The New Zealand-based Technical Services laboratory of SP-High Modulus has achieved accreditation by International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) for mechanical testing of composite materials.
26 February, 2010
Gamesa reports an overall fall in results for 2009 as a difficult market slowed down wind developments.
26 February, 2010
The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) announced its Awards for Composites Excellence (ACE) at the COMPOSITES 2010 show in Las Vegas on 10 February.
26 February, 2010
Sika Deutschland GmbH's Biresin CR83 epoxy resin has been approved by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) for use in wind turbine, marine and industrial applications.
26 February, 2010
Marine Current Turbines (MCT) says Siemens Energy has acquired a minority stake in its tidal current energy turbine, to help deploy Britain’s first commercial tidal energy farm in UK waters within the next two years.
26 February, 2010
The University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) has been awarded US$270 000 in Ohio Third Frontier funds for research to design and test structures and materials for composite wind turbine towers up to 100 m height.
25 February, 2010
Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe intends to invest up to £100 million in an offshore wind turbine project in the UK under a Memorandum of Understanding with the UK Government.
25 February, 2010
Composites distributor Terpol OY has signed a distributor agreement to supply Scott Bader's range of Crystic® products throughout Finland.
25 February, 2010
Kaman Helicopters will license FiberSIM® composites engineering software from Vistagy Inc and use it to streamline the design-to-manufacturing process for large composite helicopter blades.
25 February, 2010
PPG Industries’ Fiber Glass business has restarted a furnace at its facility in Lexington, North Carolina, USA. It will support increased demand, particularly in the wind energy and filtration markets.
24 February, 2010
Siemens has installed its 1000th wind turbine in the UK at the Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm off the coast of Essex.
24 February, 2010
Hexion Specialty Chemicals will increase prices in North America for its unsaturated polyester resins and vinyl ester resins.
24 February, 2010
A coalition of environmental groups says Canada could create at least 8000 jobs by if the Federal Government renews incentives for renewable energy.
24 February, 2010
Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP) celebrated its 20 year anniversary as a company on 9 February 2010.
24 February, 2010
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has opened the third call for capital grant funding for offshore wind component and technology development.
23 February, 2010
In a contract which could be worth more than US$100 million, GKN Aerospace has been selected by Bombardier Aerospace to design and manufacture the composite winglet for the new Bombardier CSeries aircraft.
23 February, 2010
Renewable energy could produce 100% of the electricity needed in Australia within 10 years, using technologies that are available now.
23 February, 2010
Owens Corning reports consolidated net sales of US$4.8 billion in 2009, compared with $5.8 billion in 2008. The lower sales were a result of weakness in the global economy and the US housing market.
23 February, 2010
The market for FRP pipes and tanks in India is expected to exhibit a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23.8% for the period 2010-15, according to a report from Allele Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
23 February, 2010
Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP) is increasing prices for all gel-coats, unsaturated polyester resins and vinyl ester resins, as well as all cleaner materials.
22 February, 2010
AOC LLC is increasing prices of all polyester resins, vinyl ester resins, gel-coats and colorants for shipments to and within Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
22 February, 2010
Reichhold Inc has announced a price increase for all unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins sold in North America for the composites industry.
22 February, 2010
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22 February, 2010
Zyvex Performance Materials (ZPM) has announced an agreement to supply advanced resin systems for the Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats 2010 line of high performance powerboats.
22 February, 2010
The capital cost to install a 20 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) facility by 2015 will be US$7981/kW, according to a report from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
22 February, 2010
Lewcott Corporation is introducing new prepregs and adhesives for aircraft, marine and other interior applications.
21 February, 2010
SP-High Modulus, the marine business of Gurit, is exhibiting at New Zealand’s largest boating exhibition on 11-14 March.
20 February, 2010
Zyvex Performance Materials (ZPM) has unveiled the Piranha unmanned surface vessel (USV), a lightweight composite boat built using ZPM's Arovex™ nanotube-reinforced carbon fibre prepreg.
19 February, 2010
AOC LLC is increasing prices of its polyester resins, vinyl ester resins, gel-coats and colorants.
19 February, 2010
Wind turbines on the continental USA could generate 37 PWh a year, according to a new study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
19 February, 2010
Controllable rubber trailing edge flaps for wind turbines have shown promising results in wind tunnel tests, says the Wind Energy Division at Risø DTU, Denmark.
19 February, 2010
Ashland Performance Materials is increasing the prices of its unsaturated polyester resins, vinyl ester resins, gel-coats, pigments and additives sold in North America.
19 February, 2010
Clipper Windpower Marine Ltd, a Clipper Windpower Inc subsidiary, has started the groundbreaking of its offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing facility in Neptune Estate, Tyne, UK.
18 February, 2010
The Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic have commissioned three new wind turbines that will supply 40% of the settlement’s electricity.
18 February, 2010
In today’s infrastructure market, four bridge applications continue to make strong use of fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) composites despite the cost premium. Each application has a critical requirement for light weight to meet the design and operational objectives. In these cases, owners still receive the benefits of corrosion resistance and a longer life cycle while gaining the value of a light weight deck.
18 February, 2010
Alaglas Swimming Pools is using new EcoTek™ resin from AOC to produce more environmentally friendly products.
17 February, 2010
Arkema Inc has introduced Luperox® IS 300, an organic peroxide initiator designed to speed up the infusion of large composite parts.
17 February, 2010
Ashland Performance Materials has added a corrosion-resistant product to its Envirez® range of unsaturated polyester resins containing renewable materials.
17 February, 2010
Federal agencies in the USA will provide funding over five years to develop new technologies in building energy efficiency.
