International Congress Automotive Doors 2015

IQPC’s 8th International Conference “Automotive Doors and Components” will bring together experts from all levels of the value chain to ensure maximum knowledge transfer and professional exchange.

- Increasing safety and usage flexibility through e-latches
- Sliding doors: Optimising access and design
- Reducing weight by using lightweight materials to manufacture automotive doors
- Development and production of a laser-welded plastic tailgate for weight reduction
- Achieving weight reduction and ensuring sustainability: Innovative technologies for interior door paneling

Automotive doors pose unique challenges regarding their development, production and assembly, involving specific CAE techniques, material, production and assembly processes. 2020 is approaching and OEMs and Tier 1s are eagerly looking for new technologies that could lead to weight reduction.
This is the market’s biggest challenge these days alongside cost reduction (for certain materials that could help reduce the weight, e.g. aluminum). Another challenge is how to make sure that the doors meet certain safety and comfort criteria and the aerodynamics is improved through new latches and handles.