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HELLA: CLIMATE-FRIENDLY AND RECYCLABLE - NALYSES RESEARCH PROJECT DEVELOPS SUSTAINABLE HEADLAMP

The research project looks at the entire product life cycle, from the purchase of materials to repair and recyclability. Approaches from the project are also to be transferred to other application and product areas.

HELLA: CLIMATE-FRIENDLY AND RECYCLABLE - NALYSES RESEARCH PROJECT DEVELOPS SUSTAINABLE HEADLAMP

HELLA is researching in collaboration with industry partners how headlights can be de-signed more climate friendly. To this end, the automotive supplier operating under the FORVIA umbrella brand, has now started the NALYSES research project, in which the BMW Group, Covestro, geba, Miele, the Heinz Nixdorf Institute of the University of Pa-derborn, the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronics Design Technology IEM and the Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences are involved in addition to HELLA. The results of the project are to be incorporated into the development of future genera-tions of headlamps but shall also be considered for other application and product areas. The three-year project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Re-search (BMBF).

"The aim of our research project is to design and produce our future products more resource-friendly and with lower emissions. We are therefore looking at options to reduce the CO2 footprint of a headlamp over its entire life cycle," says Dr Michael Kleinkes, who is responsible for development in the lighting Business Group at HELLA. In essence, the example of the headlamp will be used to research how products and raw materials can be reused as long as possible in the sense of a circular economy. The findings contribute significantly to HELLA's climate objective to manufacture its prod-ucts CO2-neutral by 2045 at the latest. "The project is also relevant because the find-ings go far beyond the headlamp as a product. The approaches are also to be trans-ferred to vehicle components from the electronics sector and to other industries, for example, to the production of household appliances".

In addition to leading the consortium, HELLA is supporting the research project NALYSES primarily through its expertise in automotive lighting technology. The BMW Group defines the overarching system requirements of car manufacturers, while Covestro, geba and Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences contribute their expertise in sustainable materials. The Heinz Nixdorf Institute at the University of Pa-derborn and Fraunhofer IEM are developing a digital product twin that can be used to evaluate recyclability and the effects of material selection or design on the carbon footprint in a very short time. Miele is involved in the research project in order to trans-fer findings to other industries.

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