Composs: Frasle Mobility’s new brand provides composite materials’ solutions to the market

The movement represents an evolution of the Smart Composites brand, launched in 2021 to enable new technologies focused on structural composite materials in a pioneering way in the Latin American market. To celebrate a new phase, the Composs brand will be officially presented to the market at the 2023 Automec, one of the biggest events in the automotive sector in Latin America, highlighting its first two releases: fender support for road implements and fender and tail light support for trucks.

Composs focus its technology on the development and exploration of composites. A composite material is a combination of two materials with different physical and chemical properties, resulting in new material with superior performance. It has been successful as an alternative to replace metallic components. One of the main advantages for automakers is the weight reduction, which can exceed 60%, due to its direct impact on fuel consumption and the greenhouse gas emissions. A lighter vehicle can carry more cargo, increasing business competitiveness.

This new business allowed a capacity expansion of a new and largely automated line to be implemented in Caxias do Sul at Frasle Mobility’s industrial complex in the third quarter of 2023. The new structure will produce fender and taillight supports, the first components developed with composite materials to meet the demands of important partners in the commercial vehicle market.

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Customized solutions
Intelligent design, resistance to corrosion, and ease of assembly and handling are some other advantages related to composite materials’ technology. Composs’ manufacturing process is also less aggressive to the environment. The generation of waste is practically nil, since the surplus raw material is sent, through our partners, to the production of biosynthetic wood. IVECO, a brand of the Iveco Group and a Frasle Mobility partner since the beginning of the initiative, uses the components in its lines of heavy vehicles, with an exclusive design, custom-made for the automaker’s truck models.

“It is a great honor for us to celebrate this partnership with Frasle Mobility for the production of tail light and fender support for trucks using innovative, lighter, more efficient and sustainable composite materials. The use of these components makes it possible to reduce the weight of the vehicle, providing fuel savings, increasing the strength and durability of the products. We are committed to constantly seeking new technologies and advanced solutions that meet our customers’ needs while reducing our environmental impact. For IVECO, this partnership is another step towards that goal”, says Ricardo Coelho, Latin America Product Development Director at IVECO.

A new moment
Anderson Pontalti, Superintendent Director of Frasle Mobility and corporate leader of the Health, Safety and Environment department at Randon Companies, reinforces that the creation of Composs reflects the accelerated context of the company’s technological transformation, which in recent years has been consolidating the development of innovative solutions for the automotive segment.  “We attest to this technology’s success, which it can be customized for different automakers and even for other market segments. This is the beginning of a new era for Frasle Mobility,” he adds. 

The first research related to megatrends in the automotive industry and the use of composite materials began in 2018, through deep research investments in partnership with teams from the Hercílio Randon Institute (IHR) and the Randon Technological Center (CTR). The plan was shaped over the course of three years and in the first months of 2021 the adaptation and structuring of the industrial area began.