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09 Apr 2008  -  United States

New glass fiber product line

AGY announced on April 1, 2008 the launch of its new S-Series™ high performance materials product line. This new high strength glass product portfolio introduces two new product lines - S-1 Glass™, an industrial grade product, and S-3 Glass™ a special grade product. These new materials join AGY’s S-2 Glass® high performance grade product to form the S-Series™.

According to Drew Walker, AGY Vice President of Sales and Marketing, “We developed these two new product lines to broaden our S-2 Glass product range in order to take advantage of a rapidly growing market. Our S-Series product portfolio is designed to capitalize on targeted high volume applications as well as niche markets that require highly specialized glass chemistry with ultra-high performance regarding specific product attributes.”

The new S-1 Glass product line is designed for high volume applications that require a performance glass where E-Glass performance does not deliver. S-1 Glass single-end rovings enable companies to maximize the benefits from high strength rovings. “High volume users in wind energy, CNG storage, long fiber thermoplastics, oil and gas, muffler fill and ballistics are demanding an economical, high quality and reliable source of high strength glass for their businesses,” explained Walker. “In this type of value-based market segment, S-1 Glass bridges the gap between E-Glass and higher performance glass such as our S-2 Glass fibers.”

The new S-3 Glass is a special grade product that can be customized for high performance applications. Walker explained, “Our ability to create new glass chemistries and utilize our unique variety of manufacturing platforms allows us to customize S-3 Glass products to individual customer demands for high performance applications in industries such as the aerospace market.”

Walker noted that AGY’s S-2 Glass, a higher performance grade than S-1 Glass, competes against aramid, carbon fiber, ceramic fibers and other high performance reinforcements.

To meet the increased demand for S-2 Glass across a broad range of markets including aerospace and defense, AGY has increased its manufacturing capacity by 50%. “As a result of our plant expansion, AGY has made an initial 5,000 MT of S-2 Glass available for the defense market for new business in vehicle armor with Humvee and MRAP, EFP applications,” added Walker.

About AGY
AGY is a world leader in high performance materials used in a broad range of markets, including Automotive, Construction, Defense, Electronics, Aerospace, Marine, and Recreation. High performance materials in the form of glass fiber yarns and reinforcements provide six vital enhanced properties: Strength, impact resistance, stiffness, temperature resistance, fatigue resistance and radar transparency.

Source : AGY