Alarm Housing RTP Company End-Use Case Study PC/Acrylic Compound Combines Flame Retardance, Impact Strength Three years ago, when engineers at Interlogix, Inc., read the newly-revised European regulations for home security systems, one thing was evident: They were nondescript. “ All the European countries are trying to standardize, and instead of well- defined specifications, we were seeing terms like ‘sufficiently robust’,” explained Jim Kreier, Mechanical Design Engineer with Interlogix. “How do you select a material that meets such a vague description?” Interlogix decided to stay with its previous set of stringent structural requirements and incorporate the new flame retardant specifications to ensure their product would continue to be marketable throughout Europe. That led them to RTP

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