Kurt Ernst February 7, 2013 Comment Now! If you wear glasses to correct your vision, chances are good you already know the benefits of polycarbonate lenses over glass ones. Not only are polycarbonate ...

Although the idea of replacing vehicle glass with lighter weight plastic sounds like an obvious innovation, it is not new. For over thirty years, auto glass experts have explored the potential for ...

Volkswagen's XL1 plug-in hybrid vehicle features some of the world's most innovative automotive lightweighting solutions, including polycarbonate (PC) side windows with Exatec plasma coating ...

TROY, MICH. — Plastic will make its way into more automotive window systems during the coming months and years. The question is whether the material will be in the form of a thin barrier married to ...

Polycarbonate windows can also be twice the cost of glass windows, though price could come down if the technology is more widely adopted. Ford is just one company currently running trials, and is near ...

After 10 years of tests and studies, polycarbonate windows may finally be ready for their breakthrough in the North American auto market. John Madej, president of polycarbonate glazing company Exatec ...

Your next new car may have windows made from high-strength plastic. In an effort to shed as much weight as possible to help boost fuel economy, vehicles like the new Ford Transit Connect may soon use ...

BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands - July 21, 2010 - Exatec*, a wholly owned subsidiary of SABIC Innovative Plastics, and ULVAC, a leader in mass-production vacuum technologies, today announced their ...

One thing's for sure: HTC's not playing it safe with the Windows Phone 8X. The flagship line, officially announced at its event in New York today, arrives emboldened not only by an array of lively ...