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Walter Pack, at the forefront of innovation and sustainable mobility in the automotive industry / Walter Pack, a la vanguardia de la innovación y la movilidad sostenible en el sector de la automoción

Posted on July 28, 2022July 21, 2022 by BP

Walter Pack, is the international reference company in the production of functional decorative parts for the automotive and household appliance sectors.

Walter Pack es la empresa de referencia internacional en la producción de piezas decorativas funcionales para sectores como el del automóvil o los electrodomésticos. 

The climate and environmental crisis has brought about fundamental changes in the industry; a transformation that is easily observed in the automotive sector, as it is undergoing a major transition towards the production of zero-emission vehicles and the complete replacement of combustion vehicles.

This change of mentality has generated in a few years great challenges to which the sector must respond. Issues such as the use of green energy to power vehicles, decarbonisation of factories and offices, implementation of reuse and recycling practices at the end of the life of products, and application of circularity in the design, development and delivery of products to reduce the carbon footprint, among others.

In this sense, Walter Pack has made a decisive commitment to making the sector an innovative and sustainable environment, as well as functional and design-oriented, with its participation in various projects related to these issues. The company based in Igorre (Bizkaia) has been working since 1992 in the production of functional decorative parts for the automotive sector and is currently an international benchmark in this area, with several production plants in countries such as Mexico and India.

One of these, which has recently joined, is led by Renault Spain, which aims to set up an industrial ecosystem specialising in the manufacture of connected electric vehicles, and thus make Spain a leader in sustainable mobility.

The initiative responds to the call for a PERTE (Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation) aimed at the Electric and Connected Vehicle in which around fifty leading organisations from the automotive sector and from all areas of the industrial ecosystem in dozens of autonomous communities are participating. Among them is Grupo Antolin, one of the largest manufacturers of automotive components in the world and a global supplier of technological solutions for vehicle interiors, which will work side by side with the Bizkaia-based company.

By combining their knowledge and experience in the manufacture of technological components and high added-value plastic parts, the two firms will develop an HMI (Human Machine Interface, a panel that allows a user to communicate with a machine, software or system) solution that will provide new features to the electric vehicle and improve the comfort of its interior. “This development is based on displays that allow a cost-competitive design without sacrificing performance, through the use of decorative technologies (HMI) combined with the integration of additional functionalities and control electronics for the entire system,” says Iñigo Erhardt, head of R&D at Walter Pack.

TREASURE is another of the projects in which the Basque company is participating, an initiative that began in June 2021 within the framework of the Horizon 2020 programme and which seeks to offer new opportunities to test innovative technologies that make the automotive sector more circular.

With the participation of 15 entities from all over Europe, the aim is to create a platform that helps the end user to know the LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) and the recyclability of their product by means of a simulation. The platform then explains how to disassemble the components and, finally, they are reused to create a demonstrator. It is precisely in the development of this demonstrator that Walter Pack will make its contribution, integrating electronic functions into the part, as an alternative to other components for analysis and comparison.

The Bizkaia-based company has also participated in the design and technology of the interior of Audi’s first electric car, the e-tron. It has been in charge of producing the dashboard moulding of this model, one of the most iconic aesthetic components of the interior of this vehicle.

Walter Pack es la empresa de referencia internacional en la producción de piezas decorativas funcionales para sectores como el del automóvil o los electrodomésticos. 

La crisis climática y ambiental ha provocado cambios fundamentales en la industria; una transformación que se observa con gran facilidad en el sector de la automoción, pues está experimentando una gran transición hacia la producción de vehículos de cero emisiones y hacia la total sustitución de los vehículos de combustión.   

Este cambio de mentalidad ha generado en pocos años grandes retos a los que el sector debe dar respuesta. Cuestiones como el uso de energía verde para alimentar los vehículos, descarbonización de las fábricas y oficinas, implementación de prácticas de reutilización y reciclaje al final de la vida de los productos, y aplicación de la circularidad en el diseño, desarrollo y entrega de los productos para conseguir reducir la huella de carbono, entre otros.   

En este sentido Walter Pack ha apostado decisivamente por hacer del sector un entorno innovador y sostenible, a la vez que funcional y de diseño, con su participación en varios proyectos relacionados con estas cuestiones. La empresa con sede en Igorre (Bizkaia) trabaja desde 1992 en la producción de piezas decorativas funcionales para el sector de la automoción y actualmente es referente internacional en esta área, con varias plantas de producción en países como México o India.  

Uno de ellos, al que se ha incorporado recientemente, es el liderado por Renault España, que tiene como objetivo configurar un ecosistema industrial especializado en la fabricación de vehículos eléctricos conectados, y convertir así a España en líder de la movilidad sostenible.  

La iniciativa responde a la convocatoria de un PERTE (Proyecto Estratégico para la Recuperación y Transformación Económica) orientada al Vehículo Eléctrico y Conectado (VEC) en el que participan alrededor de medio centenar de organizaciones referenciales del sector de la automoción y de todos los ámbitos del ecosistema industrial de decenas de comunidades autónomas. Entre ellos se encuentra Grupo Antolín, uno de los mayores fabricantes de componentes para el automóvil en el mundo y proveedor global de soluciones tecnológicas para el interior del vehículo, que trabajará codo con codo con la compañía de Bizkaia.  

Uniendo su conocimiento y experiencia en la fabricación de componentes tecnológicos y piezas de plástico de alto valor añadido, las dos firmas desarrollarán una solución HMI (Human Machine Interface, panel que permite a un usuario comunicarse con una máquina, software o sistema) que aporte nuevas prestaciones al vehículo eléctrico permitiendo mejorar el confort de su interior. “Este desarrollo está basado en displays que permiten obtener un diseño competitivo en coste y sin renunciar a prestaciones, a través del uso de tecnologías decorativas (IMF) combinadas con la integración de funcionalidades adicionales y la electrónica de control de todo el sistema”, apunta Iñigo Erhardt, responsable de I+D en Walter Pack.  

TREASURE es otro de los proyectos en el cual participa la compañía vasca, una iniciativa que comenzó en junio de 2021 en el marco del programa Horizon 2020 y que busca ofrecer nuevas oportunidades para probar tecnologías innovadoras que hagan más circular el sector del automóvil.  

Con la participación de 15 entidades de toda Europa, se pretende crear una plataforma que ayude al usuario final a conocer el LCA (Life Cycle Asessment) y la reciclabilidad que va a tener su producto mediante una simulación. Después, la plataforma explica cómo realizar el desensamblado de los componentes y, por último, son reutilizados para crear un demostrador. Precisamente es en el desarrollo de ese demostrador donde hará su aportación Walter Pack, integrando funciones electrónicas en la pieza, como alternativa a otros componentes para su análisis y comparación.  

Asimismo, la empresa vizcaína también ha participado en el diseño y tecnología del interior del primer coche eléctrico de Audi, el e-tron. Ha sido el encargado de producir la moldura del salpicadero de este modelo, uno de los componentes estéticos más icónicos del interior de este vehículo.   

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