Latest News

Vaccum infusion brings benefits for Mattia 60 catamaran Vaccum infusion brings benefits for Mattia 60 catamaran

Italian boat builder Mattia's Mattia 60 catamaran was constructed using a vacuum infusion process to produce a vessel with reduced weight and greater speed and manoeuvrability.
06 February 2012

MVP appoints Ducept Pty Ltd distributor for Australia

US manufacturer of closed mould processing equipment Magnum Venus Plastech has added Ducept Pty Ltd of Australia to its distributor network.
06 February 2012

Samsung plans offshore wind base in Scotland

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) plans to place its first European offshore wind project in Methil, Fife, in Scotland, creating over 500 jobs.
06 February 2012

Last week's top 3 stories Last week's top 3 stories

The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
06 February 2012

Interplastic announces SMC price increase

Interplastic Corporation has announced a price for its sheet moulding compound (SMC) composite products.
05 February 2012

Coalition of Automotive Lightweighting Materials formed

The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) has launched the Coalition of Automotive Lightweighting Materials (CALM) which will aim to accelerate the development of mixed-material solutions that will reduce vehicle weight.
04 February 2012

Zoltek reports revenue growth

Carbon fibre manufacturer Zoltek Companies Inc reports net revenues of US$47.0 million for the quarter ended 31 December 2011 (the first quarter of its 2012 fiscal year), an increase of 43.2% on the first quarter of fiscal 2011.
03 February 2012

Nammo to support Raytheon composite missile tube manufacturing Nammo to support Raytheon composite missile tube manufacturing

Nammo Composite Solutions has signed an agreement with Raytheon Missile Systems of Tucson, Arizona, USA, to support the development and manufacturing of a redesigned composite TOW missile case.
03 February 2012

Michelman carbon fibre sizing offers high thermal stability Michelman carbon fibre sizing offers high thermal stability

Michelman says its Hydrosize PA845 polyamide (PA) based fibre sizing is formulated for high temperature resin applications and is particularly suitable for use with carbon fibre.
02 February 2012

Hexcel reports strong 2011 fourth quarter

Hexcel Corporation reports net sales for the fourth quarter of 2011 of US$355.3 million, 14.2% higher than for the fourth quarter of 2010.
02 February 2012

Showing 1 - 10 of 2870 articles