Lewcott Corporation has announced that its PSR133 phenolic resin conforms to the MIL-DTL-64154, Revision B military standard.
30 November, 2010
Neste Oil and Lufthansa have signed a cooperative arrangement that will see Lufthansa begin commercial flights using Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable jet fuel next spring.
30 November, 2010
Polin Waterparks & Pool Systems is expanding its RACER series with the new Racer Twin Turbolance waterslide.
30 November, 2010
REpower is supplying a total of 43.05 MW of its 2.05 MW, MM82 wind turbine to Energiekontor UK Construction Ltd.
30 November, 2010
3B has partnered with Reprocover to develop products for sewage, drainage and water supply utilising recycled materials.
30 November, 2010
Georg Kaufmann Formenbau AG introduced its new glass reinforced thermoplastic composite moulding technology at K 2010.
29 November, 2010
LM Wind Power Blades will deliver its 61.5 m wind turbine blades for the 48 REpower 6M offshore wind turbines which will be installed as part of phase II and III of the Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm.
29 November, 2010
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29 November, 2010
Dark Matter Composites has successfully rolled out training courses to support GKN Aerospace’s production of composite aircraft wing structures.
28 November, 2010
Scott Bader Asia Pacific will be exhibiting the new Crystic® Crestabond range of primerless methyl methacrylate (MMA) structural adhesives at the 13th China International Adhesives and Sealants Exhibition in December.
27 November, 2010
US headquartered thermoplastics compounder RTP Company has opened a new manufacturing plant in Ladenburg, Germany. It will produce long fibre composites and other products.
27 November, 2010
Euroresins Europe Holding GmbH & Co KG has been appointed exclusive distributor of 3B’s continuous filament mat (CFM) range for the composites industry in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Baltic States, UK, Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
26 November, 2010
Gamesa together with other companies and research institutions are looking at developing a 15 MW offshore wind turbine by 2020.
26 November, 2010
REpower will supply 48 of its 6M offshore wind turbines for expansion phases 2 and 3 totalling 295 MW of the Belgian offshore wind farm Thornton Bank.
26 November, 2010
Market report firm Lucintel profiles seven of the world's leading carbon fibre producers in its new report.
26 November, 2010
French chemicals company Arkema has announced its growth strategy for the next five years.
25 November, 2010
quietrevolution has signed an exclusive agreement with RWE Innogy for the sale of its small wind turbines specifically designed for populated areas.
25 November, 2010
Hexcel Corporation has announced an organisational realignment designed to improve market focus and capitalise on future growth opportunities.
25 November, 2010
DSM Composite Resins has announced a price increase for its complete range of Neoxil® sizings and binders.
24 November, 2010
Plasan, a specialist in armour solutions, and Q-Flo, a University of Cambridge spin-off company, have formed a joint venture to produce carbon nanotube fibre for use in enhancing body armour and composite armour systems for vehicles.
24 November, 2010
Two Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) students have taken first place at the annual Student Manufacturing Design Competition held by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for a process for curing advanced composites.
24 November, 2010
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received a Type Certificate from GL Renewables Certification (GL) for their wind turbine SHI 2.5 MW, load class IEC 2A.
23 November, 2010
Indian Tata Power is investing €806.7 million win wind power, as it aims to increase the share of renewable energy in its portfolio.
23 November, 2010
Vestas will deliver 34 of its V90-1.8 MW wind turbines to Emgasud S.A. for its Rawson I-II wind farms in the Chubert Province, Argentina.
23 November, 2010
German organisation AVK has published a report focusing on the sustainability of fibre reinforced plastics (FRP).
23 November, 2010
Turkish company AKPA has appointed Plaquimet and Composites Brasil as distributor of its AKPEROX® organic peroxides in South America.
23 November, 2010
UK composite marine structures specialist Tods Defence has expanded its engineering design facilities and is further developing the trainee programme at its Portland facility.
22 November, 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 November, 2010
Capgemini says the EU is ahead of its 2020 targets for CO2 emissions, but that it lags behind on the expansion of renewable energy, in its twelfth edition of the European Energy Markets Observatory (EEMO) report.
22 November, 2010
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22 November, 2010
WebCore Technologies LLC, manufacturer of TYCOR core materials, has closed a $2 million investment with a private investment group which will help accelerate the company's growth.
20 November, 2010
WebCore Technologies LLC has been awarded US$1 800 000 by the US Department of Energy (DOE) for the further development of its TYCOR® W core material for use in wind turbine blades.
19 November, 2010
Energy business analysts Douglas-Westwood expects to see offshore wind expenditure of €38 billion over the next five years.
19 November, 2010
DSM Composite Resins, via its subsidiary Euroresins Turkey, has completed the acquisition of the unsaturated polyester resin business of Turkish company Dyo Boya Fabrikalari Sanayi ve Tic. AS (DYO).
18 November, 2010
Gamesa has held its inaugural 2010 Patents and Inventors Contest recognising two patent for wind turbine innovations among its employees.
18 November, 2010
AOC LLC is increasing prices of all polyester resin, gel-coat, pigment and additive products in the USA and Canada.
18 November, 2010
3A Composites is introducing AIREX® T90.210 PET foam core material as the successor of AIREX T90.240.
18 November, 2010
KMT Robotic Solutions Inc and Stiles Machinery Inc have announced the sale of a wind turbine blade root end cut and drill system to Energetx Composites LLC.
17 November, 2010
Indian organisations Kemrock Industries and Exports Ltd and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture company in India to manufacture aerospace-grade carbon fibre prepregs.
17 November, 2010
Southern Spars, a New Zealand-based company specialising in the design and construction of spars and rigging for high-performance yachts, has recently purchased Delcam's CADCAM software.
