One of the world’s leading tier one automotive interior components supplier required a partner to assist with their rapid development programme in order to produce 85 car sets of interior door panels for a major automotive manufacturer. Parts off the production tooling were not going to be available on time to complete the CP build phase.

The components needed to be manufactured in a near production intent material for functional testing. Previous components were produced using vacuum forming techniques as a low-cost, quick turnaround solution. R&R Technologies were able to produce components to a higher specification, meeting both budget and aggressive development schedule by utilizing it’s suite of in-house services.

RIM tools were produced to manufacture 85 complete sets of doors (4 per set). Tools were designed for the RIM process by our in-house CAD team then manufactured using R&R’s 5 axis CNC capabilities. Volume components were then produced by R&R Technologies.

Despite a demanding delivery schedule and modifications to the design, R&R Technologies 24/7 capability provided high quality prototype components delivered on time in 3 batches, directly to the production lines in Germany.