Acella
Modern Classic for Premium Car Interiors
The Acella product brand stands for more than 125 years of innovation. As a high-quality imitation leather with a realistic-looking grain, Acella continues to impress today as a first-class surface material for automotive interiors.
Its strengths? Not only the usual excellent chemical resistance, high scratch resistance and abrasion resistance, but also the ever smaller ecological footprint!
- High quality and durable car interior solution
- Withstands daily wear and tear
- Customizable by various colors, finishes, and textures
- Highly resistant to scratches, stains, and fading for long-lasting looks
- Optional: available with different types of lamination
- Optional: with anti-microbial treatment, with staynu® Technology, with cool colors Technology
Specifications
- Construction: Coated Textile
- Thickness: 0.8 mm - 1.4 mm
- Applications: Seat Cover/Headrest, Instrument Panel, Door/Side/Center Console
- Backing: Textile
- Lamination (optional): Polyurethan-/Polyolefin Foam
- Processing Method: Cut & Sew, Bonding, Back Injection Moulding
1 | Lacquer Finish
2 | Compact Layer
3 | Foam Layer
4 | Adhesive Layer
5 | Textile Backing
Acella as a drop-in solution
Plus of the sustainable Acella variants: Without compromising on quality and performance, the climate-friendly designs can be easily integrated into existing production processes. No special adjustments are required to use the sustainable Acella variants.
Sustainability first – a smart move
Continental has set itself the goal of creating surface solutions that are 100 percent climate-neutral. For the Acella product brand, this means that the surface can be manufactured with up to 50 percent bio-based raw materials and a recycled content of up to 30 percent.
The result? CO2 emissions can be reduced by up to 35 percent compared to the conventional Acella variant. This means that the imitation leather improves the eco-balance of the entire vehicle and thus paves the way for greater sustainability.
Acella considerably reduces carbon footprint
The classic Acella can be manufactured in a variety of customized solutions. Based on the respective design, different PCF values (PCF = product carbon footprint) result, which provide information on how climate-friendly product is.
For some time now, it has been possible to quantify how climate-friendly a product is using a neutrally calculated indicator: the GWP100 Global Warming Potential Index*. This quantifies the carbon footprint of a product over a period of 100 years. It takes into account the lifecycle phases from "cradle to grave" as well as disposal or recycling at the end of the product lifecycle.
With the help of a digital application for calculating the Product Carbon Foot Print (PCF), we can provide our customers with PCF values for our global portfolio. Compared to our fossil-based Acella, total CO2 emissions can thus be reduced by more than XX%, depending on design. ("Reduced Product Carbon Footprint")
*GWP100 values are calculated according to CT-SSL-GWP-Calculation standard version 02 as carbon dioxide equivalent using the relevant 100-year global warming potential. Evaluation is based on life cycle assessment (LCA) using databases like GaBi. The applied model considered the life cycle phase Cradle to gate. The modeling is validated by TÜV Nord and follows the standards ISO 14040:2021 /ISO 14044:2021. Future more precise calculation will allow higher degree of differentiation and therefore might lead to divergent results.
