ElectriPlast: On Display with Automotive Industries online...

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Written by Jon Knox (Pgs 22 - 28)



Conductive plastics developed for the space age are now finding their way into the automobile as manufacturers continue to focus on reducing weight and streamlining manufacturing.


Electriplast Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Technologies, is supplying a new generation of high-voltage connectors for the $110,000 Fisker Karma electric luxury sedan. recently named “The World’s Most Interesting Vehicle,” the Fisker Karma is the world’s first premium plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.


According to industry insiders, the ElectriPlast announcement was significant because the application is a high-voltage application, which until now, required the use of heavier metal materials - and because connector applications offer unique challenges requiring tight tolerances and complex molding techniques. “The Fisker application marked an important milestone for ElectriPlast,” states Herbert Reedman, CEO of Electriplast. “We have been working sideby-side with our OEM and Tier1 clients for several years to develop this technology and it is now embodied in the exciting and new Fisker-Karma.”


ElectriPlast™, is a patented line of non-corrosive, electrically conductive resins whose properties allow it to be molded into any of the infinite shapes and sizes associated with plastics, rubbers and other polymers while reducing component weight by 40 to 60%. Applications for ElectriPlast conductive plastics include EMI shielding applications, connectors, wire, batteries and battery enclosures, cable, power electronics, antennas, capacitors, and mobile devices. Reedman, an automotive industry veteran, has been leading ElectriPlast since its inception just over a year ago. The Integral leadership team spent eight years developing their material technology and now manages the world’s leading intellectual property portfolio covering conductive resin technology and its application. “We expected that the automotive industry would be one of the greatest benefactors of this technology,” says William Robinson, Chairman and founder of Electriplast parent, Integral Technologies. “Herb’s leadership skills and knowledge of the automotive landscape made him a natural fit to lead the way forward for ElectriPlast”...


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