BASF, Flex-N-Gate, L&L Products, and Toyota Win Altair Enlighten Award
BASF, Flex-N-Gate, Toyota, and L&L Products were awarded the prestigious Altair Enlighten Award for achievements in vehicle weight savings with the composite seatback design on the 2022 Toyota Tundra™. This is the second time in three years that BASF, L&L Products, and Toyota have been recognized in the module lightweighting category.
The seat structure is the first interior application for L&L Products’ Continuous Composite Systems™ (CCS™) technology that uses BASF’s polyurethane pultrusion system Elastocoat® 74850. CCS is a fiber-reinforced composite carrier with highly engineered sealants and adhesives in a two-dimensional profile. In this application it was overmolded with BASF’s impact-modified polyamide 6 Ultramid® B3ZG7 CR to create the 3D shape of the 60% seat back.