FEATURE AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING WITH PLASMA Towards a New Era in Automotive Engineering with Plasma Anne-Laureen Lauven Plasmatreat GmbH Queller Straße, Steinhagen, Germany ABSTRACT P ioneering plasma technologies from Plasmatreat are the key to progress in the automotive industry. They produce high-quality surfaces with selected characteris- tics, enable new material combinations and ensure environmentally friendly manufacturing processes. As such, they lay the foundations for high-tech innovative mobility and vehicle concepts such as lightweight engineering, autonomous driving and electromobility. Process-reliable, cost-effective and fully automated. 26 | SAMPE JOURNAL | S E P T E M B E R /O C TO B E R 2 0 2 0 w w w. s a m p e . o r ghttp://www.sampe.org