MSC is pleased to announce the recent addition of Mr. Alan Duncan to the technical team in MSC's automotive division in Farmington Hills, MI. Mr. Duncan brings over 29 years experience in improving automotive noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) performance. Mr. Duncan's skills have been applied to serveral car and truck vehicle programs for multiple automotive OEMs. His NVH knowledge and Virtual Product Development process experience has and will continue to provide a foundation for accurate and practical results.

Mr. Duncan will join MSC's team of NVH Technical Specialists who strive to provide the highest level of structural-acoustic analysis and testing capability. The NVH team's primary goal is to use the most advanced technical tools available to reduce interior noise levels in automobiles via the continuous development of MSC's Quiet Steel® materials and other automotive NVH solutions.

Developed by MSC, Quiet Steel® consists of an engineered viscoelastic layer sandwiched between two cold-rolled layers of steel. The viscoelastic layer is a "tunable" formulation, allowing vehicle designers to attenuate specific frequencies depending on where in the vehicle they use Quiet Steel®. The laminate may be further engineered with corrosion resistance or other value-added processing. OEMs may form, stamp, and weld Quiet Steel® as they would standard steel. Unlike steel treated with other damping materials, Quiet Steel® can be 100% recycled.

Material Sciences Corporation is a leading provider of material-based solutions that solve customer-specific noise and vibration problems, overcome technical barriers, and enhance performance. Headquartered outside Chicago, Illinois, the company's Automotive Noise and Vibration Technical Center is located in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

For more information contact Gregory N. Corda, Marketing Manager at 248-994-4440 or email greg.corda@matsci.com. You may also visit the company’s Quiet Steel® website at www.quietsteel.com.

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