Provided is a method for manufacturing an electrically insulating support for an electromechanical switch. In some embodiments, the presently disclosed method includes manufacturing at least first and second portions of the support with respectively first and second plastics having different temperature heat resistances and manufacturing the support as a single piece by at least one of an overmolding process and a multi-material injection process. In some embodiments, the electrically insulating support is manufactured according to the method for manufacturing an electrically insulating support. Also provided is a method for manufacturing an electromechanical switch, which in some embodiments includes manufacturing an electrically insulating support according to the presently disclosed method for manufacturing an electrically insulating support and attaching electrically conductive elements to different regions thereof. Also provided is an electromechanical switch manufactured according to the presently disclosed method.

Multi-stage composite materials, their preparation, and their uses are described. A composite includes a first layer of a first material contributing to mechanical strength of the composite having a first length, and a second layer of a second material contributing to the mechanical strength of the composite having a second length, wherein the second length is greater than the first length, wherein the second length of the second layer is affixed to the first length of the first layer at both ends of the first and second lengths so that the second layer is spaced apart from the first layer.

A method for producing at least one plastic component (1), wherein in the method the following steps, preferably in the following sequence, preferably cyclically in the following sequence, are carried out: a) providing at least one film (2) and at least one sensor film (3), wherein the at least one film (2) and/or the at least one sensor film (3) has at least one thermoplastic material or at least one thermoplastic polymer; b) applying the at least one sensor film (3) to at least one first region of a surface of the at least one film (2); c) forming the at least one film (2) having the at least one sensor film (3), wherein one or more formed film bodies (4) are made; d) punching out one or more film elements (4a) made from at least one second region of the one or more formed film bodies (4), and a device (10) and a plastic component (1).