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Plascore and WMU — A Winning Formula
Plascore and WMU — A Winning Formula Plascore Success Story (800) 630-9257 www.plascore.com Students design impact attenuator with Plascore aluminum honeycomb. Kalamazoo, Michigan Plascore provides a full range of certified deformable barriers, crushable core, as well as custom honeycomb configurations for a wide array of energy absorption applications. The company’s aluminum honeycomb core is an ideal energy absorber. It has a high crush strength to weight ratio, a linear force curve with a constant load, and it absorbs energy over a long stroke. Just ask the students at Western Michigan University (WMU) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Racing from the bottom of the pack to the top half in a matter of three years, the WMU Formula Racing Team competes among the top schools