{"id":2746,"date":"2026-07-14T11:55:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mptsrl.it\/?p=2746"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:55:17","slug":"ducati-official-supplier-world-ducati-week-2026-mpt-plastica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mptsrl.it\/en\/ducati-official-supplier-world-ducati-week-2026-mpt-plastica\/","title":{"rendered":"A century of Ducati, read through weight reduction: MPT at World Ducati Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\ud83c\udf0d In a hundred years, a race bike hasn&#8217;t just become faster. It&#8217;s become lighter at the same performance level \u2014 and much of that gain comes from replacing metal with polymer.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>From 3 to 5 July, at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.misanocircuit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Misano World Circuit<\/a>, World Ducati Week marked the brand&#8217;s centenary with a record turnout: 118,036 attendees from 94 countries. MPT was there as an operational partner.<\/p>\n<p>A component often evolves in one direction: where the function allows, a metal part is redesigned in technopolymer. Same load rating, adequate thermal resistance, reduced mass. It isn&#8217;t a downgrade \u2014 it&#8217;s substitution engineering, where the constraint isn&#8217;t &#8220;use plastic&#8221; but achieve the same structural behavior with a more efficient material.<\/p>\n<p>This is the domain of technical molding: complex geometries, tight tolerances, materials selected to withstand heat, stress, and time. Every gram removed the right way is performance gained.<\/p>\n<p>A century of Ducati can be read this way too: a path, component after component, toward an ever-better strength-to-weight ratio.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ducati.com\/gb\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ducati<\/a>, for these first hundred years.<\/p>\n<p>MPT. Ducati Official Supplier 2024-2026.<\/p>\n<p>#WorldDucatiWeek #DucatiCentenary #DucatiOfficialSupplier<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery interval=&#8221;3&#8243; images=&#8221;2717,2719,2721,2723,2725,2727,2729,2731,2733,2735,2737,2739,2741&#8243; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\ud83c\udf0d In a hundred years, a race bike hasn&#8217;t just become faster. 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