16 November, 2010
Vattenfall has received planning permission for a 56 MW wind farm in Northumberland, UK.
16 November, 2010
Business leaders from the UK and India have called for closer trade ties on low-carbon technologies with the aim of boosting economic growth at the same time as cutting carbon emissions.
16 November, 2010
Australian composite component and solutions provider Quickstep Holdings Ltd has achieved a key milestone with production preparations relating to the international F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme, passing the 'Toll Gate' review set by global aerospace corporation Northrop Grumman.
16 November, 2010
Gurit has won a contract for PET core materials in China. Starting in 2011, the core material will be produced locally in China, where Gurit is currently installing a PET extruder.
15 November, 2010
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15 November, 2010
Vestas will deliver 100 MW of wind turbines to a number of wind power projects around Europe in the second half of 2011.
12 November, 2010
Victoria, Australia, could benefit by up to A$9 billion in renewable energy investment under current State Government policies, according to a Clean Energy Council report.
12 November, 2010
Gamesa has been hit by the financial and a difficult regulatory backdrop in the first 9 months of 2010, with its net profit tumbling 71% to €25 million.
12 November, 2010
Market research firm Lucintel expects the global recreational boat market to see growth during the next five years as the industry recovers from the slump of 2008 and 2009.
12 November, 2010
The teams competing in the Zero Emissions Race around the world will arrive in Vancouver, Canada, on 12 November, heading towards the UNCCC in Cancun, Mexico.
11 November, 2010
The new Flex Molding Process™ offered by Magnum Venus Plastech (MVP) is being introduced around the world.
11 November, 2010
Ashland Performance Materials has signed a new distribution agreement with GRPMS covering its complete portfolio of high-performance composites and structural adhesives products in France.
10 November, 2010
Hexagon Composites subsidiary Ragasco AS has received an order for 125 000 composite cylinders for storage of liquid propane gas (LPG) from Venezuelan company PDVSA Services Inc.
09 November, 2010
Floating offshore wind turbines with a rating of 20 MW could be possible, according to the DeepWind project lead by Risø DTU.
09 November, 2010
Plans for wind farms are often opposed by air traffic control services and defence organisations on the grounds that they interfere with radar. UK technology organisation QinetiQ and turbine manufacturer Vestas are developing a 'stealth' technology for wind turbine blades.
09 November, 2010
Gurit has announced that its new wind turbine blade repair system, RENUVO™, has received Germanischer Lloyd (GL) certification.
09 November, 2010
Siemens will provide maintenance for the offshore wind farm grid connections HelWin1 and BorWin2 in the North Sea for an initial period of five years.
09 November, 2010
VISTAGY Inc has announced the release of FiberSIM® 2010, the latest version of its engineering software for designing and manufacturing composite structures.
09 November, 2010
Hakes Marine Ltd used prepregs from Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG) to build the 54 ft grand prix racing yacht Oystercatcher XXVIII.
08 November, 2010
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08 November, 2010
Offshore wind, wave and tidal energy could technically provide all of Europe’s future electricity demand, according to a group of industry experts and scientists under the EU ORECCA project.
05 November, 2010
Vestas has received an order for 86 MW of wind turbines to an undisclosed customer for wind projects in the state of Bahia and Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil.
05 November, 2010
TenCate Advanced Composites Europe has signed a contract to supply Cetex carbon fibre thermoplastic laminates for use in the new Airbus A350 XWB aircraft and other EADS applications.
05 November, 2010
Belgian glass reinforcements supplier 3B has been appointed exclusive distributor in Europe and Asia of US company Webcore Technologies' TYCOR® W fibre-reinforced core material for utility scale wind turbine blades.
04 November, 2010
The Alpha Corporation, parent company of AOC LLC, is celebrating 50 years as a global enterprise with the opening of its new world headquarters in Piperton, Tennessee, USA.
04 November, 2010
DSM Composite Resins AG, Switzerland, and Kemrock Industries & Exports Ltd, India, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture to manufacture unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester speciality resins in India.
04 November, 2010
The European project ECOplast is researching novel biocomposite materials based on renewable resources for applications in the automotive industry.
03 November, 2010
Vector Composites Inc and Quickstep Composites LLC have signed a strategic teaming agreement under which the companies will jointly promote the Quickstep Process to the aerospace and defence industries in North America.
03 November, 2010
Jeroen van der Veer, former CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, said that investment in renewables or alternate sources of energy is essential from a long-term energy security perspective.
03 November, 2010
Analysis software and services company Firehole Technologies is changing its name to Firehole Composites.
03 November, 2010
Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), part of Umeco Composites Structural Materials (UCSM), is exhibiting at the METS 2010 marine show in Amsterdam this month.
02 November, 2010
Airborne Composites BV has supplied the Royal Netherlands Navy with a carbon fibre composite main propeller for an Alkmaar-class minehunter.
02 November, 2010
Chinese company Chery Automobile’s new A3CC sports car features an undertray moulded from Stamax® long glass fibre reinforced polypropylene (PP) from SABIC Innovative Plastics.
02 November, 2010
By 2050 Europe could get up to 50% of its electricity needs from renewable marine sources, according to a report by the Marine Board of the European Science Foundation.
02 November, 2010
IPS Corporation, the US manufacturer of Weld-On® structural adhesives, has acquired Holdtite Adhesives Ltd in the UK.
02 November, 2010
Automated Dynamics has built and installed a robotic fibre placement machine for Mitsubishi Rayon Co (MRC) and the University of Tokyo in Japan.
01 November, 2010
The EU Commission has granted €30 million to the alpha ventus offshore wind farm, according to the German Federal Environment Ministry (BMU).
01 November, 2010
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01 November, 2010