Nameplate Badge

This molded-in-color ASA and ABS design provides the appearance of a paint-over-chrome badge without use of paint, leading to a significant cost savings and quality improvement.  The injection-molded part’s snap-together design reduces cost, has less scrap and rework, eliminates paint adhesion issues, and allows simple series-differentiation via material / finish changes on insertion.  The OEM also saw a $1-million USD direct cost savings on its F150 pickups, and there were significant environmental benefits by eliminating paint.

OEM/Vehicle Ford Motor Co. 2010 Ford F150 System Supplier Tribar Manufacturing Material Processor Tribar Manufacturing

Material Supplier SABIC Innovative Plastics & Ashland Distribution Resin Geloy MG37 ASA / Cycolac ABS Tooling/Equipment Supplier Granby Tool

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