A great deal of innovative design and materials work is going into vehicle fuel tank systems. It is area that is coming under increasing pressure from legislation on both sides of the Atlantic.

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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio market research analysts forecast the global automotive plastic fuel tank market to grow at a CAGR of more than 4% during the period 2018-2022, according to their ...

Editor's note: An earlier version mischaracterized the qualities of the plastic fuel tanks. All roads lead to California -- at least when it comes to TI Automotive's plastic fuel tank system, Tank ...

Two Japanese auto suppliers and Toyota Motor Corp. have joined forces to create a new plastic fuel-tank maker with operations in Japan and California. The venture reflects a growing interest in ...

Fueled by the need to save weight and reduce evaporative emissions, a great deal of innovative design and materials work is going into vehicle fuel tank systems. Matthew Beecham reports on the ongoing ...

Rather than invest in costly extrusion blow molding machinery dedicated to the production of plastic fuel tanks, Japan's Yachiyo Industry (Sayama) has developed an innovative system that retrofits to ...

Green cars are very popular on the market today with fuel prices soaring and the hefty rebates the government is offering on electric and hybrid vehicles. One of the keys to getting hybrids that have ...

Inergy Automotive Systems, a subsidiary of Plastic Omnium, has invested $110 million into a new extrusion blow molding facility that will produce about 1.5 million plastic fuel tanks a year in the ...

Fuel tanks and fuel systems will fuel the next round in the market war over the physical makeup of new vehicles on the road. Environmentally, plastic has the early upper hand when it comes to ...

The VW order follows one announced in July 2010, which the automotive parts processor had identified as its largest order ever; that one, also for fuel tanks, fuel filler pipes, and fluid carrying ...