Just as the car has been the cause of fundamental change to our everyday lives, the car itself is currently undergoing fundamental change. This is because climate change and the associated need for a reduction in energy consumption are setting completely new standards.

Lightweight materials help to reduce the fuel consumption of cars. Working in close cooperation with our partners in automotive engineering, we are producing lightweight components and structural parts from carbon fiber composites. Among the products developed by SGL Group is the carbon-ceramic brake disk and the carbon-ceramic clutch drive plate.

• Carbon-ceramic brake discs
• Prepregs
• Components for wet and dry-running pumps and compressors
• Clutch drive plates in carbon-ceramics
• Cut-to-size graphite for electrical discharge machining (EDM)
• Automotive and industrial gaskets made of flexible graphite
• Cold storage systems for engine-off operation of truck air conditioning
• CFRP components
• Wet friction materials
• SIGRACET^® bipolar plates
• SIGRAFLEX^® TA Luft-compliant sheets and gaskets
• Textile products
• GRALIT^™ carbon piston with light metal infiltration
• Carbon-based brushes