Automotive supplier Yanfeng and ‘smart surface’ experts TactoTek will collaboratively develop highly integrated HMI solutions for automotive interior applications. The goal of their partnership is to combine advanced lighting, user interfaces, and decorative trim with a deeply integrated product approach to enable design flexibility.
Yanfeng have decided to augment their ‘Smart Cabin’ activities with TactoTek’s Injection Molded Structural Electronics (IMSE) technology. The goal is to enhance the overall user experience by offering advanced lighting features and introducing new functional elements like haptic feedback and display integration. Yanfeng says this will allow them to align with emerging automotive industry trends, including autonomous driving, and address non-driving related tasks.
The companies hope to create, together, a unique in-vehicle user experience by accelerating seamless lighting integration into all surfaces. The IMSE technology offers a fresh unique design and styling principles for slim, compact configurations and unconventional shapes.
Yanfeng CTO Patrick Nebout says, “The partnership with TactoTek is a great addition to support our global technology portfolio for future ‘Smart Cabin’ applications and is designed for long-term engagement. Together, we can offer innovative and integrated lighting solutions tailored to our customers’ needs in the automotive industry. By combining our expertise, we can accelerate design and development activities, providing advantages for our customers along the entire value chain”.
