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Super-round ball developed for World Cup.(OF MATERIAL INTEREST)
Advanced Materials & Processes, July, 2006
The team of adidas, Herzogenaurach, Germany, and Bayer MaterialScience, Leverkusen, Germany, developed the soccer ball for the FIFA World Cup 2006, which was held in Germany June 9 to July 9. The goal of the project, says Bayer, was "to make a round soccer ball even rounder." The result: a high-tech product with the name Teamgeist ("Team Spirit" in English).
The first all-synthetic ball was jointly developed by adidas and Bayer for the World Cup in Mexico in 1986. Since then, they have produced a new model for every World Cup and European Championship meet. Tough specs: "With every new ball, adidas tells us exactly what it wants in terms of design and performance," said Thomas Michaelis, project manager for ball development at Bayer MaterialScience. "This...
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