- 10 July 2008 -
Elise goes green
Car maker Lotus will unveil its Eco Elise green technology demonstrator at the British Motor Show in London later this month.
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- 01 July 2008 -
PPA housing for car suspension unit
DuPont's ZYTEL® HTN polyphthalamide (PPA) with 35 wt. % glass fibres has been chosen by Woco Industrietechnik GmbH for the housing of a pneumatic switchover unit used in air suspension systems from Continental Automotive Systems.
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- 17 June 2008 -
Ceramic coating allows composite use at high temperatures
Zircotec says its ceramic coating allows composites to be used in high-temperature environments such as in motor sport, aerospace and military applications, with minimal weight gain.
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- 28 May 2008 -
Spyker and Lotus extend cooperation
Spyker Cars NV and Lotus Cars Ltd have signed a cooperation agreement for the design and engineering of sports cars and the supply of their parts and accessories.
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- 12 May 2008 -
ACG's prepreg in British sports car
Advanced Composites Group's (ACG) BPS240 carbon fibre prepreg is being used for the British sports car Farbio GTS.
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- 7 May 2008 -
BASF targets India's automotive industry
Chemicals company to build engineering plastics compounding plant in Thane.
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- 28 April 2008 -
Nissan replaces metal engine covers
Nissan is using DuPont Minlon and DuPont Zytel, glass-reinforced thermoplastics for the rocker and front cover respectively for its 2.5 litre turbo-diesel engine for the Pathfinder and Navara cars.
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- 11 April 2008 -
Environment tops list of car makers' challenges
Annual DuPont Automotive/SAE survey puts advanced composites at top of materials expected to grow most over the next 10 years.
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- 14 March 2008 -
Smart tailgate employs E-LFT technology
Car component is first industrial use of Dieffenbacher's endless long fibre reinforced thermoplastic process.
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- 27 November 2007 -
RTM suits Czech manufacturer
Czech company Peter-GFK is an RTM specialist producing composite components for trucks, buses and farm machinery. Amanda Jacob visited the company's production plant near Prague.
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- 21 August 2007 -
Composite car gears up for World Solar Challenge
DSM Composite Resins sponsors team from Delft University.
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- 13 July 2007 -
SGL and Benteler form automotive venture
Company will focus on developing CFRP components.
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