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Article: Side-curtain airbags-a fresh challenge for yarn producers
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- Technical Textiles International : TTI
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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Technical Marketing & Development Manager Airbag Yarns at Acordis Industrial Fibers, Ralf Kohnen, discusses the requirements of yarns for side-- curtain airbags and concludes that polyamide 6.6 offers great potential in opening up lucrative markets.
As part of its polyamide product strategy, Acordis Industrial Fibers has been committed to the development of the airbag market from the very beginning and has won leading positions as a global supplier of high-grade polyamide 6.6 speciality yarns for this application.
Further, airbags have represented a growing market: in the first place, automotive manufacturers introduced airbags for drivers; then came passenger and thorax devices, such ...