Automotive instrument panel (low shrinkage & good-touch PVC surface skin)

Tatsuta Chemical has been producing soft PVC compounds for instrument panel skin materials molded by the powder slush process. However, conventional skin materials using general-purpose soft PVC compounds had problems with deterioration of physical properties due to degradation over time and appearance deterioration due to shrinkage, etc. Tatsuta Chemical has developed this technology in cooperation with Daikyo Nishikawa, which molds instrument panel skin materials by the powder slush process.

This technology was developed in collaboration with Daikyo Nishikawa, which molds instrument panel skin materials using the powder slush process, and is innovative as a skin material using soft PVC material, with excellent heat aging resistance and good tactile feel, and after developing technology for skin molding, mass production for commercial vehicles was started.

In addition, the newly developed surface skin material made of soft PVC compound is more recyclable than the conventional surface skin material made of TPU compound, enabling environmentally friendly product design.