Rhodia Opens Center for Application Development.(Rhodia Engineering Plastics)(Brief Article)

Plastics Technology, May, 2000

Rhodia Engineering Plastics, Mississauga, Ont., recently opened its first North American Application Development Center in Farmington Hills, Mich. The 8000-sq-ft facility has a staff of eight and facilities for CAE and materials and parts testing. Equipment includes a 150-ton injection machine and instruments for leak testing, static and dynamic burst-pressure testing, heat aging, fluid aging, and pressure cycling, as well as vacuum and temperature-shock chambers. This facility will aid auto companies and their Tier 1 suppliers in development of under-the-hood applications in nylon, says Chad Waldschmidt, North American automotive director.

Last December, Rhodia opened its first North American nylon compounding plant in Mississauga.