Smart surfaces have become ubiquitous, whether it’s touchscreens on smartphones and kiosks or buttons on appliances and car dashboards, but there’s still room for innovation, both in the manufacturing process and the potential applications.
It’s important to differentiate between them – there’s a difference between a capacitive touchscreen that has a conventional circuit board behind the surface and functional surface that has embedded technology within. For many of the emerging applications, all that’s needed is a functional surface, with its appeal not only coming from its futuristic look but also its lighter weight, which is a valuable trait especially for automotive use cases.
CT Automotive plc (LON:CTA) designs, develops and manufactures automotive interior finishes and complex kinematic assemblies for the most well-known automotive brands on the planet. These critical components are managed through an intricate global network of reactive supply chains to arrive JIT (Just in Time) at their respective OEM manufacturing plants.
