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Long-glass ABS targets automotive.


Dow Automotive, Auburn Auburn (ô`bərn).

1 City (1990 pop. 33,830), Lee co., E Ala.; inc. 1839. The city's economy centers around Auburn Univ.; there is some manufacturing.

2 City (1990 pop. 24,309), seat of Androscoggin co.
 Hills, Mich., has launched Magnum Brace, a long-glass ABS (Automatic Backup System) See backup program.  for instrument panels, door modules, tailgate A conversion layer that lets IDE devices connect to the IEEE 1394 Firewire interface.  inner structures, air ducts, and other structural components. The material is a masterbatch of about 50% glass 11- to 12-mm long, which is blended with unfilled ABS at the press to achieve final glass loadings of 12% to 40%. Tel: (248) 391-6300 * PTDirect: 925XF
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Title Annotation:KEEPING UP WITH: Materials
Publication:Plastics Technology
Date:Aug 1, 2006
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