GE Global Research is looking into wind turbine generators in the 10-15 MW range using MRI technology under a two-year, US$3 million project from the US Department of Energy (DoE).
31 August, 2011
US headquartered Brunswick Corporation has sold its Sealine brand of boats, based in Kidderminster, UK, to The Oxford Investment Group.
31 August, 2011
Bader is increasing the prices for its range of Crystic® gel-coats and pigments.
31 August, 2011
Alliant Techsystems has officially opened its new Aircraft Commercial Centre of Excellence (ACCE) in Clearfield, Utah, USA, which will support high rate composites manufacturing.
30 August, 2011
Interplastic Corporation’s Thermoset Resins Division is raising the price of its CoREZYN® gel-coats and certain polyester colorants.
30 August, 2011
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30 August, 2011
Iberdrola Renewables has begun the installation process of the 400 MW Wikinger offshore wind farm off the German coast of the Baltic Sea.
29 August, 2011
Gurit, which manufactures carbon composite body panels for the automotive industry at a facility on the Isle of Wight, UK, has secured Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance approval for the ISO / TS 16949: 2009 automotive standard.
29 August, 2011
A coalition of 24 governors from both major parties and each region of the USA wants President Obama to provide better conditions for wind power developments.
29 August, 2011
DTE Energy has signed a contract to purchase 120 MW from a wind farm in Tuscola, Bay and Saginaw counties, MI, USA.
26 August, 2011
Providing renewable energy to the 1.4 billion people living without electricity is the No. 1 priority of the United Nations, says UN's Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
26 August, 2011
UK wind generation more than doubled in the second quarter (Q2) of 2011, rising 131.1%, compared to the same period last year.
26 August, 2011
Neptune Wind LLC is planning a 500 MW offshore wind farm between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, USA.
26 August, 2011
Australian advanced materials company Quickstep Holdings Ltd has provided an update on its relocation to a new aerospace manufacturing facility in south-west Sydney, New South Wales.
26 August, 2011
Clipper Wind Power has scrapped the 10 MW Britannia wind turbine project for the UK Round 3 offshore wind development.
25 August, 2011
EHA, a German manufacturer of filament winding machinery and other production equipment, has changed its name to EHA Composite Machinery GmbH.
25 August, 2011
Core Molding Technologies Inc, a US moulder of glass reinforced plastics and compounder of sheet moulding compound (SMC), has established a new subsidiary and manufacturing site to support a new business venture outside its traditional heavy truck market.
24 August, 2011
Statkraft will build the 60 MW Stamåsen 1 wind farm in Sweden in addition to another wind farm already under construction in Central Sweden.
24 August, 2011
Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), sister company Richmond Aerovac and partner company Shanghai Leadgo-Tech Ltd will be exhibiting at the China Composites Expo in September.
24 August, 2011
GRPMS and Aerovac Systems, both subsidiaries of Umeco plc, have entered into a non-exclusive agreement for GRPMS to distribute the Aerovac product range in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
23 August, 2011
Ashland Performance Materials will feature its portfolio of products for a sustainable economy at the China Composites Expo in Shanghai in September.
23 August, 2011
Composites Horizons Inc (CHI) has been chosen by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) to produce a second exhaust duct for the company's Predator® C Avenger™ unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
22 August, 2011
Italy could overtake Germany as the world's largest solar photovoltaic (PV) market, according to analyst SolarPlaza.
22 August, 2011
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22 August, 2011
3M has launched a two-part hybrid structural adhesive which it says can save time when bonding bigHead and other fasteners.
19 August, 2011
Atlantis Resources Corporation has connected its 1 MW AR1000 tidal turbine to the grid at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, UK.
18 August, 2011
Lincoln Composites has signed contracts with two Vietnamese companies for the supply of high-pressure composite tanks and storage modules. The contracts worth a total of around €3.2 million.
18 August, 2011
Boeing forecasts that air carriers in Russia and CIS will take delivery of 1080 new aircraft over the next 20 years at an investment of US$110 billion.
18 August, 2011
E.ON Climate & Renewables North America has ordered 112 units of Vestas’ V100 1.8 MW wind turbines, totalling 202 MW, for a project in the US.
17 August, 2011
The UK's Composites Skills Alliance has signed up the first of its training providers to deliver accredited composites training across the UK.
17 August, 2011
Vectorply is adding the C-BX 0300 multiaxial carbon fibre fabric to its VectraUltra line of reinforcements.
17 August, 2011
DSM reports that is composite materials have been used to build a school in India.
17 August, 2011
AOC LLC has announced a price increase on selected gel-coats and liquid pigment dispersions.
15 August, 2011
Zoltek Companies Inc has been notified by the US Department of Energy / National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE / NETL) that it has been selected for negotiations leading to a US$3.7 million financial assistance award.
15 August, 2011
The US Department of Energy has announced more than US$175 million over the next 3-5 years to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced vehicle technologies. The funding will support innovations throughout the vehicle, including lightweight materials.
