Shock blow to carmarkers supply chain

Automakers are scrambling to avert a shock to their global supply chain caused by a shortage of a critical resin used in car parts.

An explosion on March 31 in Marl, Germany at Evonik Industries, the German chemical maker, killed two people and took out one of the industry’s biggest producers of cyclododecatriene, or CDT. The material is used widely in PA-12, a nylon found in coatings and connector applications in cars’ fuel injection and braking systems.