Business Division
Modules & Polymer Products
A leading expert in high-quality interior and exterior components for the automotive industry
Modules & Polymer productsMotherson is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of interior and exterior components, from simple plastic parts and mechanical assemblies to highly integrated modules for all types of vehicles, from small cars to luxury cars, commercial vehicles and large trucks. With its broad multi-market expertise as one of the leading suppliers in Germany, Spain, France, India and many other automotive regions in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, Motherson offers competitive full-system solutions catered to virtually all customer requirements.
The division is a highly specialised technology and manufacturing expert in polymer processing, precision moulding, aesthetic surfaces, fully-automated painting, mould tooling, assembly and logistics. It is also engaged in the manufacturing of premium upholstery for passenger vehicle applications. Joint ventures have been formed with Blanos Participaciones SL (Spain), Eissmann Automotive Slovensko s.r.o (Slovakia), Jiangsu Changshu Automotive Trim Group Co., Ltd (China) and partners from South Korea to complement the division with product and geography-specific expertise.
- Number of facilities
- 109
- Number of countries
- 25
Head lamps
Parts and modules
Motherson provides full system solutions from concept development and design, product development and simulation, to quality-driven mass production for customers around the globe. Our expertise in multiple polymer processing technologies is the optimal foundation for the development of cost-optimised products with highest quality standards and of innovative and sustainable solutions. Many of the division’s products are prominently visible in the inside and from the outside of the vehicles, they are produced for, thus contributing significantly to their aesthetic appearance.
Interior products
- Cockpits
- Instrument panels
- Door panels
- Centre and floor consoles
- Decorative interior panels and trim parts
- Airbag boxes
- Glove boxes
- Air louvers
- Grab handles
- Leather and textile panels
- Soft-touch panels
- Decorative trim
- Trunk liners
- A/B/C pillar covers
- Tread plates (also illuminated)
- Window belt lines
- Small plastic parts
Exterior products
- Bumpers
- Front end modules
- Front grills
- Spoilers
- Front-end carriers
- Convertible roof components
- Rocker panels
- Decorative trim
- High-gloss pillar covers
- Window sealing strips
- Water deflectors
- Air inlets and air ducts
- Door handles
- Hybrid tailgates
- Plastic body parts and panels
- Roof rails
- Antenna hoods
Under-bonnet products
- Engine covers
- Small parts and assemblies
Design, manufacturing and maintenance of tools for polymer processing
Offering the complete range of services from tool design to tool manufacturing and injection moulding under one roof makes the group a total tooling solutions provider. The involvement of the companies is right from the concept design stage to the complete manufacturing of precision tools. The commercial tool rooms of Motherson specialise in for a wide range of applications from wiring harness components and complicated automobile parts to parts for white good, medical and electrical equipment industries. The expertise ranges from precision small and medium-sized tools to large size tools.
Expertise:
- Dedicated tool rooms that specialise in high precision multi-cavity injection moulding tools ranging from small and medium-size to large-size tools up to 3200 tons.
- Mould design and analysis on latest software supported by Rapid Prototyping, Touch Probe Scanning, Point Cloud Generation, 3D Surfacing and MoldFlow Analysis constitute a comprehensive design set up.
- Tool manufacturing is done on state-of-the-art CNC machines
Waste recycling system
Specialises in developing ecologically sustainable products and services. The Aerobin home composter is an environmental product that offers passive, environmentally friendly and superior performance in diverting all organic kitchen and garden materials away fro landfill, allowing their carbon content to be returned to the earth in the form of rich and healthy compost.
Expertise
Use of patented technology that supports a healthy aerobic decomposition of the biomass materials without the need for manual intervention.
Companies
- CTM India Ltd. (CTMIL)
- Global Environment Management (GEM)
- Motherson Automotive Technologies and Engineering (MATE)
- Motherson Molds and Diecasting Ltd. (MMDL)
- Motherson Polymer Solutions (MPS)
- MSSL Advanced Polymers s.r.o. (MSP CZE)
- MSSL Global RSA Module Engineering Ltd. (MSSL Global RSA)
- MSSL Tooling Ltd. FZE (MTL)
- Saddles International
- Samvardhana Motherson Innovative Autosystems Ltd. (SMIA)
- Samvardhana Motherson Peguform (SMP)
- Samvardhana Motherson Reydel Companies (SMRC)
- SMIIEL (A unit of Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd.)
- Vacuform 2000 Pty Ltd. (Vacuform)