important automotive applications for Desmopan® are located in the automotive interior, chassis and steering areas, sometimes also in vital safety components:

Gear knobs
TPU-Surface (Skin) for instrument panels
Chassis spring seatings
Tamber doors
Door handles, Cupholders
Pedal covers
Door damper, Sealing
Cable plugs

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