PLASTICS
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`INDUSTRY
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`IN TI—IE AUTOMOTIVE
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`JAMES MAXWELL
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`SMR USA
`Exhibit 1032
`Page 001
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`SMR USA
`Exhibit 1032
`Page 001
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`Plastics
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`automotive industry
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`JAM ES MAXW ELL
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`W OODMEAD PUBLISMING LIMITED
`l,;AMlllH>fil, I :,,(jl A N O
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`SMR USA
`Exhibit 1032
`Page 002
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`SMR USA
`Exhibit 1032
`Page 003
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`lhc ,\ krccllc, l'iN.l 111\J Volv<:'1 .\00 !'<fit'-\, for cJmmpk-. tmd for the grill("
`kicalcd on the rear w,ng ... C'lf the 191'18 N1Nn 8 lucti1rd.
`The C(1w) panel i;,nllr. l'<!'tv.etn btnrnl.'t and windKret>n . c:in be :1 more
`dcm.illlhnr, 11pphca1mn. h ncccb to be rc,1!>mn1 to v.,c(lthcr and hoc air. but
`moh: d1fficull 10 .1chic,•1,· in 1h" \'l!ry k'lfti,\, thin moulding fill:' 11:ood mould
`tilling um.J cJi111cn,.100\ll stal•ility. Ola,,. rcinfon.•t.'tf n) Ion ho:-. been u~J. but
`:lmorpho ui, pl .. "tio ofkr lowi:r "hrink::,~c "nd thcrm.-d cxp:rn'lk)fl and 'iitl :ire
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`Srn11l.11 propcr1t<.'-' ,Mc m 1mn:d "' 1hc rear 1nm (,1pphquc) r11nct, hc-t...,ccn
`lhl! 1,1il hghting. usu"II) rca1unnl,: AfiS mHI ASA (fii !U7) An i01Cl!ru1cd
`:r-t)'hng cff,"<"t h:ts nbc• been ochic \eJ hy u:-iui .in :u.'f)lic n\c,lulllmtt to hnL 1hc
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`nangc modch , v.hcrc1n IM,:ruJ)1\11friic ,~nncnn:nt, l'.(Hl Ix· d.urnl'.d Pfodl.k'11on
`uumbc.•n, .Lrt• 1hcfdotc n:la11,·cl} ~maJI. \\Inch t•-tpl~in, why H. RIM PUR 1,
`111.: nu"-f t.'"C•mmonly U'lt"tf 0111rcn.1I for r c;1r "'Poilc1~. ci1hc1 puidwcJ m Mu('~
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`hccommgllolunli:u\l i1cm,. m .. "t'dttl in much tu, ~cr nun1lll.'1, lnjt.'CIM.•n muulll1:J
`m1ncnd-liUed PA and PR r .,re U!of.'tl. :,loni with bk nd .. ~ulh 1,, PC/PH r. ,1"
`\\CII fl~ "i\tt' 010d H.· RIM rUM . rhe 1>rohlcm of comh1ning, ht~h ng,dny und
`11111.h imp~<.·t :r-lr~np,th m one t.·01n ponc111 J1,t., 1-...-cn ~oht.'d m 1l1t• t.aM: of lht.'
`l'N.l Rcn.1ul1 ~franc h) u.Jng ,1 chcrnmpl:t,h, .. cla. .. rorncr for the •mrad·
`\Ulncn1ble ~poller haM:.
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`·rhc Joor ntoun1cd rc.ar \ i.,:v. mirror lf.oilh ,, plu!rilic txlil\ , Ol1w .i , inuitll)
`um,·c(,(11 h:aturc. \\iJS Q fn;nd1 imwv.itio n. ullrt\ilJm.'t"J v.1tb d11: Rcll<ll.lll 14
`in l'J7f\ The ~reat mJjuril) of today'5, min,,r ht,u'toilli-t~ .uc rnoulded in gla"'"
`(CulfOrccd n~ l,m. 111 a ,ancty or frmnul;umn!ri OOM:J on t101h l'A ti und PA
`"16. Rlad. l1V-,t.1hil1J;cd tmdc, arc norm.all)' u..i:ll. wi1h 1,ml) m lou" .in
`a<kk'<I n:fincmcm tor high i,cri~ model\ (sec Fia:. ~.:it}). Rcmtorccd ll)'lon
`i~ lJ\.Cd b\:c.iu,c c,f 1hc ,n~ch.,nk-111 j')CrrH11nancc requirement, or 1cm111~·
`comrollcd mirrors. c,;peoally 1hc creep rcs1!1.Lancc nccJed for the mechunbnts
`10 , un h L' the I ouch-up m1.•n, Thl' w~,·i..e grt11dc.• !1ek1.1u.ln dt-Jk!mls on
`..., hc1hcr d•c·C-4.a'iltn(:> on., u<w:d for .an)' of 1hc , 1ruc-1ur.tl clement·~ (Mall the
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`SMR USA
`Exhibit 1032
`Page 004
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`l-.'x1erlor1
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`~. IIJ FrC)l'II ~k:r o{ fcmm r-44) irt :a
`pol)urt1hanc 1n1egr3' &.Jan S)Slcm (Cl)Ulle!i)
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`5.20 Rnd mlm:,r hou..,inJ i.n glil'i!> flt-ire
`rcinfom.-d n)'lon (tll41rh.-sy IC"I )
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`ca.~ w11h mos1 d~ ign!io) Bayer ha\c rnkcn che de\'t lopmen1 10 fl~ logical
`oonclusiOf'I by de.siRning a mirror houstnK in n)'lon 6b rdnforttd with 33%
`ala~ ... lib.rt', which cxduc.la mclal e ntirely.
`M ateriaJs 01hc r than nylion a re incrc;i.smgly entering this field . Mastia
`from AASF a.re u,;cd In 1he no\'.cf Jo" blc mirrm dc,ig,n for ..- Ka~"'·Oohrtr
`Sctm bus. The fom ho using and the housi.ng for both mirrors n.re injectioo
`ffl('uldcd in ASA/PC blend, and 1he .,,.t,ok: iL,sttuhly h tnca!!oCd 1n vfk~uum•
`formed A BS.
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`DfJor ham/I, .. ,
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`EX'tc rku door handles ne«I the ~tne k lnd o f properties as 1nirror bo uslng1.
`OIM.S reinforced n)'lun i~ popul.ar in E.urope: howc:\•er gl11$S rcinforo:d PRT
`a nd pol).tryl;.imid c a re u..cd for cert.tin Ford , Pc1.1ico1 Bnd Yoh o models.
`11nd 11cctal hOfll(l,pol)'mc:.r for some: 1nu,k c:.ib hondlcs (sec Fig. 5.21). lnuial
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`l~,e,co 1rud: c:-,b handle in •IX!1.-.J
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`boma.,ol)n,e, (co11rt~)' Ou Pont).
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`SMR USA
`Exhibit 1032
`Page 005
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