16 February, 2010
The EU will meet its 2020 20% renewable energy target, even slightly exceed it, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
16 February, 2010
Syrgis Performance Initiators Inc has started construction on a new laboratory facility designed to support its global organic peroxides business.
16 February, 2010
REpower Systems AG and Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc (RES Canada) have completed the construction of a test wind farm in the Gaspé region, Canada.
16 February, 2010
HK Electric proposes a 100 MW offshore wind farm in Southwest Lamma Channel, Hong Kong.
15 February, 2010
Enova is granting NOK137 million to Sway AS to erect a 10 MW prototype offshore wind turbine in Hordaland, Norway.
12 February, 2010
Vestas will deliver 33 of its V90-3.0 MW wind turbines to Granite Reliable Power Windpark in New Hampshire, USA.
12 February, 2010
US pultruder Strongwell Corporation has introduced its GRIDFORM™ Design Guide. This aims to show bridge engineers that the GRIDFORM composite grating system can be used as an alternative to steel rebar in concrete bridge decks.
12 February, 2010
Wave and tidal could receive £12 million from the UK Technology Strategy Board in 2010 to develop “the wave and tidal technologies of the future.”
11 February, 2010
Gamesa has set up an Indian subsidiary, Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt Ltd, near Chennai, India, to produce the Gamesa G58-850 kW Wind Turbine.
11 February, 2010
Turkey must exploit its huge wind energy resources if it wants to meet its increasing power demand.
11 February, 2010
Wind turbine blades are currently based on thermoset resin technology, but could thermoplastics offer a better option? Dutch researchers are looking for thermoplastic resins suitable for use in blade manufacture.
11 February, 2010
Five associations in the United States have banded together to urge Congress to enact key policies which will continue accelerated growth across the renewable energy sector.
10 February, 2010
Vestas profit after tax for 2009 rose 13.3% to €579 million from 2008.
10 February, 2010
Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG) has announced the introduction of two additions to it range of bismaleimide (BMI) matrix systems. The new products are aimed at the structural tooling and component markets.
10 February, 2010
China’s investment in wind energy last year kept the world’s overall investment in clean energy to 6.5% below the 2008 record, despite the worst recession for 60 years.
09 February, 2010
juwi has started construction of its first US wind farm in Richardson County, Nebraska, USA.
09 February, 2010
Imperium Inc is introducing the Acoustocam i600, a smaller, lighter version of the handheld portable ultrasound imaging camera currently used by companies such as Boeing for the non-destructive inspection (NDI) of composite materials.
09 February, 2010
Wind turbine blade manufacturer LM Glasfiber’s international service unit has joined the Global Wind Alliance.
09 February, 2010
Sensor Products Inc says the use of its Pressurex® pressure indicating sensor film helps optimise the setup of ultrasonic welders, resulting in welds of greater bond strength in thermoplastic composite materials.
09 February, 2010
Indian Energy Ltd says the first three wind turbines at its Theni Project have been commissioned and are now fully operational and grid connected.
08 February, 2010
Wind power represented the largest share of new electricity generating technology installed in the European Union in 2009.
08 February, 2010
Royal Ten Cate has agreed to acquire armour company AML UK Ltd. This acquisition will provide TenCate with access to the UK market for lightweight composite armour solutions.
08 February, 2010
Gibson/Jushi will present information on their Environmental Stewardship programme during the Composites 2010 trade show in Las Vegas next week.
05 February, 2010
Siemens is to invest over €250 million in India by 2012, with a major part of this going to renewable energy.
05 February, 2010
Bayer MaterialScience has opened a pilot facility for the manufacture of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) at CHEMPARK Leverkusen, Germany.
05 February, 2010
Cytec Industries' Engineered Materials division has won contracts to supply carbon fibre composite materials for Bombardier Aerospace’s new CSeries and Learjet 85 aircraft programmes.
04 February, 2010
The capacity of wind energy increased by 31% last year, adding 37.5 GW of wind turbines with an investment of US$63 billion.
04 February, 2010
Boeing has moved the 787 Dreamliner fatigue test airframe to the structural test rig at its Everett, Washington, USA, site.
04 February, 2010
Gurit reports full-year 2009 target market sales of CHF307.3 million, 22.1% down on 2008, after a stable fourth quarter.
03 February, 2010
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) welcomes European regional energy initiatives, but says the aim is a European single market by 2015.
03 February, 2010
The demand for bigger wind turbines, powered by longer rotor blades, has placed many challenges on the blade manufacturers and their suppliers. What developments could the future hold?
03 February, 2010
Distributor Resintex Technology will be highlighting the range of composites marine products available from Scott Bader and SP-High Modulus during the SEATEC exhibition in Italy next week.
02 February, 2010
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02 February, 2010
Cray Valley has announced a price increase on unsaturated polyester resins for composites applications.
02 February, 2010
The proposed US$12.2 billion budget for the Department of the Interior (DoI) in FY2011 includes an increase of US$14.2 million over last year for renewable energy programmes.
02 February, 2010
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01 February, 2010
DSM Composite Resins has announced a price increase for its entire range of unsaturated polyester resins and gel-coat products.
01 February, 2010
Chinese glass fibre producer Jushi Group Co Ltd has established a sales and marketing office in Singapore.
01 February, 2010
REpower Systems AG will deliver 48 offshore wind turbines totalling 295 MW to RWE Innogy for Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm.
01 February, 2010
The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) calls on the UK Government to consider a raft of immediate measures to deliver the UK’s 2020 renewable energy targets.
01 February, 2010
AOC is launching its EcoTek 'green' resin technology for composites at the Composites 2010 tradeshow in Las Vegas next week.
01 February, 2010