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Films instead of walls. This is an idea that fascinates architects all over the world. The Eden Project in Southern England, the National Aquatics Center built for swimming events at the Olympics in Beijing and the Allianz Arena in Munich are only three examples of what you can make from plastic sheets. Ethylene tetraflourethylene (ETFE), a transparent membrane, is especially popular because it enables buildings that shine in all colors as in Munich and Peking. But, we are not just talking...

Osaka, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)--Daikin Industries Ltd. said Monday it will boost its fluorine resin output capacity in the United States amid growing global demand. The company will spend 7 billion yen to expand a fully owned U.S. unit's Alabama plant, which produces a copolymer of ethylene and tetrafluoroethylene, or ETFE, used for automotive fuel tubes and cable coating for aircraft. The plant expansion is slated to be completed for operational launch in late April 2010. Combined with...