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.


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    Title :

    Plastics boom shakes Detroit


    Additional title:

    Steel


    Published in:

    Steel ; 161 , n 25


    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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