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NATURTRUCK
Naturtruck structure
Keywords	truck, biocomposite, injected plastic, renewable resources
Funding Agency	European Union
Project Type	Collaborative Project
Partners	AIMPLAS, Químicas del Vinalopó, BAVE, Re8 Bioplastics, Polycom, Plascam, BULMA TECNOLOGÍA S.L, Volvo Group Trucks Technology, Institute of Natural Fibres, CTAG
Website	www.naturtruck.eu

NATURTRUCK is a European project whose main objective is to develop injected plastic parts for the commercial vehicles industry (mainly cabin truck parts) made with thermoplastic composite materials from renewable resources (modified polylactic acid and natural fibres), with improved thermal, flame retardancy properties and high quality surface finishing to be used in car internal parts. Those biocomposites are meant to be a real alternative to low-gloss standard ABS grades at a competitive cost.

NATURTRUCK is addressed to allow SME’s partners, and consequently the EU industry, to fabricate new eco-friendly thermoplastic biocomposite products suitable to satisfy the commercial vehicles manufacture sector requirements, at a cost comparable to current ABS price, increasing their differentiation from competitors and creating significant market opportunities.