15 August, 2011
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15 August, 2011
STRUCTeam Ltd has won a contract to engineer the first example of a new class of sailing yacht being built to the Wally Cento 'box' rule. The 100 ft (30 m) composite yacht is currently being built by Green Marine in the UK.
13 August, 2011
Tooling and production materials from Huntsman Advanced Materials have been selected to construct a new One Design carbon composite racing yacht,CODE8, manufactured by by Carbon Innovation Ltd.
12 August, 2011
Solar thermal projects in the US have attracted billions of dollars in the second quarter of 2011.
12 August, 2011
Permabond Engineering Adhesives Ltd is adding a high temperature resistant structural epoxy adhesive to its range.
12 August, 2011
The first Airbus A350 XWB centre wing box, which is made from 40% carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP), has been delivered to Airbus’ facility in St Nazaire, France, where it will be assembled into the first A350 XWB aircraft fuselage.
12 August, 2011
Owens Corning reports consolidated net sales of US$1.5 billion in the second quarter of 2011, an increase of 5% on the second quarter of 2010.
11 August, 2011
Carbon fibre manufacturer Zoltek reports net sales of US$38.6 million for the quarter ended 30 June 2011, the third quarter of its 2011 fiscal year. This was 9.1% down on the third quarter of fiscal 2010.
11 August, 2011
The second quarter of 2011 has seen healthy growth in installed wind power capacity in the US.
10 August, 2011
According to software provider VISTAGY Inc, only 56% of the composite design companies completing its survey considered themselves knowledgeable in composites manufacturing practices and applied that knowledge during design.
10 August, 2011
The 288MW offshore wind farm Meerwind off the coast of Germany is expected to be completed by 2013.
10 August, 2011
The Composites Association of New Zealand (CANZ) is sponsoring a seminar showcasing composites technologies which can help rebuild cities following earthquakes and other natural disasters.
10 August, 2011
US waterjet systems manufacturer Jet Edge Inc is exhibiting at the 2nd Annual China Aircraft Development Summit in September.
09 August, 2011
COMPOSITES CHINA, the 1st Chinese Trade Fair & Forum for Composites, Technology and Applications, opened its doors on 13-15 July in Shanghai.
09 August, 2011
Umeco plc's German subsidiary Umeco Composites GmbH has purchased certain assets of Fenotec Ges.i.L from the administrator for the cash sum of €2.2 million.
09 August, 2011
The Windquest Group, a US private investment group, has made an investment in Energetx Composites of Holland, Michigan. The proceeds of the investment will be used to continue the scale-up of Energetx Composites’ manufacturing equipment for the production of utility scale wind turbine blades.
08 August, 2011
The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner that will enter into service has been unveiled. The aircraft bears the livery of launch customer ANA.
08 August, 2011
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08 August, 2011
The bodywork of the Nuna 6 solar powered car designed by the Nuon Solar Team of Delft University, the Netherlands, consists of a composite sandwich structure based on ROHACELL® structural foam core material.
06 August, 2011
228 GE wind turbines will be sent to Wind Capital Group projects in Oklahoma and Kansas.
05 August, 2011
From the International AVK Conference, to the Composites Forum and Product Demonstration Area, the COMPOSITES EUROPE 2011 trade show in Stuttgart this September offers visitors a comprehensive supporting programme.
05 August, 2011
Wind power capacity will increase but EU member states will have vastly different growth rates, according to the EWEA.
05 August, 2011
Indian company Kemrock Industries and Exports Ltd launched a range of carbon fibre products for industrial applications under the brand name JAITEC.
05 August, 2011
The SUNPATH programme aims to help the US gain a competitive edge in solar manufacturing.
04 August, 2011
Web Industries' new Composites Automation Development Center in the Atlanta, Georgia, will help the company's customers to test new carbon fibre composite materials for qualification and use in the automated fibre placement manufacturing process.
04 August, 2011
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan's new building features a spherical composite conference room developed using structural engineering expertise from Gurit.
04 August, 2011
LAMILUX has announced that it can manufacture carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) sheets in widths up to 3.2 m in a continuous production process.
03 August, 2011
The wind turbine manufacturer credits internationalisation and efficiency for increases in its income and revenue.
03 August, 2011
South Africa’s news 20-year plan calls for 42% of new energy generation capacity to come from renewable sources.
03 August, 2011
The grant will allow a team of researchers in Victoria to continue the development of plastic solar cells.
02 August, 2011
Barrday Composite Solutions will display its aircraft interior prepreg products and adhesives at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Seattle, Washington, next month.
02 August, 2011
Brunswick Corporation has announced that it will establish a manufacturing plant in Brazil to produce boats for Brazil and the surrounding region.
02 August, 2011
The final wind turbine has been installed on Vattenfall’s offshore wind farm in Barrow off the coast of North-West England.
02 August, 2011
The Official Journal of the European Union has published a notice of initiation of anti-dumping proceedings concerning certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in China.
01 August, 2011
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01 August, 2011
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01 August, 2011