Textar to reduce plastic by 40 tonnes a year with new packaging

Plastic-free TMD Friction passenger car brake disc packaging set to come into market once existing inventory has sold

Textar to reduce plastic by 40 tonnes a year with new packaging

TMD Friction has developed new, more environmentally friendly packaging for its Textar passenger car brake discs – a move that will save 40 tonnes of plastic each year.

A corrugated cardboard will replace the plastic film to effectively separate the Textar passenger car discs so it will not stick to the brake disc coating.

In the aftermarket brake discs are offered as axle sets with workshops receiving brake discs packed in flat boxes.

If there are two discs in one package, the surface of the disc coating can be damaged very quickly during transport.

This is due to the heavy brake discs causing the grinding dust and anti-corrosion coating to rub off.

For this reason, the individual discs were previously packed in plastic film straight after production.

This not only offered good protection against abrasion, but also prevented the fresh coating from sticking.

TMD Friction say a premium product is not just defined by its technical performance but also its ecological footprint.

Water-based coatings for discs, copper-free friction materials and avoiding harmful antimony – environmentally friendly solutions are always taken into consideration at TMD Friction when products are developed and launched.

Dalibor Stojnic, category manager at TMD Friction, said: “More than 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced worldwide every year, with more than a third of this being used for packaging.

“By switching to cardboard, we will save almost 40 tonnes of plastic a year in the future, therefore making an important contribution to our environment.

“The workshop also doesn’t have to separate waste, as they can now dispose of all of the empty packaging and send it to be recycled.”

The packaging will transition step-by-step from July, meaning plastic-free TMD Friction passenger car brake disc packaging will come onto the market once the existing inventory has been sold.

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