Regenerated PC chases taillights.
Vyteen PC135 from the Lavergne Group in Montreal is a new black polycarbonate with 50% post-consumer content for the back frames of automotive taillight assemblies. It recently gained approval under General Motor's latest recycle-content specification GMP GMP (guanosine monophosphate): see guanine. .PC.018R. This 11 MFR MFR, n See myofascial release. grade is made from reclaimed 5-gal PC water bottles. Notched Izod impact strength is 13 ft-lb/in., flexural strength is 9400 psi, and HDT HDT Heat Deflection Temperature (plastics) HDT High Dose Therapy HDT Heatpipe Direct Touch (Xigmatek) HDT Heat Distortion Temperature (plastics) HDT Henry David Thoreau is 271 F at 264 psi. Tel: (402) 861-9524, www.lavergnegroup.com
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