Although comfortable in its sixth decade of existence, Italian fibreglass laminates producer, Brianza Plastica is not content to stand still.
With five production plants in Italy, the company supplies an expanding market with glass-fibre reinforced plastics (GRP), rolls and sheets, produced both in continuous and in discontinuous formats.
Over the years, this composite material has replaced aluminium in many applications, proving to be lighter, more flexible, and resistant to corrosion.
GRP’s reduced weight translates into improved fuel efficiency and increased payload capacity, while its flexibility allows it to absorb shocks and vibrations, reducing the risk of damage.
As a result, GRP provides manufacturers of commercial and recreational vehicles with an excellent long-term solution.
Future focused through R&D
Embracing its mission of innovating technological developments to create high-quality products, the Brianza Plastica Group successfully merges the knowledge and experience of industry professionals with its employees’ innovative ideas and cutting-edge research solutions.
It sees this combination of forward-thinking approach and exceptional products as distinguishing it in the market, where its products adapt perfectly to the specific needs of clients while complying with European energy regulations.
To achieve these objectives, and with an eye on the future, Brianza Plastica makes significant investments each year in research, enabling it to provide the transport and construction sectors, as well as its customers, with innovative and better-quality products.
In 2019, the company opened its new, hi-tech research laboratory at its Carate Brianza headquarters, creating one of the most advanced centres of its kind in the fibreglass industry, tripling the size of its previous R&D space.
The new facility is equipped with cutting-edge technology and instruments to support the production processes of insulation panels and composite laminates.
Brianza Plastica creates new versions of its products due to the laboratory being located at its headquarters, coupled with its years of hands-on experience gained from the production of extruded expanded polystyrene.
As a result, it carries out tests on behalf of customers, both on sandwich panels and on the individual elements that compose them, as well as creating new, innovative solutions.
As a result of its innovation-driven future focus, Brianza Plastica has developed a complete family of fiberglass laminates in response to the growing market demand for products with improved fire performance, and which also complies with various European and global standards.
Ultra-fine protection
The latest product in the Elyplan range – the Elyplan FP400 – was officially unveiled by Brianza Plastica at the Trasport Logistic exhibition, held in Munich in June 2025.
The Elyplan FP400, a 0.8mm GRP laminate in class B-s1-d0, is rapidly gaining a reputation as the market’s best fire performance, highly valued by companies working in the transport of dangerous or highly flammable materials.
This is due to its fire-retardant performance and its thickness and lightness; being rated to the maximum fire performance level ‘B’ for fiberglass laminates by the international fire and smoke behaviour standard, EN 13501-1.
This latest offering from Brianza Plastica expands its existing Elyplan range, comprised of the FP220, the FP210 and the FP230 series.
Crucially, a GRP laminate in class B-s1-d0, such as the Elyplan FP400 and FP220, does not produce dripping during combustion.
Brianza Plastica Regional Sales and USA Development Manager, Andrea Bollani, said the company’s success was due to “the synergy between its area managers and customers”, enabling it to pursue new materials and solutions to meet future market demands.
“This commitment is exemplified by the latest product, Elyplan FP400 – a flat laminate which offers the best fire performance and the thinnest profile available on the market,” said Bollani.
“This product is suitable for various sectors, from maritime to rail industries. Moreover, in the transportation sector, there is an increasing need to find alternatives to metal. The most common solution is fiberglass laminate, known for being lightweight, corrosion-resistant, and highly durable.”
Lower emissions, higher sustainability
Coupled with Brianza Plastica’s approach to innovation and research is its investment in sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions, such as energy saving and clean energy, through research and development.
An example of this dedication is its LoVOC laminates, which are an innovative response to the latest European regulations aimed at reducing Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions, while answering the markets’ needs for sustainable materials.
These new low-VOC flat laminates help reduce emissions, both during the production of refrigerated and recreational vehicles and in the final product itself.
After years of research and development by Brianza Plastica, these products, created with an innovative resin, offer manufacturers a ready-to-use solution that complies with the latest regulatory requirements and contributes to healthier environments.
The LoVOC laminate is available in the Elyplan Standard, Extra-Glass and Design Style product lines.
Elycold and Elyplan ranges
The Elycold and Elyplan fiberglass laminates are constantly growing and being enhanced through research and development.
Both products, featuring washable and scratch-resistant surfaces, are designed for use in the commercial and recreational vehicle sectors and for covering tanks of any size.
They also offer easy maintenance, high quality and excellent appearances.
In addition, they are extremely durable due to their waterproof quality and UV-light resistance, complemented with low level of yellowing and total impermeability.
Elycold is a high-quality fiberglass laminate that ensures excellent flatness and an extraordinary seamless finish, due to the cold lamination process.
The low-weight Elycold Lite provides thicker laminate with good rigidity and low specific weight, while retaining all aesthetic details and values, making it ideal for constructing walls of commercial and temperature-controlled vehicles.
Brianza Plastica’s Elycold Extra-Glass combines lightness (low specific weight) and high mechanical strength (high percentage of glass content) to be suitable for vehicles that require high impact resistance, weight saving and high aesthetics.
The Elyplan family are flat fibreglass laminates realised in a continuous process and are used in a range of applications, including commercial, electrical and recreational vehicles, public transport, tank containers, cold rooms and clean rooms.
The flexibility of the Elyplan systems allows customers to choose the laminate best suited to their needs, for every application in temperature-controlled transport services, vans, restoration of walls, coolers and special applications.
Produced through continuous lamination process, the Elyplan range features the highest possible polymerisation of the composite material. This results in a flat product with very tight dimensional tolerances that guarantees excellent quality.
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