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Teijin Supplies NYC Cab Partitions

by Jean-François Tremblay
March 3, 2014 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 92, Issue 9

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A taxicab sporting the new security partition from Teijin.
This is a photo of a taxicab partition based on polycarbonate from Teijin.
Credit: Teijin
A taxicab sporting the new security partition from Teijin.

Teijin and a Nissan subsidiary have jointly developed plastic glazing made from polycarbonate resin for use as security partitions in New York City taxicabs. Polycarbonate is preferable to acrylic, a competing material, because it is less flammable and offers better impact resistance, Teijin claims. But until now, security partition suppliers had not been able to create smooth and distortion-free polycarbonate surfaces, the company notes. The partitions will go into Nissan’s NV200 taxi vans.

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