I don't usually post stuff on sustainable castor oil foam dashboard tech (lol) but thought it might be interesting. Henry Sr would be proud since he was [amazingly] onto plant-based 'plastics' R&D many decades ago ...even well before the advent of plastics in general.
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Ford, BASF Green Up with Auto Industry’s First Castor
Oil-Based Foam in the 2012 Focus
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- Ford and BASF have teamed up to develop a sustainable, plant-sourced castor
oil-based foam product for the 2012 Ford Focus instrument panel- The castor oil blend is more durable, and minimizes component stretch to
help optimize airbag deployment- The unique foam improves the Focus look and feel with soft-touch texture,
and takes less time to produce, which increases Ford’s manufacturing
productivity
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