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The automotive industry is making ever higher demands on suppliers and contractors due to the dynamics of the sector. Everything is changing; modern technologies are entering the game. In order to stay on the market, one has to be able to optimize costs without reducing the quality of goods.

Scientific research has proven that listening to properly chosen music while driving a car relieves the driver’s stress and thus reduces the emotions on the road. However, a good audio system is not enough to achieve this effect. It is also necessary to optimally soundproof the cabin, which can be provided by components made of modern EPP foams used in its construction.

It seems that much has been already said about ergonomic car interiors and the limits of possibilities have already been reached. A great role in this process is played by modern plastics and especially by the light expanded polypropylene (EPP).

The automotive industry has been using a variety of plastics extensively in the past few decades. Presently about one third of the components building up a modern vehicle are made from plastics. Expanded polypropylene – EPP in one of the most popular and most valued ones among them.

The increasing use of plastics in the automotive industry is a response to the need of reducing the weight of vehicles and improving fuel efficiency, complying with the strictest regulations on greenhouse gas emissions and the demand for environmentally friendly products.