An essential distinction must be made between semi-structural and structural parts on the one hand and trim parts on the other for interior vehicle applications. Components such as dashboards and seat structures have already been used for many years, while door modules have also been added to the list of realised applications, recently. Here, as well as in other sectors, development is moving towards a modular design, for example in the field of cockpit systems.

Trim components such as roofliner, door trim, pillar cover and trunk liners are well known as visible parts in the vehicle, but also the more stressed components such as parcel shelves and load floors are falling under this category. Natural fibres reinforcements are also used in this field besides glass fibres. The option of laminating these materials in one step directly with a textile decoration layer offers interesting technical and economic advantages over conventional technologies.