Press releases, technical columns, and industry perspective from the team replacing steel and paint in future mobility.
The Kia PV5 high-gloss bonnet now rolls off a paint-free forming line: Class-A gloss straight from the mould, a Euro NCAP 4-star pedestrian rating, and roughly 30% weight cut through part integration.
20 Jan 20264 min readCompositer Team
Every announcement, column and briefing we have issued, newest first. The lead entry above is not repeated here.
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08 Jan 2026
Technical ColumnsPost-form hard coats crack because the film stretches with the sheet. In-line coating before forming keeps the chemistry where the stress isn’t. Here is the engineering logic.
6 min read
18 Dec 2025
Technical ColumnsUnidirectional tape is the backbone of Li:ma structural parts. A primer on impregnation, cross-ply layups, and why a thermoplastic matrix keeps 240 MPa parts fully recyclable.
7 min read
02 Dec 2025
Industry TrendsPaint lines consume 40-50% of a plant’s process energy and anchor a century of capex. Lightweighting conversations increasingly start with a simpler question: why paint at all?
5 min read
14 Nov 2025
Press ReleasesOur thermoplastic composite pipe has now surpassed 300,000 km in service across energy and chemical infrastructure, more than seven laps around the Earth.
3 min read
28 Oct 2025
Industry TrendsPurpose-built vehicles run at volumes where steel stamping never reaches break-even. Paint-free thermoplastic forming was built for exactly this 40-60k sweet spot.
6 min read
09 Oct 2025
Technical ColumnsGloss defects smaller than a hair get caught before the part leaves the cell. Inside the camera stack, the models, and the CAE loop that keeps Class-A surfaces honest.
5 min read
22 Sep 2025
SustainabilityRemove the paint line and the ledger changes: 40-50% less process energy, a fully recyclable part, and a pedestrian-safety rating regulators reward. We walk through the math.
6 min read
04 Sep 2025
Press ReleasesComposite reinforcement for intermodal reefer containers has passed the one-million mark: proof that thermoplastic forming scales far beyond the auto line.
3 min read
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