Hexcel Corporation reports net sales for the fourth quarter of 2009 of US$266.6 million, 7.9% lower than reported for the fourth quarter of 2008. Operating income was $14.5 million, compared to $29.3 million for the same quarter for 2008.
29 January, 2010
ACCIONA is the first company to register a wind energy facility in the USA under the requirements of the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS).
28 January, 2010
Polystrand Inc has announced the release of its 'green series' reinforcing tape which uses recycled polyolefin as the matrix.
28 January, 2010
Energetx Composites and Aeroblade have entered into a licensing agreement to design and produce utility-scale wind turbine blades for the North America market.
28 January, 2010
The German Federation of Reinforced Plastics, AVK, is inviting entries for its annual innovation awards competition.
27 January, 2010
Anaglyph has announced the release of version 4.0 of the Laminate Tools software application.
27 January, 2010
Distributor Composites One has announced that it will introduce a new line of formulated epoxy resin products manufactured by SIKA Corporation into the US market.
27 January, 2010
Eastman Machine Company is introducing a dual laser and blade cutting system for use by companies in the composites, aerospace, automotive, and industrial fabrics industries.
27 January, 2010
ENECON Corporation is introducing DuraWrap™, a carbon fibre composite wrap system for use in repairing metal and concrete pipes and tanks.
26 January, 2010
Huber Engineered Materials engineers will present an educational session on fillers at the Composites 2010 show in Las Vegas next month.
26 January, 2010
Electric vehicles – plug-in hybrids and battery powered – will comprise nearly 20% of the global market for light vehicles in 2030, according to a study by automotive industry analysts at IHS Global Insight.
26 January, 2010
Composites One, along with the Closed Mold Alliance and 10 industry partners, will host demonstrations of closed mould technology at the Composites 2010 tradeshow in Las Vegas next month.
26 January, 2010
Mould release specialisst Zyvax is bringing its distributors together at a training event to highlight the latest environmentally friendly products, applications and market requirements.
25 January, 2010
Gurit has granted a non-exclusive license for its patented Sprint technology and products to Hexcel Corporation.
25 January, 2010
The European Pultrusion Technology Association (EPTA) has published the programme for its 10th World Pultrusion Conference, taking place on 8-9 April 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.
25 January, 2010
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25 January, 2010
The UK government's UK Renewables Service is offering help to composites companies interested in becoming involved in the growing UK offshore wind energy sector.
25 January, 2010
Cutting systems manufacturer Eastman Machine Company will exhibit at the Composites 2010 exhibition in Las Vegas on 9-11 February.
25 January, 2010
SP-High Modulus has announced that it will supply composite materials, engineering and expertise for the boat design selected for the Tour de France à la Voile race.
22 January, 2010
A European project aims to develop a window frame constructed of composite that has twice the insulation efficiency of the best frames currently on the market.
22 January, 2010
In December, the Official Journal of the European Union published a notice of initiation of anti-dumping proceedings concerning imports of certain continuous filament glass fibre products from China. European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA) believes that this action could lead to price increases in the composites industry.
21 January, 2010
Britain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will jointly fund £1 million for research into renewable energy policy.
21 January, 2010
METYX Composites has announced the signing of an agreement making Scott Bader the exclusive distributor of its products in France.
21 January, 2010
Despite the global economic crisis, optimism remains for the future growth prospects of Eastern and Central Europe reports global engineering group Trelleborg.
21 January, 2010
TPI Composites Inc has announced the successful durability and road testing of its All Composite Military Vehicle (ACMV).
21 January, 2010
The integration of 20% from wind energy is technically feasible, but will require significant expansion of the transmission infrastructure and system operational changes in order for it to be realised, according to an analysis from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
20 January, 2010
Composite resin manufacturer Scott Bader has joined a UK sustainable resources project group which aims to identify new ways of manufacturing chemicals from alternative sustainable resources.
20 January, 2010
The world’s first conference dedicated to carbon fibre recycling was held in November in Hamburg, Germany.
