A European consortium called ACOMPLICE (Affordable Composites for Lightweight Car Structures) recently embarked on a two-year program to develop low-cost materials for mainstream automotive applications. ASSEMBLY asked Elaine Arnold, collaborative research and technology project manager at Cytec Industrial Materials—which is leading the consortium along with several partners— to discuss the group’s goals and the assembly challenges of using composites for automotive applications.
ASSEMBLY: What is ACOMPLICE? What are your long-term goals?