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  • Audi A8 spare wheel recess employs reinforced polyamide
    Highly reinforced polyamide (PA) has been chosen over steel, aluminium and glass mat reinforced thermoplastic (GMT) to manufacture the spare wheel recess of the new Audi A8 car.
  • Quickstep agrees manufacturing license with Northrop Grumman
    Australian advanced materials company Quickstep Holdings Ltd has signed a Manufacturing License Agreement (MLA) with global security company Northrop Grumman Corporation, a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin Corporation in the design and manufacture of the centre fuselage for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft.
  • Composite replaces deteriorating timber screens
    Strongwell’s pultruded glass reinforced plastic (GRP) EXTREN® structural shapes have been used to replace wooden screening structures at The Vintage Club, one of America’s most prestigious country club communities, located in Indian Wells, California.
  • Mapping European renewable energy statistics
    A mapping service allowing visual comparison of renewable energy statistics in Europe is now available from the specialist search engine for renewable energy and energy efficiency, reegle.
  • More US companies show interest in renewable energy
    Half of the US companies which currently do not support renewable energy are considering options to generate or buy renewable energy, or at least to purchase renewable energy credits.
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  • Greener cars = more composites?
    Posted by Amanda Jacob • 11 March 2010
    Reports from the Geneva motor show taking place this week have highlighted the launch of numerous 'green' cars. It seems that most of the major players have been showcasing their take on an electric o...
    tags: green, composites, electric cars
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  • Emerging markets offer best opportunities for composites in construction
    Posted by Amanda Jacob • 17 February 2010
    The construction industry is the biggest user of composite materials, and the potential for further growth is substantial. In a presentation at the ACMA's Composites 2010 show last week, Norman Timmin...
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  • Composites 2010: everyone's talking about ...
    Posted by Amanda Jacob • 11 February 2010
    In my conversations at the show, the three following topics were top of the agenda. 1. When will the recovery start? Not surprisingly, everyone was talking about the global economy and asking when b...
    tags: composites, sustainability, green, wind
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  • Composites 2010: cautious optimism
    Posted by Amanda Jacob • 11 February 2010
    Exhibitors at Composites 2010 are generally upbeat about the prospects for the US composites industry over the next few years. Ted Harris, President of Ashland Performance Materials, is ‘cautio...
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  • Composites 2010: US industry to grow
    Posted by Amanda Jacob • 11 February 2010
    The first day of the Composites 2010 event in a grey and rainy Las Vegas started with an upbeat presentation on the future of the US composites industry by business analyst Ray MacNeil. The US compos...
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  • Automotive composites offer lighter solutions Automotive composites offer lighter solutions
    The drive toward smaller, lighter, more energy-efficient vehicles continues as consumers push for 'greener' – but not necessarily smaller – vehicles, while government regulators demand ever higher fuel economy performance and lower carbon dioxide emissions. Richard Stewart reports on the larger role being played by reinforced plastics in the auto industry.
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  • FGD is a big but volatile FRP market
    Flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) equipment is a big user of fibre reinforced plastic (FRP). Robert McIlvaine of The McIlvaine Company describes the current status and future prospects for FRP in this market.
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  • Wind energy and vacuum infusion Wind energy and vacuum infusion
    Wind energy and vacuum infusion is one of the biggest opportunities today for the composites industry according to Reinier Jansen, Business Development Wind Energy, at Lantor BV. As well as blade manufacture, vacuum infusion is now also being used in nacelle production.
  • Carbon composite process provides superb surface finish Carbon composite process provides superb surface finish
    An answer to the problem of lacquer deterioration on visible carbon composite components has been developed by automotive technology and specialist manufacturing company Prodrive – eliminate the lacquer completely. As well as increasing cosmetic durability and reducing cost, the new process delivers an exceptional surface finish that is thought to be at least equivalent to the best lacquered finishes. Martyn Roberts explains.
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