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Material Innovations

October 2003

Mazda opens the door to innovative material

A long-glass-fiber polypropylene composite produced by LNP Engineering Plastics has been used for what is described as a "first of its type" door module carrier in the Mazda6. The composite, Vertron MFX, is of low viscosity and high flow, with a high crystalline structure that can be injection-compression-molded or injection-molded.
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