PLASTICS KEY TO MOBILITY INNOVATIONS

The 2017 SPE Innovation Awards highlight the design, engineering and materials-science collaborations between vehicle OEMs and their tier suppliers.

Ford and General Motors and their composite-materials and tooling suppliers dominated the 2017 Automotive Innovation Awards competition, held for the 47th consecutive year by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive Division. The SPE Automotive awards are the oldest and largest recognition event in the automotive and plastics industries. BMW and Hyundai and their suppliers also won major categories.

Automotive Engineering was again honored to participate in the Blue Ribbon Judging process, that reviews the finalists in nine major materials-technology categories and votes on the winners in each.