Protexic is North America's leading supplier of molded foam components to the automotive industry. Protexic's products range from smaller parts such as sun-visor cores and head rests to larger parts such as bumper cores and trunk floors.
These highly engineered products are designed to reduce the weight of the car, which improves overall fuel economy. Many of the parts also have energy-absorbing properties that are designed to make the automobiles safer, as well.
Protexic's Innovation & Solution Center in Owosso, Michigan is dedicated to the automotive industry and has the capability to design, prototype and test new applications. To meet the rigorous quality standards in the automotive industry, all of Protexic's automotive manufacturing facilities are ISO & TS Certified to ensure our manufacturing practices are safe, efficient, and clean.
Did You Know?
Replacing metal parts with plastic parts is one of the leading ways to improve the fuel efficiency of an automobile? The federal government requires automotive manufacturers to increase the average fuel efficiency of the cars they produce to 37.8 mpg by 2016. One of the primary methods being used to meet these requirements is to make the cars lighter by replacing heavier materials such as metal with light weight molded plastic, such as foam. Reducing a car's weight by 200 lbs can provide a 3-7% improvement in fuel efficiency, and for each pound of weight saved, carbon dioxide emissions are reduced by 25.3 lbs over the life of the vehicle.
