NORTHVILLE, Mich., Nov. 26,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooper
Standard (NYSE: CPS) has been recognized as a 2024
Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive Innovation Award
winner in the powertrain category for its plastic coolant hub.
Cooper Standard received the award
during the 53rd annual SPE Innovation Awards Competition
and Gala, held Nov. 13 in
Livonia, Mich.
"We are honored that our plastic coolant hub has been recognized
as a category winner for the 2024 SPE Automotive Innovation Award,"
said Chris Couch, president, Fluid
Handling Systems and chief technology officer, Cooper Standard. "This innovative solution
satisfies requirements across a range of vehicle applications, and
can be adapted to all OEM systems, including BEV, ICE and hybrid.
Already in production, we see strong potential for business growth
with our plastic coolant hub."
Cooper Standard's plastic coolant
hub distinguished itself from traditional products by delivering a
customized solution designed to meet customers' unique fluid
handling needs and engineering challenges. Unlike traditional
coolant handling systems that are comprised of many discrete tubes,
adaptors, and connectors, Cooper
Standard's plastic coolant hub combines many of these fluid
handling components and a uniquely integrated pressure balancing
feature into a more sophisticated centralized compact plastic
manifold. For automakers, Cooper
Standard's plastic coolant hub has the potential to improve
vehicle performance, reduce required vehicle packaging space, save
assembly time, reduce required labor and support more sustainable
operations with less material and product waste.
Cooper Standard's coolant hub
enables several efficiencies and savings, improving overall
performance and efficiency. Additionally, the required packaging
spacing in a vehicle has been significantly improved through the
consolidation and integration of the plastic coolant manifold
components.
The SPE Automotive Innovation Awards program honors the best
companies in automotive plastics. Category and Grand Award winners
were selected from a group of finalists by a group of journalists,
academics and retired industry chief engineers.
About the SPE Automotive Innovation Awards
Program
SPE's Automotive Innovation Awards Program is the
oldest and largest competition of its kind in the world. Dozens of
teams made up of OEMs, tier suppliers, and polymer producers submit
nominations describing their part, system, or complete vehicle and
why it merits the claim as the Year's Most Innovative Use of
Plastics. This annual event typically draws over 800 OEM engineers,
automotive and plastics industry executives, and media. As is
customary, funds raised from this event are used to support SPE
educational efforts and technical seminars, which help educate and
secure the role of plastics in the advancement of the
automobile. For more information, please visit:
https://speautomotive.com/spe-automotive-div-innovation-awards/.
About Cooper
Standard
Cooper
Standard, headquartered in Northville, Mich., with
locations in 21 countries, is a leading global supplier of sealing
and fluid handling systems and components. Utilizing our materials
science and manufacturing expertise, we create innovative and
sustainable engineered solutions for diverse transportation and
industrial markets. Cooper
Standard's team of more than 22,000 team members (including
contingent workers) are at the heart of our success, continuously
improving our business and surrounding communities. Learn more
at www.cooperstandard.com or follow us
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Contact for Media:
Chris Andrews
Cooper Standard
(248) 596-6217
CAndrews@cooperstandard.com
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