February 16, 2021 FRANKFURT, Germany— February 16, 2021 — At the annual meeting of the VDMA Hybrid Lightweight Technologies working group, which took place on February, 12, 2021, it became clear that the industry is intensively addressing holistic concepts of lightweight construction, offering its customers worldwide customized solutions for CO2 reduction. In the automotive sector in particular, there is growing pressure from supply chains to live up to the guiding principle of climate-neutral manufacturing and to be able to prove this with data. In the context of taxation based on CO2 intensity, monetary benefits can also be generated through CO2 savings. Ecological product design is gaining importance