The global wind energy market, which saw capacity grow 22.3% from 2009 to 2010, is set to see continued steady growth to 2020, according to GlobalData's report Wind Power - Global Market Size, Turbine Market Share, Installation Prices, Regulations and Investment Analysis to 2020.
30 November, 2011
Carbon fibre producer Zoltek Companies Inc reports a 38.6% increase in sales for the fourth quarter of its 2011 fiscal year (ended 30 September), over the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010.
30 November, 2011
Teijin Ltd has announced plans to establish what it says is the world's first pilot plant for fully integrated production of carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic components for automotive and other industrial applications.
30 November, 2011
Customised carbon prepreg materials from Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG) are being used by Holland Composites to manufacture the lightweight, ultra-thin laminate hulls and various structural parts for Advanced Racing Catamarans.
29 November, 2011
Siemens Energy has launched its 6 MW direct drive offshore wind turbine, the SWT-6.0, at the European Offshore Wind Energy Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
29 November, 2011
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released guidance for policy makers and other stakeholders to avoid past mistakes, overcome new challenges and reap the benefits of deploying renewable energy.
29 November, 2011
The Advanced Engineering UK 2011 group of events, which included The Composites Engineering Show 2011, attracted nearly 7000 visitors to Birmingham on 9-10 November, nearly double the figure for 2010.
29 November, 2011
European wind power production could meet 31% of the EU's 20% emissions reduction target and even enable an increase in EU's climate goals, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
29 November, 2011
Does your company manufacture, design or distribute products that come into contact with food or drinking water? This webinar on 1 December will discuss how new European regulations will affect composite products used in these applications.
29 November, 2011
US think tank Third Way says China has surpassed the United States as the top nation in total clean energy investments, attractiveness for renewable energy investment and overall patents filed since 2010.
28 November, 2011
The first 100 ft (30.48 m) Wally Cento sailing yacht hull has been completed at Green Marine's Hythe, UK, facility.
28 November, 2011
Umeco plc exhibited its composites expertise at the official opening of the UK's National Composites Centre on 24 November.
28 November, 2011
Embraer SA and Alcoa have signed a technology sharing agreement that involves the use of Alcoa's aluminium alloys to support Embraer’s development of metallic fuselage and wings for its aircraft.
28 November, 2011
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28 November, 2011
Graphic Parts International Inc (GPI) manufactures high-tolerance vacuum table workholding systems to hold down composite materials.
26 November, 2011
Euroresins Europe Holding GmbH & Co KG and United Initiators have announced that their existing partnership for the distribution of CUROX® organic peroxides for cold cure application in Europe will be expanded.
25 November, 2011
GKN Aerospace plans to establish a new assembly facility in Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA, to perform assembly operations for the HondaJet business aircraft.
25 November, 2011
Boeing has announced a six-month tour with its new 787 Dreamliner to show the new aircraft to customers and partners around the world.
25 November, 2011
GKN Aerospace has joined industry partners Airbus, AgustaWestland, Rolls-Royce, Umeco and Vestas in celebrating the official opening of the UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC).
25 November, 2011
The UK Secretary of State for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, Dr Vince Cable, formally opened the National Composites Centre in Bristol today.
24 November, 2011
Assembly of the first A350 XWB’s 32 m long carbon fibre composite wings has begun at Airbus’ recently-opened North Factory in Broughton, UK.
24 November, 2011
SABIC Innovative Plastics' new speciality polypropylene (PP) compounding operation at its Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, site will supply PP compounds and STAMAX long glass fibre reinforced PP composites for automotive applications.
24 November, 2011
Aurora Flight Sciences is investing in automated fibre placement (AFP) technology to enable the manufacture of larger and more complex composite structures for the aerospace industry at an affordable cost.
24 November, 2011
Molded Fiber Glass Companies (MFG) has started supplying spare and replacement composite parts for older wind turbines.
23 November, 2011
American Fiberglass Tank Repair has launched a field service operation to focus on the repair of composite nozzles, composite tank leaks, shell cracks, as well as internal corrosion coat restoration on composite vessels.
23 November, 2011
The US renewable energy sector must attract new investors and make use of unique tax-based financing structures in the next 18 months or risk a sharp drop in new project builds, according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance report commissioned by Reznick Group.
