'A glass fiber reinforced polyamide 66 ultralight pedal bracket' jointly developed by Asahi Kasei Co., Ltd. and Mazda Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Aki-gun, Fuchu-cho, Hiroshima, General Manager: Marumoto, hereinafter referred to as 'Mazda') The 2018 'Altair Enlighten Award' (lightweight technology category). The award ceremony was held in Michigan, USA on July 30 this year (US time).
The 'Altair Enlighten Award' is a media partner of SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineering International) and Automobil Industrie (German Automotive Industry Association), jointly by Altair Engineering*1 and CAR=Center for Automotive Research. The company's awards are awarded to companies that have developed innovative vehicle lightweight technologies in three categories, including complete vehicles, modules and lightweight technologies. The company uses its own glass fiber reinforced polyamide resin 'Ray GuonaTM' for Mazda. The existing model has developed a product that can replace the metal pedal bracket. Among them, one of CAE*2 uses the best topology analysis of Asahi Kasei resin, and proposes an epoch-making component shape, which may reduce the weight by 83%. This achievement was recognized and awarded the Lightweight Technology category award.