MacLean-Fogg Engineered Plastics Company Named 2018 Grand Automotive Innovation Award Winner by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)

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Dec 03, 2018, 09:31 ET

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Dan Dye, General Manager, MacLean-Fogg Engineered Plastics Company announced that, at the 48^th annual Automotive Innovation Awards Gala, the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) recognized MacLean-Fogg Engineered Plastics Company (EPC) as the Powertrain Category winner and the Grand Award Winner for their contribution to Dayco's Vacuum Generation System. SPE recognized 9 category winners and one grand award winner for the most innovative use of plastics.

MacLean-Fogg Engineered Plastics Company Named 2018 Grand Automotive Innovation Award Winner by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). Left to Right: Randy Race, Director of Engineering, MacLean-Fogg Engineered Plastics Company; Dave Davis, Director of Sales and Marketing, MacLean-Fogg Engineered Plastics Company; David Fletcher, Chief Engineer, Dayco Products, LLC.

Dayco, the system integrator, utilized EPC for the partnering development of all ten vital plastic components that made their highly efficient brake boost system possible. Dayco's Vacuum Generation System was first used on the 2017 Ford F-150 platform and has since proliferated to other vehicle platforms because of the advantages it offers over traditional brake boost systems.

Dave Davis, EPC Director of Sales and Marketing, said, "EPC is excited about having contributed important plastics engineering attributes to the Dayco product. We modeled, engineered, designed, prototyped and launched ten critical components to help make this revolutionary system solution a production reality."

According to Dayco, the system advantages achieved using engineered plastic technologies include: 70% cost reduction, 80% weight reduction, 20% system performance increase, improved fuel economy, a smaller packaging footprint, and utilization of eco-friendly 100% re-processable thermoplastic DuPont resin systems.

The success of this Vacuum Generation System is leading Dayco to an entire family of close tolerance plastic component systems for future valve and actuator solutions.

"We approach every challenge by asking, How Might We?" commented Dan Dye. "Our team of plastics experts in part design, materials and tooling accomplished what others purported not possible. Our EPC team is proud of this recognition and our ability to solve our customer's challenge."

This is the fourth year in a row that EPC has been named an Innovation Award finalist, and the first time EPC has won the Powertrain Category Award and Grand Award.

About Engineered Plastics Company

Engineered Plastics Company is a leading supplier of close tolerance engineered functional plastics. EPC works with customers to optimize components to reduce cost, reduce weight, and maximize customer value. Visit macleanfoggcs.com/locations/epc for more information.

About MacLean-Fogg

MacLean-Fogg is a worldwide enterprise with 26 global manufacturing facilities with annual sales over one billion (USD) and a workforce of over 3,200. MacLean-Fogg provides, through MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions, a primary business, www.macleanfoggcs.com, engineered metal and plastic components to the industrial, automotive, and military markets and, through MacLean Power Systems, a primary business, unique devices used in the transmission and distribution of electrical power, www.macleanpower.com. For more information, visit www.macleanfogg.com or [email protected].

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