LONDON: Dymag Technologies Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of German wheel maker Borbet GmbH, and Taiwan’s Advanced International Multitech Co., Ltd. (AIM) have partnered to speed up the development and industrialisation of carbon hybrid and composite wheel technology for both automotive and motorcycle uses.
The collaboration combines Dymag’s carbon wheel expertise — including its patented BX-F hybrid design — with Borbet’s global footprint in premium aluminium wheels and AIM’s large-scale carbon composite production capabilities.
With origins dating back over 50 years, Dymag has been instrumental in bringing the first commercial carbon wheels to market in the mid-1990s.
Its involvement in elite motorsport has underpinned the durability, impact resistance and stiffness of its carbon hybrid wheels.
Dymag’s patented BX-F series is now being trialled by major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) seeking to enhance vehicle performance, efficiency and safety through weight reduction.
Borbet GmbH, formed in 1881 and based in Hallenberg-Hesborn, a town 150km north of Frankfurt, is a world-leading producer of light alloy wheels.
Supplying over 30 car marques, Borbet has seven manufacturing and research facilities in Europe and Asia. The company also makes aluminium wheels.
AIM has over 30 years of composite design and manufacturing expertise.
As Taiwan’s largest carbon composite products firm and a reputable supplier of high-performance sports equipment, AIM specialises in precision production and process innovation. Its scalable manufacturing infrastructure is expected to allow for cost-effective, high-volume production of Dymag’s carbon hybrid wheels for both OEM and aftermarket distribution.
With their complementary expertise, the partners are aiming to build a worldwide system that makes and delivers these new carbon-hybrid wheels smoothly and quickly.
By linking their factories and suppliers, they could fit these lighter but tougher wheels right into new cars and bikes — giving future vehicles better strength, smoother performance and improved fuel (or battery) efficiency.
