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And the winner of SAA's Innovations in Lightweighting Award is...Cooper Standard! The award was given on December 6 at the Materials Innovations Summit held at BASF in Wyandotte, MI. Cooper Standard for its FlexiCore Thermoplastic Body Door Seal, which brings the automotive market the first sustainable body seal option on a light vehicle. It offers a groundbreaking way to seal a vehicle doorframe on a vehicle replacing traditional metal and aluminum carriers with lightweight plastic offering enhanced sustainability (reducing the total weight of the part by up to 44%), without compromising product performance. Congratulations! The SAA thanks Ducker Carlisle for sponsoring the award, and to our judges for their time: David Andrea of Plante Moran, and Abe Vadhavkar.
Congratulations to our Advanced Development Team for the next groundbreaking innovation...serving lightweighting , sustainability and vehicle appearance differentiation....
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1wIt was an honor, and a challenge, to serve a a judge. The entries were all good forcing me, I can say, to review the applications several times to force rank and differentiate the entries. The Cooper Standard winner shows how attention to detail can remove weight, ease assembly time and quality concerns and along the way allow improvement in styling with color-matching trim. Thank you to all the participating suppliers along with tne SAA and BASF.