FRP Services will distribute US mould release manufacturer Zyvax's products in China.
31 August, 2010
A five-year composites research programme with a focus on strengthening Australia's position in the international composites industry, is underway. This extension of the Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures (CRC-ACS) programme involves 28 organisations.
31 August, 2010
PNE WIND AG has completed its second wind farm repowering project with the Görike wind farm in Brandenburg, Germany, quintupling the output.
31 August, 2010
Airbus, in partnership with Air France and air navigation service providers from UK, Canada and the USA, is about to commence ‘Transatlantic Green Flight’ (TGF) trials with an Air France A380 on commercial flights from New York to Paris.
31 August, 2010
Shell and Cosan have signed a US$12 billion joint venture (JV) agreement to produce and commercialise ethanol and power from sugarcane.
31 August, 2010
Gurit has officially inaugurated the new production site of its tooling business Red Maple in China. The facility allows for the development and manufacture of large blade moulds for wind turbines of up to 7 MW.
31 August, 2010
Demand for composites in construction applications continues to grow, but to optimise the use of composites it is important to involve the composites engineer early in the design stage of a project.
30 August, 2010
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30 August, 2010
Wind turbine blade supplier TPI Composites Inc has announced plans to open a wind blade innovation centre in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA, to support its manufacturing facilities around the world.
27 August, 2010
REpower has officially opened its new wind turbine technology centre in Osterrönfeld in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district, Germany.
26 August, 2010
Recycled Carbon Fibre Ltd has updated its existing website and launched a new site for its Green Carbon Fibre range of 100% recycled products.
26 August, 2010
SP - High Modulus, the marine business of Gurit, will be exhibiting at the Monaco Yacht Show in September.
25 August, 2010
Chinese manufacturing company Xiangtan Electrical Manufacturing Corporation Ltd (XEMC) may set up wind turbine production facilities in Northern Ireland.
25 August, 2010
Scotland’s offshore wind industry could contribute £7.1 billion of investment and create up to 28,000 direct jobs by 2020, according to Scottish Renewables and Scottish Enterprise.
25 August, 2010
Chemicals company BASF will showcase its products for the manufacture of wind turbines at the Husum WindEnergy trade show in September.
25 August, 2010
More training courses for wind farm installation will be offered throughout Turkey due to high demand, GL Garrad Hassan says.
24 August, 2010
Canadian company Motive has announced the development of Canada’s first bio-composite bodied electric car, the Kestrel.
24 August, 2010
Biofuel made from whisky by-products could be used to fuel cars, according to Edinburgh Napier University in the UK.
24 August, 2010
Celanese Corporation affiliate Fortron Industries LLC will increase production of Fortron® polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) at its Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, plant to meet increased global demand.
24 August, 2010
JD Lincoln, part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, is introducing a surface improvement film for epoxy composites.
23 August, 2010
Chemicals distributor Univar has signed a distribution deal with Celanese Emulsion Polymers, a specialist in emulsion technology.
23 August, 2010
Biogas could be an important part of EU’s 2020 targets for renewable energy, and the EU project Sustainable and Innovative European Biogas Environment (SEBE) is now looking at technology and regulatory frameworks for biogas.
23 August, 2010
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23 August, 2010
A laser inspection technique for assessing bond strength of adhesively bonded joints has been developed by LSP Technologies Inc.
21 August, 2010
Australian company MIRteq has appointed Composites One as its exclusive distributor in the USA and British Columbia in Canada.
20 August, 2010
Moroccan power utility ONE is building a 200 MW wind farm outside Tarfaya.
20 August, 2010
Airborne International BV has attracted a €9 million investment from Holland Private Equity to accelerate the growth of the company. The funds will be used to build a dedicated manufacturing facility for the production of thermoplastic composite tubulars for the oil and gas industry.
20 August, 2010
Nearly a year since Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas closed its blade facility on the Isle of Wight, former workers have formed a company that manufactures blades for micro-turbines.
