Incredible Husk & WCM: Unlocking sustainable composite materials applications to support lifecycle decarbonisation of the automotive industry.

** 塑料 ** 占车辆重量的约20%（100- 150 kg/车），汽车行业占全球塑料年消费量的约7%[ODI，2020]。塑料一直是轻量化车辆的重要材料，可以提高燃油经济性并减少汽车的二氧化碳排放。** 环境问题 **（碳密集型转化过程、浪费的报废等）为寻找替代品铺平了道路。然而，目前最先进的产品不足以有效地促进该行业的脱碳，因为可用的材料仍然利用重型转化过程，有毒化学品和/或不可回收的成分。Incredible Husk International Group（IHIG）** 是一家屡获殊荣的英国中小企业，专门从事可持续材料开发。IHIG设计了 ** 三种独特的资源高效、低排放、轻质和低成本的材料，利用多种废物流 **，旨在使制造商能够从不可持续的材料过渡到碳中性或碳负材料。在这个项目中，IHIG试图通过与一家具有全球影响力的行业领先的一级汽车供应商 ** 世界级制造（WCM）** 合作，展示材料在汽车行业的应用。该联盟将尝试制造工艺（例如压缩，注塑成型和3D打印）（仪表板面板和车门侧袋），以验证它们是否符合原始设备制造商（OEM）标准，并完全 ** 取代石化塑料 **，并有助于 ** IHIG为汽车行业提供的材料和生产工艺验证将展示 ** 在更多垂直行业的应用 **，而WCM将 ** 为市场上现有的OEM产品提供替代性、可持续性（且符合法规要求）材料的新产品 **，以确保持续的关系。

**Plastics** represent ~20% of a vehicle's weight (100-150kg/car) and the automotive sector is responsible for ~7% of global annual plastics consumption \[ODI,2020\]. Plastic has been an important material in light-weighting vehicles, driving fuel economy and reducing cars' CO2 emissions. The **environmental concerns** (carbon intensive transformation process, wasteful end-of-life etc.) around plastics have paved the way for the search for substitutes. The current state-of-art offer is however insufficient to effectively contribute to the sector's decarbonisation as the materials available still leverage heavy transformation processes, toxic chemicals, and/or non-recyclable ingredients.**Incredible Husk International Group (IHIG)** is an award-winning UK-SME specialised in sustainable materials development. IHIG has designed **three unique resource-efficient, low-emission, lightweight, and low-cost materials utilising multiple waste streams**, designed to enable manufacturers to make the transition from unsustainable materials to carbon-neutral or carbon-negative materials. In this project, IHIG seeks to demonstrate the materials' application within the automotive sector by collaborating with an industry-leading tier-1 automotive supplier with global outreach, **World Class Manufacturing (WCM)**.The consortium will trial manufacturing processes (e.g. compression, injection moulding and 3D-printing) of 2 interior parts (dashboard panel and a door-side pocket) to verify that they can meet Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs) standards and entirely **displace petrochemical-based plastics** and contribute to **decarbonising** the automotive sector.IHIG's materials and production process validation for the automotive sector will demonstrate **applications for further verticals** whilst WCM will **unlock a new offering** for alternative, sustainable (and regulatory compliant) materials to existing OEM products on the market, securing ongoing relationships.