Automotive Plastic Materials Environmental Testing

Environmental conditions testing for automotive plastics and composites materials.

Automotive materials need to provide reliable and high performance for durability, quality and safety characteristics in tough environmental conditions. Selecting the right automotive materials for intended use is crucial. Intertek experts perform environmental testing on automotive materials and components to verify the impact of the environment on the vehicle and components according to international, OEM and internal customer standards.

Automotive materials environmental conditions testing includes:

• Automotive Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Testing 
• UV/ Xenon testing
• Weathering testing 
• HAST (Highly Accelerated Stress Testing) 
• Stones, gravel impact
• EMC testing 
• Hot storage testing (e.g. DIN 53497)
• Accelerated ageing / heat testing plastics (e.g. ISO 188)
• Stress crack testing (e.g. ASTM D1693)
• Water pressure testing, Stability performance, Scratch
• Fogging, Impact resistance, Flammability
• Chemical resistance 

Intertek experts also supplies expert services to monitor the impact of the vehicle on the environment.

• End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) Directive Services 
• Carbon Footprint Services
• REACH Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) Services
• Health and Environmental Regulatory Compliance Services

Contact us to see how Intertek can help your organization with Automotive Plastic Materials Environmental Testing.