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Giugiaro Mustang's Glass Roof Looks Cool, Keeps Cool with Saflex Interlayer


November 2006
 Filed under: FORD Car News | FORD Headlines

Saflex Interlayer Provides Heat Reduction And SPF 50 Benefits

LOS ANGELES, and ST. LOUIS, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Giugiaro Mustang, a concept created by Fabrizio Giugiaro, Italdesign Giugiaro Styling Area Director, debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show today with a spectacular and unique glass roof system that incorporates the vehicle's front window, panoramic roof and rear window as one solid glass unit. To achieve this dramatic look, Italdesign Giugiaro approached Saflex(R), a unit of Solutia Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SOLUQ) , to develop a special glass roof for the Mustang by Giugiaro.
The Giugiaro concept incorporates a Saflex polyvinyl butyral (PVB) glass interlayer that has solar-absorbing properties. With panoramic glass roofs and, especially for the Mustang by Giugiaro concept, which has a large expanse of glass that extends from the vehicle's hood to the trunk, protection from the sun's damaging rays is important for passengers as well as interior vehicle components. The Saflex interlayer absorbs infrared energy and radiates it back outside the glass. It also provides 50 SPF. Because Saflex is a single interlayer it is well-suited to curved applications as in the Ford Mustang by Giugiaro concept roof application.

"The Mustang is a vehicle of dreams," said Fabrizio Giugiaro, legendary automotive designer and Chairman of Italdesign. "In this concept, I wanted to incorporate dramatic visual effects and I turned to Solutia to provide the material that would make the all-glass roof a sleek and functional element of the vehicle's design."

Saflex, a unit of Solutia Inc., creates PVB interlayers for automotive glazing that offer multiple benefits to automotive designers in terms of design continuity and performance. "Saflex interlayer solutions give designers the tools to incorporate the glass as part of the overall vehicle design. And, the results will take your breath away - just like the Mustang by Giugiaro concept," said Jay Pyper, Director of Market Development for Saflex.

Corporate Profile

Solutia (http://www.solutia.com/) uses world-class skills in applied chemistry to create value-added solutions for customers, whose products improve the lives of consumers every day. Solutia is a world leader in performance films for laminated safety glass and after-market applications; specialties such as water treatment chemicals, heat transfer fluids and aviation hydraulic fluid and an integrated family of nylon products including high-performance polymers and fibers.

Solutia ... Solutions for a Better Life.

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This press release may contain forward-looking statements, which can be identified by the use of words such as "believes," "expects," "may," "will," "intends," "plans," "estimates" or "anticipates," or other comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. These statements are based on management's current expectations and assumptions about the industries in which Solutia operates. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results or achievements to be materially different from the future results or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in Solutia's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, under "Item 1A Risk Factors," Solutia's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and in filings with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in connection with the Chapter 11 case of Solutia Inc. and 14 of its U.S. subsidiaries. These reports can be accessed through the "Investors" section of Solutia's website at www.solutia.com . The bankruptcy court filings can be accessed by visiting www.trumbullgroup.com . Solutia disclaims any intent or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements in response to new information, unforeseen events, changed circumstances or any other occurrence.

Source: Solutia Inc.

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