Evonik Cyro Donates Ton of Acrylic to Embry-Riddle

Evonik Cyro’s Osceola, Ark., site has donated 2,000 lb of Acrylite brand of high-durability acrylic sheets to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla., for a planned portable wind tunnel and flight simulator. 

 

Evonik’s Acrylite is intended for use in several other projects in addition to the wind tunnel and flight simulator. The wind tunnel, expected to be developed at Embry-Riddle, will be used for educational presentations for students and faculty from local middle and high schools. 

 

The flight simulator is expected to be on display at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach and the Acrylite will encase the working model aircraft. 

 

"I’m very proud to make this contribution to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, one of the top aeronautical science and aerospace engineering universities in the country,” says Jim Bunn, manager of Evonik’s Osceola site. “As a chemistry-focused company, we realize much of Evonik’s future success relies on the education of tomorrow’s scientists and engineers." 

 

Evonik’s Osceola site produces Acrylite acrylic-based molding compounds and transparent acrylic sheet, which are used to develop many products including medical devices, automotive parts, furniture, sound barriers, and signage.