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U.S. DOT and EPA Issue Final Rule on Fuel Economy Standards

The final rule will increase stringency of CAFE and carbon dioxide emissions standards by 1.5% each year through model year 2026.
April 13, 2020
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released the final Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule, setting corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and carbon dioxide emissions standards for model years 2021-2026 for passenger cars and light trucks.
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Meeting Modern Challenges in Bonding to Automotive Thermoplastic Olefin Plastics

Thermoplastic olefin plastics present unique challenges for pressure-sensitive adhesives in automotive applications.
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February 17, 2020
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Thermoplastic olefin (TPO) materials belong to the larger group of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs). As such, they come in many formulations and can be molded into parts with different surface finishes. Increasingly used in the automotive industry as an alternative to high-cost, heavy metal materials, TPO plastics present unique bonding challenges for pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) manufacturers.
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PPG Selected for DOE Partnership to Speed Development of Adhesives for Lightweight Vehicles

PPG will collaborate with DOE’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to develop computer-based models of the aging characteristics of a variety of next-generation adhesives designed to join lightweight materials.
September 13, 2019
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PPG recently announced that it has been selected for a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) partnership that will use supercomputing resources to accelerate the development and testing of structural adhesives for vehicles built from lightweight materials.


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Sika Automotive to Participate in Global Automotive Lightweight Materials Detroit Conference

Leslie Wolschleger, Ph.D., Sika’s vice president of Research & Development, will give a presentation focused on the “Evolution of Adhesive Joining in Automotive Body-in-White.”
August 14, 2019
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Sika Automotive recently announced that it will serve as the headline sponsor, as well as a presenter and an exhibitor at the Global Automotive Lightweight Materials Detroit 2019 Conference, which will be held August 20-22 in Detroit, Mich.
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