Plastics usage per car will run between 150 and 200 lb by 1985; clearest indication of automotive industry's commitment to plastics is burgeoning investment in captive fabricating capacity; Ford plant at Saline, Mich, represents estimated 6 million dollar investment in plastic molding equipment; 9 million dollars worth of large injection molding machines -- 1000 ton clamp capacity or larger -- are on order for installation in automotive plants; new applications for 1970's include body panels, transmission cases, carburetor bodies, leaf springs, driveshafts, and gasoline tanks.
Plastics boom shakes Detroit
Steel
Steel ; 161 , n 25
1967
6 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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