10 May 2006
Suzuki Swift Pedestrian Protection Energy Absorber Featuring GE’s Xenoy* Resin Wins SPE Automotive Innovation Award
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — Mary 10, 2006 — GE Plastics’ Automotive business announces that an application featuring its Xenoy* resin – a pedestrian protection energy absorber for the 2005 Suzuki Swift “sub-compact” automobile – has been named the first-ever winner in the Safety System category of the 2005 SPE Automotive Innovation Awards program.
The Suzuki energy absorber is injection molded from GE’s Xenoy resin and meets the EU regulation and contributes to obtain Euro NCAP3☆. Using GE’s Xenoy that has an ideal balance of stiffness and ductility for this application, the co-work between SUZUKI and GE to study the design of energy absorber accomplished this great work.
GE announced the development of its new Xenoy resin for pedestrian impact protection applications in April to help automotive manufacturers and tier suppliers in the design of front-end safety systems that help meet emerging global pedestrian protection legislation. In support of these efforts, the company announced in September the installation of a new pedestrian impact test system at its Moka Technology Center in Moka City, Tochigi, Japan to help automotive customers validate new material technologies for front-end safety systems.
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About GE Plastics
GE Plastics is a global supplier of plastic resins widely used in automotive, healthcare, consumer electronics, transportation, performance packaging, building & construction, telecommunications, and optical media applications. The company manufactures and compounds polycarbonate, ABS, SAN, ASA, PPE, PC/ABS, PBT and PEI resins, as well as the LNP* line of high-performance specialty compounds. GE Plastics, Specialty Film & Sheet manufactures high-performance Lexan* sheet and film products used in thousands of demanding applications worldwide. In addition, GE Plastics’ dedicated Automotive organization is an experienced, world-wide competitor, offering leading plastics solutions for five key automotive segments: body panels and glazing; under the hood applications; component; structures and interiors; and lighting. As a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Games, GE is the exclusive provider of a wide range of innovative products and services that are integral to a successful Games.
* Xenoy, Lexan, and LNP are trademarks of General Electric Company.
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GE’s Xenoy* Resin featured in Suzuki’s Swift Pedestrian Protection Energy Absorber
GE Plastics’ Automotive business today announced that an application featuring its Xenoy* resin – a pedestrian protection energy absorber for the 2005 Suzuki Swift “sub-compact” automobile – has been named the first-ever winner in the Safety System category of the 2005 SPE Automotive Innovation Awards program.
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