20 January, 2010
REpower Systems AG will supply 20 REpower MM92 wind turbines to National Wind LLC, a large-scale community wind project developer, for the first phase of the Lake Country Wind Energy project in central Minnesota.
19 January, 2010
RES has acquired a portfolio of wind power projects in South Africa totalling almost 300 MW.
19 January, 2010
Wind energy could supply 12% of the world’s power by the middle of this century, up from the current 2%, according to a 'Wind Energy Roadmap' to be published soon by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
19 January, 2010
Boeing has completed initial airworthiness testing on its 787 Dreamliner aircraft. This will allow more aircraft to join the flight test programme.
19 January, 2010
The European offshore wind power market grew 54% in 2009 according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
18 January, 2010
The embedded smart sensor systems will allow operators of offshore wind farms to check ‘the health’ of the wind turbines, while the operator is sitting onshore and while the wind turbine blades are spinning offshore, Denmark’s Risø DTU says.
18 January, 2010
From city cars, to supercars and alternative energy vehicles, car makers are finding more applications for carbon fibre composite.
18 January, 2010
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18 January, 2010
TenCate says it has been granted significant orders for anti-ballistic composite materials.
15 January, 2010
MVP has designed an automated vertical winding system to speed up production time for Delta Environmental Products.
15 January, 2010
SP-High Modulus, the marine business of Gurit, has appointed Navimo as a new distributor for the UK marine retail market.
14 January, 2010
Sika Deutschland GmbH is introducing a new composite resin system for the aviation market which has been been approved by the German Air Ministry for use in light aircraft, powered gliders and gliders.
14 January, 2010
Canadian boat builder Campion Marine Inc has decided to manufacture all of its new boats with Envirez® bio-derived resin from Ashland Performance Materials.
14 January, 2010
Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP) has announced a price increase for its unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins, and gel-coats.
14 January, 2010
Natural Power has launched a new product in its suite of wind farm monitoring and management tools: ForeSite.
14 January, 2010
ITW Plexus reports it has developed long working time, fast-curing, 1:1 methacrylate structural adhesives which provide improved bonding in wind turbine blade applications.
13 January, 2010
The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) has called on the UK government to ensure that UK manufacturing benefits from the recently announced Round 3 offshore wind projects through support for skills and training, the identification of coastal manufacturing hubs and upgrades to the UK’s electricity grid.
13 January, 2010
Waterjet machine manufacturer Flow International Corporation has received approximately US$11 million of orders for Composite Machining Center abrasive waterjet and routing machine tool systems. Most of the orders are from Airbus suppliers.
13 January, 2010
Vestas will deliver 40 of its V90 2 MW wind turbines to Nordwind Handels GmbH & Co KG for the eastern part of Germany.
13 January, 2010
The Danish Council for Strategic Research’s Programme Commission on Energy and Environment has granted funding of DKK38 million for the establishment of the Danish Centre for Composite Structures and Materials (DCCSM), which will look into materials to increase wind turbine reliability.
13 January, 2010
AOC LLC has announced a price increase for Mexico, Latin American and the Caribbean for all resins and gel-coats.
13 January, 2010
Risø DTU has completed a successful test on a wind turbine with a laser-based anemometer built into the spinner in order to increase electricity generation.
12 January, 2010
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
12 January, 2010
PPG Industries has announced the certification of its HYBON glass fibre roving products for wind turbine blades by Germanischer Lloyd (GL), an international certification body in the wind energy industry.
12 January, 2010
AOC LLC has announced price increases for resins shipped from its European and Asia plants.
12 January, 2010
A study commissioned by the Scottish Government highlights Scotland's location, natural resources, research and manufacturing bases as key advantages for developing renewable energy resources.
12 January, 2010
The marine energy industry is at a relatively early stage of development and maturity when compared to other renewable energy technologies, but the US Department of Energy (DoE) will help speed deployment of the technologies, according to testimony before a federal subcommittee.
