ACG is the global leader in engineered continuous fibre composite materials for automotive applications.

ACG offers:

• The industry’s broadest portfolio of continuous fibre composite material.

• Extensive processing expertise.

• Advanced predictive engineering for composite  structures and crash analysis.

• Turn-key application development support.

• Process development.

• Tool design and manufacture.

• Prototype manufacture support.

ACG is the leader of continuous fibre material technologies into the mainstream automotive industry.

As a composite solution and technology supplier, ACG provides materials, processing and technical support for complete application development programmes, right from initial composite component design through to prototyping and production process optimisation. Full CAD and CAE optimisation is included throughout the application development process.  Production component manufacture and supplier nomination is defined by the OEM.

ACG is helping global OEMs and their suppliers to develop automotive applications, including:

• full vehicle structures,

• BIW structures,

• closures,

• fully paintable exterior body panels and exterior trim,

• seat structures and interior trim with the aim of saving weight,

• reducing the total programme cost,

• helping to meet emission and safety requirements, while also delivering unprecedented functionality.

ACG's engineering and development teams support customers either by supplement their existing engineering resource or by providing a full turn-key composite development package.

ACG has strategically placed European and the USA facilities which provide materials manufacturing and storage capabilities for the global automotive market.

Detailed technical and commercial application development with our clients indicates that continuous fibre composite applications are competitive and can be very cost effective when compared to more traditional materials. This is particularly true in production environments where volumes are around 25,000 vehicles per year.

Due primarily to the dramatically lower tooling investment, total programme cost is generally much lower than those associated with more traditional materials and processes. Ease of component and system integration significantly simplifies vehicle manufacture to reduce costs even further.

ACG offers unique products, from initial styling/prototype manufacture, through to production components and systems, including manufacturing jigs and fixtures to satisfy stringent industry quality requirements.

Working with automotive OEMs and their suppliers around the world, ACG’s automotive engineering development team continues to focus on developing new proprietary technology, with the aim of help our customers create exciting, innovative and competitive composite applications, including complete vehicle structures, and to differentiate their products in the market place, exploiting the best of the available composite technologies for lower total cost and emission targets.

ACG’s policy of continuous material and processing improvement offers genuine automotive solutions that meet the industry’s complex engineering and commercial challenges.