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Chinese life cycle data for automotive components and manufacturing

Explore automotive materials, components and manufacturing processes. Match relevant parts and processes to your component quantities and production data to model China-based automotive supply chains.

Automotive materials, components and manufacturing processes

Body and structure

Pillar reinforcements, side members, wheelhouse assemblies, structural panels and mounting bracket components.

Interior and exterior

Door and pillar trims, seat-related components, exterior panels and comprehensive interior or exterior assemblies.

Noise control and sealing

Acoustic insulators, cavity baffles, structural foam inserts, weatherstrips and dedicated sealing components.

Electrical and electronic components

Switches, electronic controllers, sensors, wiring harnesses, lighting assemblies and other automotive electrical or electronic components.

Powertrain and chassis

Transmission assemblies, drive shafts, bearings, air springs and related chassis components.

Safety systems

Airbag assemblies, seat-belt mounting parts, safety reinforcements and related occupant-restraint components.

Automotive materials

Modified polypropylene, glass-fiber-reinforced polyamide, polyoxymethylene, thermoplastic elastomers and specialized engineering plastics.

Manufacturing processes

Stamping, casting, forging, foaming, machining, injection molding, coating, powder metallurgy and tire manufacturing processes.

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Component types & materials
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Component types & materials

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Materials & manufacturing processes
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Materials & manufacturing processes

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Production & market activities
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Production & market activities

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Component & processing boundaries
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Component & processing boundaries

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30% Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polyamide 6

30% Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polyamide 6

Unit: kg
Activity Type: Production Mix
GWP100
7.527e+0
System boundary
Cradle to Gate
Dataset category
Materials
Identity ID
33d03d56-a74b-4214-9740-ed89510d8c06
Associated ID
b7bb987b-0d7c-4794-8361-36edc8333796
Included activities starts
The activity boundary commences when raw and auxiliary materials enter the factory gate.
Included activities ends
The activity boundary terminates at the pelletizing stage of 30% Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polyamide 6.
Description

30% Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polyamide 6 is a modified engineering plastic with a nylon 6 matrix reinforced by glass fiber. Its upstream raw materials are PA6 resin and glass fiber, and its downstream is mainly applied to the injection molding of automotive structural parts. The dataset includes major raw and auxiliary materials, energy consumption and waste generated during production. Infrastructure such as production equipment manufacturing and plant construction is excluded from the dataset boundary. The data inventory is sourced from on-site enterprise surveys.

Activity Description
The production activities of this product include material mixing, extrusion, cooling and pelletizing processes.
Process Description
30% Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polyamide 6 is an engineering plastic modified by blending PA6 (Nylon 6) with 30% glass fiber. It boasts high rigidity and high strength, and is mainly applied to injection molding of auto parts.
Time period
2024–2026
Geography
China
Macroeconomic value
Business-as-Usual
Data validation
Yes
Technology
Current Technology
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Environmental Assessments, Declarations and Eco-Design

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Automotive Life Cycle Assessments

Use China-specific component and manufacturing process inventories as building blocks in vehicle, component or supply-chain models, representing the Chinese production activities relevant to the study.
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Automotive Product Footprints

Bring component and manufacturing process records into the product inventory where production takes place in China, providing local background inputs for carbon footprint modelling.
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Automotive EPDs

Component and manufacturing process inventories provide China-specific inputs to the product assessment underlying an EPD, supporting representation of the automotive production and supply-chain background.
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Automotive Eco-Design

Forming, machining and surface treatment records bring manufacturing activities into the life cycle assessment used in eco-design, alongside component data for China-based automotive production.
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LATEST

CALCD v3.0.0

This version covers automotive components and manufacturing processes, with enterprise-based data for life cycle and carbon footprint assessments.

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Release notes
200
Cut-off datasets in CALCD v3.0.0.
100+
Product coverage
Coverage spans more than 100 automotive products, providing data for component-level assessments.
200+
Datasets in a single system model
More than 200 datasets are provided within a single system model for automotive product and process modelling.
90%
Recent data
90% of datasets draw on data from the three years preceding the version’s reporting cut-off.
100%
Enterprise-based data
All datasets are based on enterprise-level data reflecting actual industrial production conditions.

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