12 January, 2010
A wind farm in the Caribbean island of Dominica is one of the first three projects to receive US funding under the ‘Energy & Climate Partnership of the Americas’ announced by President Obama at the 2009 Summit of the Americas.
11 January, 2010
Scott Bader is increasing the prices from its European production sites of all Crystic® unsaturated polyester, DCPD and vinyl ester resins, plus all gel-coats, pigments, bonding pastes and Crystic Crestomer® structural adhesive products.
11 January, 2010
Reichhold has announced a 150 Euro/tonne price increase on all of its composite products sold in Europe.
11 January, 2010
The Forewind consortium will develop the largest zone in Round 3 for UK offshore wind farms, Dogger Bank.
11 January, 2010
The SMart Wind consortium, led by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures (SPV), a division company of Siemens Financial Services, will develop 4 GW of offshore wind farms by 2020 as part of The Crown Estate’s Round 3 offshore wind farm programme.
11 January, 2010
Two consortia, of which Scottish and Southern Energy Plc (SSE) is a partner, have been awarded development partner status by The Crown Estate in Round 3 of its UK offshore wind farm development programme.
11 January, 2010
RWE npower renewables has been awarded the Bristol Channel Zone, off the South Wales and North Devon coasts, UK, under The Crown Estate’s Round 3 offshore wind farm development.
11 January, 2010
VISTAGY Inc, developer of the FiberSIM composites engineering software, has announced a partnership with the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University, one of the leading aerospace research institutions in the USA.
11 January, 2010
EDP Renováveis (EDPR) and SeaEnergy Plc have been awarded the right to develop offshore wind farms in the Moray Firth, Scotland, with an approximate installed capacity of 1.3 GW, as part of the UK Round 3 awards.
08 January, 2010
Composite materials developer Gurit is temporarily reducing the work force of its structural foam plant in Magog, Canada, by 125 people.
08 January, 2010
The UK's Crown Estate has announced the successful bidders for the exclusive Round 3 "Zone Development Agreements", which will take the development of up to 32GW of offshore wind farms through the consenting phase.
08 January, 2010
Russian shipbuilder SNSP has purchased Vistagy Inc's FiberSIM® composites engineering software to design and manufacture composite hulls, hull spars and supports for minesweepers.
07 January, 2010
The siging of a political declaration in early December last year will see the countries cooperate on the development of a North Sea supergrid joining up clean energy projects scattered in and around the North Sea.
07 January, 2010
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC)'s wholly-owned AMSC Windtec subsidiary has signed a follow-on contract with China's Dongfang Turbine Co. Ltd. to design and jointly develop 5 MW full conversion wind turbines for the offshore wind power market.
07 January, 2010
AOC has announced a price increase for the USA and Canada for all resins and gel-coats.
07 January, 2010
Ashland Performance Materials is increasing the price of its resins and gel-coats produced and sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
06 January, 2010
The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have launched an initiative to help regional authorities invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives.
05 January, 2010
Forecasting company IHS Global Insight has issued its top 10 economic predictions for 2010.
05 January, 2010
METYX Composites of Turkey has strengthened its expertise in the resin transfer moulding (RTM) sector with the addition of two new production lines.
05 January, 2010
Canadian storage tank manufacturer ZCL Composites Inc has acquired Dualam Plastics Inc of Montreal, Quebec, a specialist in composite products for use in corrosion-resistant applications.
05 January, 2010
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says the projects represent 70,000 MW of capacity that will help the state meet its 2020 goal of one-third of power from renewables.
04 January, 2010
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04 January, 2010
The United Kingdom generated 5.5 TWh of electricity from renewable energy in the third quarter (Q3) of 2009, an increase of 25% compared with Q3 2008.
04 January, 2010
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website during the month of December.
04 January, 2010
Vestas will provide 48 of its V90 2.0 MW wind turbines to the German company Prokon, for different locations in Poland.
01 January, 2010
The Reinforced Plastics team would like to wish you a Happy New Year!
01 January, 2010