19 August, 2010
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC), a developer of river and ocean energy technology, says its Beta Power System has generated grid-compatible power from tidal currents at its site in Cobscook Bay, Eastport, Maine, USA. The company says this is the largest ocean energy device ever installed in US waters.
19 August, 2010
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing rules that will cut emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants from Portland cement manufacturing. This will require the US cement industry to invest millions of dollars over the next 3 years, says market research firm The McIlvaine Company.
19 August, 2010
The Dow Chemical Company, through its Venture Capital group, has made a minority equity investment in wind turbine blade technology specialist Blade Dynamics Ltd.
18 August, 2010
Vestas has seen a €162 million tumble in net profit to a loss of €119m in the second quarter (Q2) of 2010, and downgrades its full year forecast.
18 August, 2010
US company RL Industries has fabricated three large composite storage tanks for a chemical plant in Saudi Arabia.
18 August, 2010
Goldhofer, a heavy haulage and special transportation specialist, has launched a flatbed semi-trailer for transporting wind turbine blades up to 62 m.
17 August, 2010
Huber Engineered Materials has acquired the Kemgard® flame retardants and smoke suppressants business of Sherwin-Williams.
17 August, 2010
Statoil’s Hywind floating offshore wind turbine foundations could be used in Scotland, according to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond.
17 August, 2010
Denmark’s Risø DTU is building a test centre for large wind turbines at Østerild in North-Western Jutland.
17 August, 2010
Gurit has completed the development of a new range of PVC structural foam core materials designed for use in the manufacture of wind turbine rotor blades in China.
17 August, 2010
Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc reports revenue of US$1.3 billion for the second quarter of 2010, compared to $947 million in 2009.
16 August, 2010
The global alternative and renewable energy industry expanded “rapidly” over the last year despite the global economic recession impact on worldwide energy demand, according to merger and acquisition (M&A) organisation IMAP Inc.
16 August, 2010
The Department of Energy (DoE) is targeting 50 GW of offshore wind until 2030.
16 August, 2010
Ireland’s renewable energy sources have a potential three times the country’s energy requirements.
16 August, 2010
Indian Energy has fully commissioned its 16.5 MW Theni wind farm and the associated substation.
16 August, 2010
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16 August, 2010
ZCL Composites Inc, a Canadian manufacturer of composite tanks for the petroleum industry, reports revenue of $31.0 million for the second quarter (Q2), ended 30 June 2010, compared to $28.1 million for Q2 2009.
14 August, 2010
Wind Simplicity Inc is in the final in the 2010 Design for Recycling® competition for its commitment to recycling in its design and manufacture of its Windancer small wind turbine.
13 August, 2010
Atlantis Resources Corporation’s 1 MW tidal power turbine, the AK1000™, is due for installation at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), located in Orkney, Scotland, this summer.
13 August, 2010
The partner country for COMPOSITES EUROPE 2010 is Holland and Dutch composites association VKCN will host the Holland pavilion, with support from the EVD International.
13 August, 2010
Chemical companies can do more to support the automotive industry in going green whilst also opening new markets for themselves, says market research firm Frost & Sullivan. Electric vehicles are one example of the new opportunities available.
12 August, 2010
HgCapital has bought a 44 MW wind farm in Malå, Västerbotten, Sweden, which will be developed by NV Nordisk Vindkraft AB.
12 August, 2010
Vestas will deliver 140 units of its V112-3.0 MW wind turbine to AGL Energy Ltd and Meridian’s 420 MW Macarthur wind farm in Australia.
12 August, 2010
U.S. Polychemical Corporation has introduced a saturated wipes version of its Acrastrip composite resin remover.
12 August, 2010
Composites One, Magnum Venus Plastech (MVP) and the Closed Mold Alliance will demonstrate closed mould boat building technology during IBEX 2010 next month.
11 August, 2010
Creative Pultrusions Inc has won a contract to supply composite distribution poles to the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP). The US$2.97 million contract is for one year with two optional one-year periods.
