Transportation Conference Scheduled for Tuesday

03.28.17

First of several "Big Picture" seminars will discuss automotive trends

On Tuesday, INDEX’17 visitors will be able to attend the event’s first “Sector Seminar,” which will be dedicated to Transportation. The highlight of the seminar will be Big Picture speaker, Dominique Taffin, senior manager  of Industrial Design at Yanfeng Automotive Interiors, the world’s largest supplier of automotive interiors, on how autonomous driving will change vehicle interiors in the future. “Increasingly digital and advanced technology, the high penetration of smart devices as well as an interest in electric vehicles, are presenting numerous possibilities for innovative interiors with increased space and comfort for the driver and passengers,” he says. “Consumers will also dictate the way autonomous driven cars are used, depending on whether they want to work or relax, sit or stand, eat or sleep. Everything is yet to be discovered, once we see how people behave when these vehicles are on the road.”

Panelling and instruments used on the inside of a vehicle, the vehicle’s shape and size, interior seating or even sleeping options will become increasingly flexible. The special properties of nonwoven materials also allow entirely new approaches in design and can be used to attain enormous improvements in a variety of lightweight applications at a moderate price. These are just some of the trends that will be discussed at te Transportation "Sector Seminar."
 
Other transportation seminar speakers will include: Adrian Wilson, editor, Sustainable Nonwovens, who will look at the megatrends the industry and how these may change its structure in the future and their impact on suppliers to the sector; James Taylor, R & T Manager, Autoneum, who will look at the increasing use of nonwovens in vehicle interiors, in particular developments in the field of acoustic insulation in carpeting applications; and Egon Moos, the product manager, Röschling Automotive, who will examine the role of nonwovens in underbody applications for vehicles.
 
The seminar will be held in Room S, Hall 4 from 2-4:45 p.m. on Tuesday.