Teijin Aramid and MACRO Industries announced a collaboration agreement for the joint development, manufacturing and commercialization of durable, fire-resistant air freight containers. The strong, lightweight Twaron fiber will be used to create the new Unit Load Devices (ULDs) that meets the high safety standards in aviation. This agreement with MACRO Industries represents Teijin Aramids goal to collaborate with partners and participate in a global ecosystem where people work with Twaron.

The MACRO-Lite ULDs are built with the next generation reinforced composite materials making the containers fire-resistant for over 4 hours according to recent testing by the FAA and UPS MACRO-Lite can be easily used as a replacement for existing aluminum panels in operational ULDs and it allows fleet operators to easily upgrade their containers. Upgrading to MACRO-Lite skins also reduces the cost and frequency of repairs. The MACRO-Lite ULD has the benefit of a high performance composite material but behaves like sheet metal making it more durable and cutting the costs for servicing and maintenance.

It's expected that there are about 900,000 aluminum ULDs in circulation globally that can be replaced with MACRO-Lite panels.