■ Iews About Plastics
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'HE Lamellon range of resins manu factured by N. V. Billiton Chernie, it Dutch concern, is to be marketed in itain by a newly formed resins division Chemidus Plastics Ltd., Ashford, :nt. The range includes generalrpose resins for hand lay-up, spraying d presswork; isophthalic resins for use ere good chemical resistance and high ysical properties are required; casting I button resins, and light stabilized )f-sheet resins.
k new factory for the production of ss fibres is nearing completion at rogezand, Near Groningen, Holland. is being built for N.V. Silenka Akutsburgh, a company owned jointly by ICU., the Dutch rayon producers, and tsburgh Plate Glass of the U.S.A. :nka products are distributed in tam n by Durham Raw Materials Ltd.. Great Tower Street, London, E.C.3.
important feature of the Silenka ss-fibre mat, which is manufactured m " E " glass, is its low alkali content, king it particularly suited to hot, mid conditions.
For Ignition Leads nastics ignition leads are now being d in the U.S.A. on cars and commerI vehicles built by the Ford Motor ., the material employed being itrolled-conductance Fiberglas roving eloped by the Owens-Corning Fibers Corporation. The Paranite division the Essex Wire Corporation has eloped ignition cable fabricated with roving, and the company states that thousands of glass fibres make it sible to achieve much better contact h the terminals than has previously
n possible, whilst the electrical pression effect is improved also. .ther information about this ignition le can be obtained from Chemicals ding Co. Ltd., 18/20 Crczchurch Lane, idon, E.C.3, who are the London nts for the Owens-Corning Fiberglas .poration. I.H. in W. Germany?
LORRIES accounted for 45 per cent of .1-4 the £643m. world sales of the International Harvester Co., U.S.A., last year. The company's proposed European plant, the site of which is still not disclosed, is expected to be in West Germany and to have a capacity of 10,000 vehicles a year.
Americans Prefer Air TWo out of three special-purpose semi-trailers in America will be equipped with air suspension within five years, according to Jack Gieck, manager of the Airide Division of the Firestone
Industrial Products Co., Noblesville, Ind., U.S.A. He also estimates that air suspens'ons will be installed annually in up to 17,000 new tankers, 10,000 pantechnicons and 50.000 buses.
Container Trailers coNTINUING buoyant shies, Fruehauf N---• Trailer Co., of Detroit, supplied between 35 and 40 per cent of the total number of trailers in the U.S.A. in 1962. Fruehauf estimates that it will make 25.000 trailers this year, reporting heavy sales of large containers, some of which are fitted with detachable bogies to take the place of trailers.
American industry sources estimate that some 72,000 trailers will be made and sold this year—a 14 per cent increase over last year's figure.