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Plastics to Make Stout Planes
New airplane structural material of glass and plastics is 50 percent stronger than metal fuselages and 80 percent stronger than current noon fuselages. The quarter to half inch thick sandwich uses glass reinforced by fibers with a balsa core and shows promising results in Wright field tests and various applications across aviation automotive marine and construction. Large firms supplying materials include Owens Corning Fiberglas American Cyanamid Libby Owens Ford Plastics Monsanto Dow Bakelite and Pittsburgh Plate Glass.
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New York
Bureau of Industrial Service, Inc
Wright Field
Washington
Owens- Corning Fiberglas Corp
American Cyanamid Company
Marco Chemicals, Inc
Plaskon
Libby- Owens-Ford Glass Company
Monsanto Chemical Company
Columbia Chemical Division
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Dow Chemical Company
Bakelite Corp