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3M Solutions for Automotive Interiors
CONNECT WITH A 3M EXPERTInteriors for today and for the road ahead
The vehicle interior is the focal point of tomorrow’s vehicles. Passenger comfort is now passenger experience, whether the vehicle is electrified, autonomous or shared. That means that stunning design is just the start. It means more durable, quieter, safer and more sustainable automotive interiors that complement the vehicles and their occupants.
As the manufacturing landscape evolves, design freedom and production efficiencies are essential to automotive interiors. Our solutions can help you optimize package space, and allow you to reliably attach components in more places for new and enhanced interior experiences. We can also help you work better through faster cure times, improved repositionability in a range of environments, more efficient conversion of products through features such as pre-applied adhesives.
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We're with you wherever you're working
3M is your science partner in building the future of automotive interiors. We have more than century of experience in the automotive industry, so we understand the challenges in every area of the vehicle interior. Drawing from our multiple technology platforms, we provide an extensive range of solutions – adhesives, tapes, films, acoustic insulation and damping materials to name few. We’re ready to collaborate with you on the materials you need today, and on tomorrow’s solutions that are completely new. Plus, our global presence means we’re ready whenever you are – and wherever you are.
Meeting the challenges in automotive interiors
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Effectively bond challenging or dissimilar materials in more places inside the vehicle. 3M provides single-coated, double-coated, thin bond and wire harness tapes, hot melts, reclosable fasteners and more.
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To enable passenger comfort and utilize power efficiently, thermal management is a key element in interior design. 3M thermal insulation, engineered films and other solutions are up to the challenge.
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Creativity without the weight – 3M solutions can enable the bonding of lighter materials in automotive interiors, replace metal fasteners and even allow for the production of plastic parts without heavy fillers.
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Noise, Vibration and Harshness >
Evolving vehicle platforms and their corresponding noise challenges demand new solutions. 3M is expanding our acoustic solutions to meet noise challenges from multiple sources.
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Design a premium passenger experience, while keeping cost constraints in mind. Bond without mechanical fasteners. Meet the specific demands of the production line. That’s the freedom to exceed conventional limits in interiors.
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Our films for effectively controlling light – natural light or light generated from LEDs, LCDs and backlights – make for comfort and a unique experience in the vehicle cabin.
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Electromagnetic Interference >
3M applies decades of electronics experience in the increasingly electronic environment of the vehicle interior. Our shielding, blocking and EMI absorption solutions deliver low and stable contact resistance and maintain consistent performance even in tough environments.
Thoughts about interiors
Read what some of our experts are thinking about in the automotive interiors space
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New and multi-materials can present attachment challenges in the automotive industry. 4 Min Read
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More electronics means more sound to manage – read about current and coming trends. 6 Min Read
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A brief history and a look to the future of automotive NVH materials. 4 Min Read
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Learn how coming trends can affect your future designs. 5 Min Read
Step Inside. Our 3M experts are dedicated to collaboration on the best solution for your unique challenges in automotive interiors. Let’s discuss how 3M material science solutions can help you meet your specifications.
3M can help everywhere in the vehicle
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With the rapidly-changing trends in driver monitoring and advanced driver-assisted systems (ADAS), there’s never been a more critical time for the ability to mount sensor brackets almost anywhere in the automobile interior. 3M provides strong, reliable adhesive solutions.
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Helping you create new, exciting driver and passenger experiences - information displays, driver monitoring, head-up displays, vehicle connectivity and more - is just the start. 3M also helps you make them more durable and efficient.
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From production to the open road, adhesives and tapes from 3M help you express your vision as it’s been designed. Now you can bond trim, brackets, seals where you simply couldn’t before on vehicle exteriors and glass – and bond them more effectively.
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