Teijin Ltd has announced that its mass production technologies for carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) have been recognised by Frost & Sullivan through its 2011 Global Automotive Carbon Composites Technology Innovation Award.
30 July, 2011
Reichhold Inc's new low-styrene, low viscosity, flame retardant epoxy vinyl ester resin DION® FR 9350-01 is suitable for corrosion markets.
29 July, 2011
The two Spanish companies will continue to work together to strengthen their positions in the wind energy industry.
29 July, 2011
The iREMO (intelligent REactive polymer composites MOulding) project will hold a workshop during the COMPOSITES EUROPE 2011 trade show in Stuttgart in September.
28 July, 2011
The capacity of offshore wind installations in Europe grew 4.5% during the first half of 2011, according to the EWEA.
28 July, 2011
The wind turbine manufacturer has posted preliminary results showing an increase in earnings and revenue.
28 July, 2011
The German Engineering Federation VDMA has signed up as an institutional partner of the COMPOSITES EUROPE trade show.
27 July, 2011
The composite sandwich panels which make up the façade of the new Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam are based on Teijin carbon and aramid fibre and vinyl ester resin.
27 July, 2011
Röchling Glastic Composites has developed a new pultruded pedestrian bridge deck profile and scaffolding board with a grooved anti-slip surface.
26 July, 2011
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25 July, 2011
Australian advanced materials company Quickstep Holdings Ltd has received its first purchase order to manufacture parts for the F-35 Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter) military aircraft.
22 July, 2011
The HIVOCOMP collaborative research project will focus on advancing carbon composite materials technology to speed up the composites production process, a key factor in making composites suitable for the high volume commercial vehicle market.
22 July, 2011
Lantor Composites has developed a new product in its SORIC® range of flexible core materials: SORIC XXF is optimised for wind turbine blade manufacture.
21 July, 2011
The 90 MW order comprises 10 of the company's V90-3.0 MW machines, and 30 units of the V100-2.0 MW.
20 July, 2011
The University of Bristol’s National Composites Centre (NCC) building is now completed.
20 July, 2011
Fourteen companies have teamed up with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to establish the Oak Ridge Carbon Fiber Composites Consortium, which will work to accelerate the development and commercial application of low-cost carbon fibre and composites materials in various industries.
20 July, 2011
Orient Green has placed an order for 48 of Suzlon's wind turbines.
19 July, 2011
Wisconsin Oven Corporation has designed and manufactured a gas-fired, walk-in batch oven to cure composite material for the aerospace industry.
19 July, 2011
A framework agreement, inked at the shipyard in Puerto Real (Cadiz), backs up the companies' intention to co-operate in joint technological and offshore business development along the value chain.
18 July, 2011
The European Alliance for SMC/BMC has released a Position Paper on the sustainability of SMC and BMC based products.
18 July, 2011
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18 July, 2011
High strength iPlus® Composite cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) technology from Insituform Technologies Inc enabled the relining of a sewer pipe at San Diego International Airport with reduced cost and disruption.
15 July, 2011
As part of its growth strategy in Asia, Ahlstrom Corporation will start Chinese production of speciality reinforcements for the wind energy market.
15 July, 2011
The US Department of the Interior (DoI) is asking for public comment on the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) considering the potential environmental and socioeconomic effects of offshore wind developments off the Eastern seaboard.
14 July, 2011
Nordex USA Inc has commissioned 60 N90/2500 wind turbines at the 150 MW Cedar Creek 2 wind farm in north eastern Colorado.
14 July, 2011
Boeing and Japanese airline ANA have completed a service ready operational validation of the 787 Dreamliner aircraft in Japan.
14 July, 2011
The 35 Gamesa G90-2.0 MW wind turbines will be installed at the two sites in Salamanca, Spain, in 2011.
14 July, 2011
UK powerboat builder Fairline has been acquired by a joint venture involving investment company Better Capital Ltd and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
14 July, 2011
86 countries are now generating energy from wind power, according to an industry report.
14 July, 2011
Scott Bader has announced a price increase for its Crystic® gel-coats and pigments.
13 July, 2011
Renewable energy supplied 16% of global final energy consumption and almost 20% of electricity production in 2010, according to REN21.
13 July, 2011
Johns Manville (JM) has announced plans to expand glass fibre production at its facility in Trnava, Slovakia.
13 July, 2011
Two yachts competing in the 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit were built by Spanish boat builder Longitud Cero Composites SL using prepreg from Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG).
