The Eastman Chemical Company has bagged the Frost and Sullivan 2012 New Product Innovation Award in the Automotive Glazing Materials category.
The award honors Eastman’s Saflex S series of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayer capable of solar absorption. The award presentation ceremony was held as part of the 2012 Excellence in Best Practices Awards Banquet hosted by Frost and Sullivan on July 18, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Boston.
Frost and Sullivan identified Eastman for the award owing to the innovative solution developed to facilitate automotive OEMs to address the challenges of CO2 emissions regulations and improve global fuel efficiency.
Aristotelis Karagiannis, Director of Advanced Interlayers Technology at Eastman expressed gratitude to Frost & Sullivan for spending time in understanding Eastman’s solution and stated that such an honor from a third party would bring their efforts at innovative, sustainable solutions for automotive manufactures into focus.
The Saflex S series solar absorbing interlayer not only serves the conventional purpose of safety associated with automotive laminated glazing but also enables improvement in fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions as a result of reduced air conditioner usage brought on by its ability to absorb the solar energy transmitted through the glazing. The UV-blocking and signal-enabling Saflex S series interlayers also contribute to acoustic reduction. The Saflex S series can be employed in all automotive glazing applications such as sunroof, windscreen, side laminate and backlite applications.
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