Hexcel and Safran have signed a long-term contract for the supply of composite materials for the LEAP-1 engine programmes. The LEAP engine family is a product of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between Snecma (Safran) and GE.
20 June, 2013
TenCate Advanced Composites and Fokker Aerostructures have signed a long-term agreement under which TenCate will supply its thermoplastic composite materials to Fokker for the construction of aircraft components.
20 June, 2013
Boeing has launched the 787-10 Dreamliner, the third and largest member of the 787 family. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner's construction is 50% composite materials.
19 June, 2013
The company says sensors in the blades will be able to predict weather conditions and calculate when they can harvest the most energy from the wind - while ensuring minimum loads on the wind turbine.
19 June, 2013
Cytec Industries has announced its selection as the preferred advanced materials supplier for the Leading Edge Aviation Propulsion (LEAP) engine programme.
19 June, 2013
GE Aviation has announced the development of a composites production facility at its Hamble, UK, as part of a 5-year, US$50 million-plus investment at the site to support the manufacture of wing components for the Airbus A350 XWB family.
18 June, 2013
Boeing projects a demand for more than 35,000 new aircraft over the next 20 years, valued at US$4.8 trillion, according to the company's Current Market Outlook (CMO) released this week at the Paris Air Show.
18 June, 2013
At 200MW, the development will also be one of the biggest in Europe, according to the companies.
17 June, 2013
Spirit AeroSystems has announced it has been working with Spintech Ventures to develop a reconfigurable tooling technology for manufacturing complex composite aircraft structures.
17 June, 2013
More than 50,000 visitors watched the A350 XWB’s takeoff on its 14 June maiden flight on the Airbus website.
17 June, 2013
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17 June, 2013
The A350 XWB, the first Airbus aircraft to be over 50 wt% composite, made its maiden flight at Blagnac in Toulouse, France, today.
14 June, 2013
Premier Composite Technologies is using Gurit composite materials to manufacture roof panels for the Medinah railway station, part a new high speed rail line in Saudi Arabia.
14 June, 2013
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc has received the notice of allowance from the US Patent and Trademark Office for a new patent on lightweight composite shells of compressed natural gas (CNG) and hydrogen storage tanks.
13 June, 2013
Registro Italiano Navale (RINA) has given a new approval and re-approved grades from Scott Bader’s Crystic® Crestomer® range of high performance urethane acrylate structural adhesives.
13 June, 2013
Core materials supplier DIAB has announced that it will no longer be using colour pigments in its H60, H45 and H80 Divinycell products.
12 June, 2013
Airbus has announced that the A350 XWB's first flight is planned for Friday 14 June.
12 June, 2013
The European Glass Fibre Producers Association (GlassFibreEurope) has become a member of the European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA).
11 June, 2013
Morgan Advanced Materials – Composites and Defence Systems incorporates the business formerly known as NP Aerospace, a manufacturer of composite products for defence and other applications.
11 June, 2013
The demand for resins in the North American reinforced plastics industry is set for good growth between 2013 and 2018 to reach an estimated US$4.6 billion in 2018, according to Composite Insights.
11 June, 2013
The Latin American Composite Materials Association (ALMACO) is set to open an office in Argentina.
10 June, 2013
The IEA says further action is needed if Germany’s Energiewende is to maintain a balance between sustainability, affordability and competitiveness and called for cost reductions, investment in networks and closer regional co-operation.
10 June, 2013
SAERTEX's SAERfoam is a low density polyurethane foam reinforced with a 3D glass structure and is said to be ideal for the manufacture of composite industrial vehicle bodies.
10 June, 2013
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10 June, 2013
Large, lightweight composite façade panels developed by DSM, Büfa and NPSP Composieten have been used in the construction of a new energy-neutral office building in the Netherlands.
07 June, 2013
EconCore and Itochu have entered an agreement securing an option for a license for EconCore’s ThermHex thermoplastic honeycomb core material technology for Japanese chemicals group Toray.
06 June, 2013
2013 is expected to be a challenging year of the wind energy industry with global grid-connected installations set to be down 5% to 43.4 GW, according to MAKE Consulting.
06 June, 2013
Gurit contributed to NASA research which demonstrates that uncured prepreg can be prepared in terrestrial conditions and transported into space for on-site curing and use in space construction projects.
06 June, 2013
Over the last few years reusable vacuum bags have been gaining popularity in the composites industry. Benefits over conventional consumables include lower tooling costs, labour savings and less waste, as a new article published on ReinforcedPlastics.com explains.
05 June, 2013
Jushi USA has announced a 5% price increase for all Jushi glass fibre reinforcements from 1 July 2013.
05 June, 2013
The 83.5 m long blade – said to be the world's largest to date – was commissioned by Samsung Heavy Industries and the first prototype was designed and manufactured by SPP Technology of Denmark. It is part of a project to develop a 7 MW turbine for South Korea's first offshore wind farm.
05 June, 2013
AGY Hong Kong Ltd, a majority-owned subsidiary of US headquartered glass reinforcements producer AGY, has agreed to sell its 100% equity interest in AGY Shanghai Technology Co Ltd to Chongqing Polycomp International Corporation (CPIC) for aggregate consideration in the amount of US$1 million.
04 June, 2013
Vestas has manufactured the first prototype blade for its new V117-3.3 MW wind turbine at its factory in Brighton, Colorado, USA.
04 June, 2013
Rolls-Royce’s Trent XWB engines have run for the first time on the first Airbus A350 XWB (called MSN1), as part of the preparations for the aircraft’s maiden flight.
03 June, 2013
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03 June, 2013
In our latest blog we've compiled the answers to 10 of the most frequently asked questions we receive.
01 June, 2013