12 July, 2011
Applied Nanotech Holdings Inc has been awarded a US Department of Energy (DOE) grant to develop lower weight carbon fibre/epoxy hydrogen fuel tanks using carbon nanotube reinforcement.
12 July, 2011
RPC Pipe Systems Pty Ltd – a joint venture between RPC Technologies and Nuplex Industries – has acquired Fibrelogic Pipe Systems, creating a leading player in the glass reinforced plastic (GRP) pipe market in Australia.
11 July, 2011
The 400 MW wind turbine nacelle factory has created 100 jobs in the Northeast of Brazil
11 July, 2011
Boeing forecasts a US$150 billion market for 1320 new passenger aircraft in India over the next 20 years as the economy aims for double-digit growth, stimulating strong demand for new and replacement aircraft.
11 July, 2011
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11 July, 2011
A new report predicts thousands of new jobs in wind and marine energy industries by 2021
11 July, 2011
The European UP/VE Resin Association has updated its Safe Handling Guides.
08 July, 2011
3A Composites Core Materials has upgraded its AIREX T90.150 product, part of its AIREX® T90 family of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) core materials for applications with high flame, smoke and toxicity (FST) requirements.
08 July, 2011
Global clean and renewable energy investment grow 32% reaching US$112 billion 2010, according to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
08 July, 2011
The European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA), the European Plastics Converters (EuPC) and the European Composite Recycling Services Company (ECRC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on recycling and sustainability of composites in Europe.
07 July, 2011
Vestas says it has successfully tested a full-scale 'stealth' rotor blade on a wind turbine, which could pave the way for wind farms to be located near military, airport and other radar systems without interfering in their operations.
07 July, 2011
The planned 15 MW offshore wind turbine drive train and nacelle test rig at Narec, UK, is receiving £25 million in funding from the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
07 July, 2011
AOC LLC has announced a global price increase for all fire retardant resin products.
07 July, 2011
Cape Verde has seen the erection of the first wind turbines at the Cabeolica wind farm project, as part of a commercial-scale public private partnership (PPP) wind farm development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
07 July, 2011
The carbon fibre reinforced plastic bonnet and front seats of the BMW M3 CRT sports car are produced using the process BMW has developed for the manufacture of the body components for its forthcoming i3 and i8 models.
06 July, 2011
Mainstream Renewable Power and wind turbine manufacturer Sinovel Wind Group will build 1 GW of wind energy projects in Ireland by 2016.
06 July, 2011
The National Composites Center (NCC), Dayton, Ohio, USA, has developed a series of training courses designed to meet the needs of composites industry professionals.
06 July, 2011
Geothermal heat and electricity production has the potential to grow tenfold between now and 2050, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
06 July, 2011
US manufacturer of composite aerospace products Royal Engineered Composites has commenced Phase 1 of three expansions planned for its site.
05 July, 2011
Vestas’ 2 MW V100 wind turbines will be installed at a 60 MW wind project in Rio Grande du Norte, Brazil.
05 July, 2011
Defence and automotive supplier Plasan has acquired KaZaK Composites, a US-based company specialising in pultrusion.
04 July, 2011
Thermoplastics compounder RTP Company claims to have commercialised the industry's first line of glass fibre reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) compounds that overcome the limitations of unmodified PLA by delivering greater strength, stiffness and thermal performance.
04 July, 2011
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04 July, 2011
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04 July, 2011
Aerospace and defence company ATK is nearing completion of its Aircraft Commercial Center of Excellence (ACCE) in Clearfield, Utah, USA. The new facility allows for expanded production of composite aircraft structures.
03 July, 2011
Kansas University’s school of Aerospace Engineering (KUAE) has used MTM®45-1 prepreg from Advanced Composites Group (ACG) to build a fleet of Meridian unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) destined to monitor the flow of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica.
02 July, 2011
Renewable energy provisionally accounted for 3.3% of energy consumption in the UK in 2010, and 25,734 GWh of electricity was generated from renewable energy sources.
01 July, 2011
Houston, Texas, USA, headquartered Enduro Composites Inc has acquired Bay Products Inc (BPI) of Stateline, Nevada.
01 July, 2011
EDF Energies Nouvelles will source at least half of future onshore wind installations in Europe and a minimum of 30% of its future onshore wind installations in the US from Vestas for deliveries in 2012 to 2014.
01 July, 2011
Premium AEROTEC is currently ramping up the production of assemblies for the Airbus A400M military transporter aircraft.
01 July, 2011
The Scottish Government has released its 2020 Routemap for 100% renewable electricity and 30% overall renewable energy in Scotland by 2020.
01 July, 2011