Metzeler supplies first TPV inner belt seals for North American market

DEARBORN, Mich. (Nov. 26)—Metzeler Automotive Profile Systems has launched thermoplastic vulcanizate inner belt seals for the 2003 Chrysler RS minivans and the 2003 Saturn Ion, the first fitments of their kind in the North American market, according to Victoria M. Memmer, Metzeler engineering manager for DaimlerChrysler's North American division. Metzeler also will supply a TPV inner belt seal for the Nissan MM that will arrive in about a year in Europe and for an unspecified 2003 SAAB model now being launched.