Plastic exhibits several advantages over metals, such as its light weight and ease of fabrication. Consequently, it is becoming the material of choice for automotive fuel system components. During the past decade, multilayer plastic fuel tanks have gained considerable importance in the automotive industry.

Most automobile manufacturers in the United States have switched from fluorinated monolayer plastic tanks or steel fuel tanks to multilayer plastic fuel tanks that contain an EVAL™ barrier layer.

The excellent barrier properties of EVAL™ resins enable a manufacturer to produce lighter fuel tanks with very low evaporative emissions. EVAL™ ensures the necessary barrier to keep the fuel components inside the tank, which allows manufacturers to comply with strict international fuel vapor emission regulations.

EVAL™ is used in multilayer fuel tanks, multilayer fuel lines and filler pipes.