Global car production threatened by chemical factory fire

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A fire in a chemical factory in Germany has put car manufacturers on red alert - because the chemical it produces is critical to braking systems.

The factory is owned by a company called Evonik and it manufactures an obscure chemical called CDT, which in turns makes a resin called PA-12. Brake and fuel lines are made out of this resin, and something like one-third of the global supply has, literally, gone up in smoke.

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