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Wacker And Asahi Open Airbag Lab

by Jean-François Tremblay
November 24, 2014 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 92, Issue 47

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Credit: Wacker Chemie
An airbag from Wacker Asahikasei Silicone.
An automotive airbag.
Credit: Wacker Chemie
An airbag from Wacker Asahikasei Silicone.

A joint venture of Wacker Chemie and Asahi Kasei will spend $1.2 million on a technical center in Tsukuba, Japan, that will develop silicone coatings for airbag manufacturers. The joint venture produces silicone emulsions and solid and liquid silicone rubber for the Japanese market. The announcement comes at a time when serious safety issues have emerged with airbags made by the Japanese manufacturer Takata.

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