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Article: BASF GROUP: New air-intake manifold made of BASF's Ultramid materialized by TOYOTA.
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- August 27, 1998
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M2 PRESSWIRE-27 August 1998-BASF GROUP: New air-intake manifold made of BASF's Ultramid materialized by TOYOTA (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Following a successful application of air-intake manifolds made of BASF's engineering plastic material Ultramid, for the first time in Japan in mass-production car since autumn 1996, TOYOTA has now decided to use this material for that application in substantially larger scale. The material is Ultramid B3WG6 BGVW, a glass fiber reinforced nylon 6 from BASF. The 2.0-liter 1G-FE engine with Ultramid air-intake manifold will be equipped in TOYOTA's renowned models of "Crown", "Mark II", "Chaser", and ...