Lightweight special: Everything covered

Cargo covers have been around for a long time. What makes the FPM solution special?

The weight. There is no material that can match it for lightness. The larger the area to be covered, the more weight, and therefore CO₂, is saved.

OK. What is it made of?

We use a special polyester nonwoven. More precisely: A needle-punched nonwoven, which we treat with various methods to satisfy the requirements placed on a cargo cover.

Further lightweight solutions made of exclusive materials are underbody panelings and noise suppressors.

And how much weight does a customer save with this innovation compared with PVC?

That depends. If we replace PVC with a nonwoven, it can easily amount to 450 grams per square meter of material. For a 1 to 1.5 square-meter cargo cover in the car, that's almost a kilogram.

But that isn’t the only advantage, right?

No, there are more. For health reasons, car manufacturers are increasingly avoiding the use of PVC. Cargo covers made of this material emit vapors, so-called volatile organic compounds. In other words, substances that transition from solid to gaseous state at about 50 °C. Park a car in the sun, and these gases can form. Our nonwoven, however, does not produce such emissions. And by the way, it is also cold-resistant.