www.olympus-global.com/en/news/2006b/nr060925woode.cfm
Photokina about wooden Olympus
Olympus announces the development of a three dimensional compression moulding process for wooden materials. The new process draws extensively on Olympus expertise in precision metal-forming technologies. The processed wooden material has the feel and grain pattern of natural wood, but is much harder than engineering plastics such as ABS and polycarbonate resins; it is strong enough to be used to create the outer casings of electronic products. A prototype example of a camera case created using this new technology was exhibited at the Photokina 2006 in Cologne, Germany.
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[...] fonti: olympus-global.com(solo in inglese); photokina-show.com (solo in inglese); itgoesgreen.org [...]