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TELAIR AIRCRAFT BAGGAGE CONTAINERS GET FEDERAL OK.

A subsidiary of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania-based Teleflex Inc. has produced a blast-resistant composite aircraft baggage container and has delivered the first round of units produced. A unit was displayed in Atlanta at the Composites Fabricators' Association (CFA) Composites 2002 expo and conference this week.

Telair International makes the Hardened Unit Load Device (HULD) wide-body aircraft baggage container using Kevlar fiber fabric reinforcement. The federal Transportation Security Agency purchased these FAA-certified containers to gather additional in-service d

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