11 August, 2010
Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc (TAI), a major international F-35 Lightning II supplier to Northrop Grumman Corporation, has delivered a prototype of its first major structural element for the aircraft's centre fuselage – the composite air inlet duct.
10 August, 2010
Siemens Energy is supplying 98 wind turbines for the 227.5 MW Crossroads wind power plant in Oklahoma, USA for Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E).
10 August, 2010
The Brazilian Composite Materials Association (ABMACO) is holding a seminar on Composites in the 2014 World Cup on 12 August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
10 August, 2010
Norwegian EnSol AS is developing a solar thin-film technology to be used on windows with a potential to reach over 20% efficiency and be commercially available by 2016.
10 August, 2010
Carbon fibre producer Zoltek Companies Inc reports net sales for the quarter ended 30 June 2010 of US$42.4 million, an increase of 40% on the third quarter of fiscal 2009.
10 August, 2010
Bio-oil could become a more efficient source of renewable energy with a potential of replacing fossil fuels such as diesel, according to a £1.4 million project.
09 August, 2010
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09 August, 2010
Automated Dynamics has delivered a new piece of high performance composite processing equipment to GKN Aerospace in the UK.
07 August, 2010
German wind developer Pro Ventum International and GE are building a 90 MW wind farm about 250 km northeast of Bangkok, Thailand.
06 August, 2010
SO.F.TER. will launch a new line of polyolefin based compounds reinforced with plant fibres during the K plastics show in October.
06 August, 2010
With a record number of wind power additions in 2009, the U.S. is second only to China.
05 August, 2010
Four UK offshore wind demonstration sites, each 100 MW or less, have been awarded by the Crown Estate to four companies.
05 August, 2010
Owens Corning reports consolidated net sales of US$1.4 billion in the second quarter of 2010, up 13% on the second quarter of 2009. Sales in its Composites business improved.
05 August, 2010
Global subsidies for fossil fuels dwarf support given to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power and biofuels, according to a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
05 August, 2010
Energy Composites Corporation (ECC) is to fabricate 76 large diameter chemical storage tanks for a mining company's new nickel processing plant in Newfoundland.
04 August, 2010
ACCIONA Energy is building a 45 MW wind farm in Lamèque, New Brunswick, Canada, representing an investment of C$115 million.
04 August, 2010
US mould release agent manufacturer Chem-Trend is celebrating 50 years of business.
04 August, 2010
Ameron International Corp has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with HD Supply Utilities for the distribution of Ameron’s uPole® composite utility pole throughout the USA, Canada and the Caribbean Islands.
03 August, 2010
At COMPOSITES EUROPE 2010, the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT will display a trunk liner for the Porsche Carrera 4 made using a thermoplastic resin transfer moulding technique. The thermoplastic part weighs up to 50% less than the original aluminium part.
02 August, 2010
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02 August, 2010
Development of offshore wind farms in Poland has been slow, despite the country's leadership of the wind energy sector in Central and Eastern Europe, raising questions about the offshore wind support in Central and Eastern Europe, according to analyst Frost & Sullivan.
02 August, 2010
REpower Systems AG has launched a wind farm repowering project in the district of Dithmarschen (Schleswig-Holstein) with Repowering Kronprinzenkoog GbR increasing the output of Kronprinzenkoog from 12.3 MW to 30.75 MW.
02 August, 2010
Icon Aircraft, Seal Beach, California, USA, has selected Liberty Aerospace of Melbourne, Florida, USA, and Flytech Kft. of Szombathely, Hungary, as suppliers of structural composite assemblies for the ICON A5 Light Sport Aircraft.
02 August, 2010
A preview of the COMPOSITE EUROPE 2010 exhibition will be published in the September/October issue of Reinforced Plastics magazine.
01 August, 2010
Six issues of Reinforced Plastics magazine will be published in 2011, focusing on the following topics.
01 August, 2010