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Scratch-resistant and Lightweight Surfaces for Vehicle Interiors


the envi-ronment, help preserve resources and combine quality, comfort and sustainability in perfect harmony. This applies to like soft trim for instrument panels, sun visors, glove compartment doors, air bag covers, door and side paneling, seating, center consoles and convertible hooding. Benecke-Kaliko materials are, however, also used in trucks, busses, aircraft, ships, rail vehicles and recreational vehicles. The company's latest innovation involves


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TPO materials with a very special property: They elude sharp objects, making scratches a thing of the past. Benecke-Kaliko addresses the demand for high-quality yet resistant mate-rials with no fewer than three innovative products. In addition to the already familiar DecoJect™ development makes use of the TEPEO® TEPEO 2®


thin foil, this and


Protect surface materials, which are


highly resistant to scratches. It can be used in all areas where scratches could typically ruin the visual effect: On the instrument panel, the center console, the storage compartment, or door and interior trims. No matter whether on holiday or business trips or simply when using the car for everyday driving, car own-ers and all passengers can thus enjoy the ride without the irritation of un-sightly scratches. The differences among the three scratch-


proof materials are to be found in their application and processing. The light foil TEPEO 2®


Protect has been designed mainly for high-


quality passenger cars. This application enables offering the ultra finely structured soft surface materials customers demand. With all TEPEO 2® materials, the grain has a particularly stable design, because Benecke-Kaliko is the only manufacturer to follow grain-forming embossing up with a process of electron-beam crosslinking.


This renders the polymer structure particularly stable, so that the grain structure is re-tained with maximum depth of detail and homogeneous quality even after the foil has been processed. In addition to their scratch resistance, which is due to specially developed foil formulas, the foils are sealed with a special easy-clean polyurethane varnish. A major advantage for car rental compa- nies as well: The material properties prevent damage caused by frequent cleaning with appropriate cleaning agents. TEPEO®


Protect is also used in the


manufacture of high-quality soft sur-faces for vehicle interiors. Unlike TEPEO 2® however, TEPEO®


Protect, Protect has been optimized for


processes where the grain is embossed during component production using IMG or in-mold graining. The TPO thin film foil DecoJect™


is an ultra


scratch-resistant decorative foil used for hard injection molded parts in the interior – as a low- cost alterna-tive to soft-varnished injection-molded parts. Benecke-Kaliko AG, with its headquarters in


Hanover, Germany, is part of the ContiTech Group, a division of Continental. The company’s


Contact details: Dr. Alexander Jockisch Director Business Development + Marketing Benecke-Kaliko AG Beneckeallee 40 30419 Hannover, Germany Phone: +49 511 6302 547 Fax: +49 511 6302 99547 E-Mail: alexander.jockisch@benecke-kaliko.de


core area of competency is automotive interior trims. Benecke-Kaliko has four production sites in Germany, China and Mexico. In 2012, it posted sales of €357 million and employed nearly 1,700 staff. With sales of €32.7 billion in 2012,


Continental is among the leading automotive suppliers worldwide. As a supplier of brake systems, systems and components for powertrains and chassis, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electron-ics, tires, and technical elastomers, Continental contributes to enhanced driving safety and global climate protection. Continental is also an expert partner in net-worked automobile communication. Continental currently has approximately 173,000 employees in 46 countries. The ContiTech division numbers among the


leading suppliers of a host of technical rubber products and is a specialist for plastics technology. The division develops and produces functional parts, components and systems for the automotive indus-try and other important industries. ContiTech has a workforce of approximately 28,000 employees. In 2012, it achieved sales of about €3.7 billion.


anover, May 2013. Under the


DESIGNED GREEN label, Benecke- Kaliko develops surface materials for automotive interiors that are kind to


May/June 2013


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