Exterior, body and chassis
From lightweight seals to step-out toughness and stiffness balance for vehicle bumpers, ExxonMobil Product Solutions offers the essential ingredients for optimal performance in exterior automotive parts.
Applications and benefits
For more than a decade, compounders have used Exact™ plastomers as TPO modifiers to tailor the toughness, low-temperature flexibility and ductility of automotive bumper fascia and door trim. Exact plastomers also work well in interior applications such as pillars and instrument panels, and under the hood in radiator fans and fan shrouds.
Key benefits include:
- Low-temperature flexibility to absorb high-energy impacts without brittle failure
- Stand-out weatherability
- Improved paintability
- Chemical resistance and thermal stability
- Impact, stiffness and flow balance for the easy manufacture of thinner, more-complex parts
With higher impact than standard impact copolymers, Exceed™ high performance PP enables tougher, lighter vehicle components that are durable and safe. These step-out mechanical properties eliminate trade-offs in compounding for automotive performance.
Learn moreKey benefits include:
- Step-out toughness/stiffness balance
- Opportunity to lightweight
- 35% higher impact
- Up to 50% less plastomer use
Recommended products
- Air management system
- Plugs
- Bumpers and grommets
- Rack and pinion bellows
- Suspension bellows
- Molded seals and gaskets
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Product solutions
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EPDM rubber
Vistalon™ ethylene propylene diene (EPDM) rubber is used in a wide variety of applications, offering processing and finished product performance beyond the capabilities of natural and general-purpose synthetic rubbers.
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Exact™ plastomers
Alpha olefin copolymers for flexible packaging, molded/extruded products, wire and cable, and foaming compounds.
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Exceed™ high performance PP
Challenge reality and rethink what’s possible in automotive performance, packaging design, hygiene comfort and appliance appeal.
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Dearomatized hydrocarbon solvents
Exxsol™ fluids maintain good solvency characteristics for a wide variety of applications.
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Synthetic isoparaffins
Isopar™ solvents are high-purity synthetic isoparaffins with consistent and uniform quality, thanks to selected feedstocks and controlled manufacturing processes. They deliver the narrowest boiling ranges for hydrocarbon fluids.
Featured resources
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Fact sheet: Adjust PVC plastisol viscosity in your application with Isopar and Exxsol fluids
PVC plastisols are applied to the underbody for protection from corrosion and abrasion as well as to deaden sound. Hydrocarbon fluids are used to adjust viscosity just before application, providing viscosity stability to the plastisol and additional permanence to the coating.
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Rubber & Plastics News
Read Kurt Aerts interview in Rubber & Plastics News and learn how the company has been at the forefront of rubber and elastomer innovation from the very beginning.
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Extraordinarily tough automotive parts using Exceed™ high performance PP
With higher impact than standard impact copolymers, Exceed™ high performance PP enables tougher, lighter vehicle components that are durable and safe.
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TPV fluid resistance guide
Our powerful and easy-to-use tool to find TPV fluid and chemical resistance fast.
