Honeycomb technology company EconCore
(Leuven, Belgium) and Renolit SE (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany) have partnered to explore the various issues of lightweighting, modular design and easily formable and rigid structures for the automotive industry and other markets via EconCore’s polypropylene (PP) honeycomb core. Through this collaboration Renolit has also seeked to improve chemical, thermal, water-resistance and rot-resistance properties.
Granted a license by EconCore for the continuous production of honeycomb panels, Renolit’s R&D team applied EconCore’s honeycomb to its Gorcell product range. The honeycomb sandwich, which combines composite skins with a hexagonal honeycomb structure, is currently being used not only for automotive applications such as truck superstructures, but also flight cases, outdoor kitchens and bakery panels. More recently, Renolit has been selling through a subsidiary to the B2C market with products for gardens, balconies and terrac