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Cooper Standard(NYSE: CPS), a leading global supplier of systems and components indiverse transportation and industrial markets, today announced thatits Fortrex™ lightweight chemistry platform received a Top Productof the Year Award in the Environment + Energy Leader Awardsprogram.
TheEnvironment + Energy Leader Awards recognize excellence in productsand services that provide companies with energy and environmentalbenefits, and in projects implemented by companies that improvedenvironmental or energy management and increased the bottom line.
“The Environment+ Energy Leader Award for our Fortrex chemistry platform is especiallysignificant as it recognizes our culture of innovation, our dedicationto bring innovative materials to new markets, and our commitment tosustainable business,” said Chris Couch, senior vice president,chief technology and procurement officer, Cooper Standard. “I’mproud of our materials science team and their achievements inenhancing our Fortrex technology to improve product performance,sustainability benefits and overall value.”
Cooper Standard’sFortrex material is a new class of elastomeric material and theleading-edge technology in automotive sealing material innovations.Through proprietary science, it combines the best attributes of EPDM(ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber) and TPV (thermoplasticvulcanisate) materials, while eliminating their negativecharacteristics.
As a result, Fortrex is 30% lighter than traditional EPDMmaterials and 10% lighter than TPV materials, thereby reducing overallvehicle weight and improving vehicle fuel efficiency. In addition,Fortrex provides enhanced performance with low hysteresis loss (highelasticity) and offers improvements in compression set, durability, UVresistance and aesthetics compared to traditional materials. The novelmaterials platform is an environmentally friendly material with acarbon footprint 53% lower than traditional EPDM, low VoC, (volatileorganic compounds) and no harmful nitrosamine or plasticizers.
“With a veryexperienced and critical judging panel and a strict set of judgingcriteria, entrants faced an extremely high bar to qualify for an awardin 2022,” says Sarah Roberts, Environment + Energy Leader publisher.
The Environment +Energy award represents the fourth time the Fortrex materials platformhas been recognized for its game-changing impact. The materialsinnovation previously won an Automotive News PACE (PremierAutomotive Suppliers' Contribution to Excellence) Award – oftenreferred to as the "Academy Award for Innovation" in theautomotive industry – in 2018, was a finalist for the SPE (Societyof Plastics Engineers) award and won the General Motors’ OverdriveAward in the category of Sustainability in 2021. For more informationabout the Fortrex material, please visit: http://www.cooperstandard.com/products/material-compounding-licensing/fortrex
About theEnvironment + Energy Leader Awards
For the past decade, the Environment + EnergyLeader Awards have celebrated excellence in the world ofenvironmental, sustainability and energy management. Award winners aretruly buzz-worthy, and companies that sport a Top Project or TopProduct of the Year Award badge are known to be the best of the best.When other companies are seeking a sustainability or energy managementsolution, they know that E+E Product of the Year Award winners offer asignificant group of products, vetted by experts, to peruse for helpin making their decisions. Project of the Year Award winners are knownto illustrate how sustainability and energy management projects cansuccessfully help other companies improve the bottom line.
About Cooper Standard
CooperStandard, headquartered in Northville, Mich., with locations in 21countries, is a leading global supplier of sealing and fluid handlingsystems and components. Utilizing our materials science andmanufacturing expertise, we create innovative and sustainableengineered solutions for diverse transportation and industrialmarkets. Cooper Standard's approximately 23,000 employees are atthe heart of our success, continuously improving our business andsurrounding communities. Learn more at www.cooperstandard.com orfollow us on Twitter @CooperStandard.
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