Plastic Omnium: leader in sustainable, connected mobility

Branding and style are major levers to ensure a vehicle success. Plastic Omnium’s engineers are dedicated to supporting its customers to bring their innovative design concepts to life.

What is Plastic Omnium’s Designers role to support our customers designers?
Plastic Omnium’s Studio designers works in close intimacy with its customers’ to design and develop their complex exterior parts and systems. Their common objectives? Improve performance, connectivity and user’s experience without compromising on design.
Design Studio’s expertise to that extend spans from bumpers, tailgates and other products to SUVs, buses and trucks concepts including hydrogen storage and fuel cell.
“Innovating upstream with designers all over the world requires to work hand in hand with our customers’ design centers, in a long-term relationship built on trust and confidentiality.” says Claire d’Achon, Style & Design Studio Manager.

Circular design: smart conception and materials for a sustainable future
Circular economy is one of the major routes to a more sustainable mobility, addressing the challenges of the energy transition. From the early design stage, and at every step of the development, in order to limit the environmental impact of the products, Design Studio has implemented a circular design methodology based on two pillars: a simplified conception of products and research focused on recycled materials and new aspects and design expressions.
“It’s a daily challenge to achieve the desired designs of future vehicles, and provide our customers disruptive and sustainable concepts at the same time. It is a key role of Design Studio”.
In addition to circular design, Plastic Omnium, as a responsible producer, has developed Top Planet program since 2008, committed to reducing its carbon footprint and energy consumption: recycled production waste, use of renewable energy.