In response to the alerts raised by recent presentations at NACE in November 2009, and the Collision Industry Conference in January 2010, Diamond Standard announced that it has accelerated the time frame for its planned launch of a full certification program for safety parts. The company is itself a US based manufacturer of high strength steel reinforcements, front steel bumpers, high density foam energy absorbers, full assembly step bumper systems and bumper brackets.

Photos of the ’06 Nissan Altima front bumper reinforcement bar and energy absorber system crashworthiness test video presented at the CIC Meeting. The tests compared OEM vs.