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STYLISH SUSPENDED LUMINARIES ARE LONG-LASTING
29 July 2004 - GE Advanced Materials

With its extreme resistance to harsh environmental conditions, Lexan SLX resin is a superior fit for many lighting applications requiring the use of polycarbonate materials. Italian architectural lighting manufacturer, iGuzzini illuminazione, selected GE Advanced Materials’ Lexan SLX resin for its GEM suspended luminaries.

Italian architectural lighting manufacturer, iGuzzini illuminazione identifies several needs key to the success of a new lighting system: the luminaries need superior resistance to extreme weather conditions, the ability to withstand the yellowing typical of lighting applications, to increase the product lifetime and reduce maintenance costs. Meeting these needs would allow iGuzzini to maintain the rigorously high standards necessary to meet its motto: Better Light for Better Life.

“GE Advanced Materials had the type and quality of material we needed to meet our customer’s needs,” said iGuzzini illuminazione Research Centre Director, Piergiovanni Ceregioli. “This particular location required luminaries with long life and low maintenance. Working with GE Advanced Materials allowed us to find the material that would best fit our needs and those of our customer.”

iGuzzini selected Lexan EXRL0086 resin, a breakthrough new polycarbonate copolymer resin grade in the Lexan SLX resin product family for its customer. Lexan SLX resins offer long-lasting weatherability and lower yellowing compared to similar standard polycarbonates. Lexan SLX resins are injection mouldable and provide better resistance to chemical and environmental elements, potentially eliminating the need for costly secondary coating applications.

“We look forward to providing innovative lighting solutions in the future,” said Harry Boot, Lexan field marketing director for GE Advanced Materials. “GE Advanced Materials offers unique products that can help lighting manufacturers achieve their innovative and imaginative designs and products that feature a stylish look with low maintenance.”

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About: GE Advanced Materials
GE Advanced Materials is a world leader in providing materials solutions through engineering thermoplastics, silicone-based products and technology platforms, and fused quartz and ceramics. Among its businesses are:

• Silicones, which includes GE Toshiba Silicones in the Pacific region and GE Bayer Silicones in Europe, offers silanes, specialty silicones, urethane additives, adhesives, sealants, resins, and elastomers for a variety of industries such as personal care, automotive, tire and rubber, construction, healthcare, electronics, household and institutional, agriculture, textiles, appliances, bedding and furnishings, foam control, and consumer (http://www.gesilicones.com/gesilicones/am1/en/home.jsp);

• Plastics is a global plastics materials supplier and distributor, which serves customers in a variety of industries including aerospace, appliances, automotive, building and construction, data storage and optical media, medical, electrical and electronics devices, telecommunications, computers and peripheral devices, outdoor vehicles and devices, and packaging (http://www.geplastics.com/);

• Quartz produces high purity materials for the semiconductor, fiber optic, lamp making and water purification industries. GE Quartz is a leading supplier of quartz materials to the semiconductor industry (http://www.gequartz.com/en/index.htm);

Established in 1968, GE Advanced Materials’ Specialty Film & Sheet business is a leading supplier of high-performance engineering film and sheet products to the United States, Europe, Africa, India, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and operates a worldwide network of sales, research, manufacturing and technical services facilities.

Today, GE Advanced Materials, Specialty Film & Sheet employs about 600 people, and manufactures engineering sheet and film products at 12 facilities in 9 countries worldwide.

Recent investments:
• 2003 New Roofing Structures Line in Italy, Europe
• 2003 New Coating Lines in China & Malaysia, Pacific
• 2002 Acquisition of Plastech, China
• 2001 New Film Lines in USA and Europe
• 2001 Acquisition of Carboron, Malaysia
• 2000 Acquisition of Matraplast, Canada
• 2000 Acquisition of Nim Plastics, USA

Products:
GE Advanced Materials offers a variety of film materials are to meet different type of applications such as graphic film, coated products, electrical & electronic products, and specialties. The key film materials available today include:
• Lexan* Polycarbonate film
• Ultem* film
• Lexan* SLX film
• Valox* film
• Lexan* Illuminex* film

GE Advanced Materials’ sheet product line includes a wide range of structures from solid sheet, multi-wall sheet and corrugated sheet through to coated sheet and laminates and combinations of each of these.

The key sheet materials available today include:
• Lexan* Polycarbonate sheet
• Lexan* Solar Control IR sheet
• Margard* coated sheet
• Lexgard* laminated sheet
• Ultem* sheet
• Lexan EXL* sheet

GE Advanced Materials, Specialty Film & Sheet, serves customers in a variety of industries including aircraft, appliances, automotive, building and construction, business machines, electrical & lighting, furnishing, greenhouse, industrial roofing, medical, electrical and electronics devices, telecommunications and packaging.

In January 2004, in line with GE Corporate’ new brand architecture, GE Advanced Materials has announced the change of GE Structured Products business naming to GE Advanced Materials, Specialty Film & Sheet.

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