23 November, 2011
Hexcel has commissioned two new carbon fibre production lines at its manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.
23 November, 2011
Polin is launching a new waterslide series called Magic Spheres, manufactured using resin transfer moulding.
22 November, 2011
A power company in Indonesia has employed a composite liner based on Vipel® F010 vinyl ester from AOC to protect the surface of a new concrete aeration pit. The resin was supplied through distributor Nuplex Composites.
22 November, 2011
Quickstep Holdings Ltd is taking part in a joint development project supported by the German government and car manufacturer Audi to develop new manufacturing techniques for the cost effective volume production of composite automotive parts.
22 November, 2011
AREVA will test its M5000 5 MW offshore wind turbines in the new full load test bench in Bremerhaven, Germany, to check the functionality under nominal load conditions of all assembled nacelles prior to commissioning.
22 November, 2011
BMW AG has secured a 15.16% stake in SGL Carbon SE, strengthening its focus on the use of carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) in lightweight car manufacture.
22 November, 2011
Tods has become a member of the new National Composites Centre (NCC) in Bristol, UK.
22 November, 2011
KraussMaffei has announced an order from BMW for a large number of injection moulding, reaction process and automation machines and systems.
21 November, 2011
Carbon fibre manufacturer Zoltek Corporation has set up a new carbon fibre prepreg facility and technical centre just outside of St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
21 November, 2011
At the America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) in San Diego, Oracle Racing Spithill won both the match and fleet racing championship, becoming the first team to secure a double win at the ACWS.
21 November, 2011
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21 November, 2011
The European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA) has launched the Recycling & Sustainability Platform of the European Composites Industry.
18 November, 2011
Austerity measures could lead to a potential climate change funding gap of US$45 billion by 2015, according to Ernst & Young.
18 November, 2011
According to the new Airbus Global Market Forecast, Brazil is set to become the fourth largest domestic air travel market in the world, requiring 701 new passenger aircraft of more than 100 seats between today and 2030.
18 November, 2011
Norplex-Micarta's NP572 composite consists of a high strength glass fabric with an epoxy resin and is said to offer excellent physical, mechanical and electrical properties at both room and elevated temperatures.
17 November, 2011
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has welcomed a bipartisan Governors' Wind Energy Coalition endorsement of legislation for a four year extension to the production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy.
17 November, 2011
A new publication from Textile Media Services reviews the history and current use of composites in the automotive sector and assesses how far these materials are from being used in mass vehicle production.
17 November, 2011
The ‘Araldite’, a racing boat reinforced with flax fibres, has crossed the finishing line in the Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime race in 15th place.
17 November, 2011
The Isle of Wight – a peaceful, modest-sized island off the English south coast – plans to become a net energy exporter of energy by 2020, while halving residents’ energy bills, eliminating waste going to landfill, and creating a significant number of green technology jobs. The EcoIsland initiative is the largest single sustainability project in the UK.
16 November, 2011
Cabot Corporation has added graphene technology to its portfolio, through an intellectual property licensing agreement with XG Sciences Inc.
16 November, 2011
Ahlstrom Corporation has decided to close its glass fibre speciality reinforcements plant in Bishopville, USA.
16 November, 2011
The annual value of renewable energy capacity installed will double in real terms to US$395 billion in 2020, rising to US$460bn in 2030, compared with US$195bn in 2010, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
16 November, 2011
Atkins has been named as an official engineering services provider to the UK's National Composites Centre (NCC) on a three year framework agreement.
16 November, 2011
China’s 12th Five-Year Plan demonstrates its resolve to accelerate the transition from manufacturing powerhouse to innovation engine, as the government’s 30-year history of funding R&D shows no signs of slowing, according to a report from Lux Research.
16 November, 2011
South Korea is investing WON10.2 trillion (US$9 billion) in offshore wind, aiming to build 2.5 GW by 2019.
15 November, 2011
Siemens is expanding its industrial software portfolio with the acquisition of Vistagy Inc, a supplier of specialised engineering software and services with emphasis on design and manufacture of composite materials.
15 November, 2011
Innovative Composites International Inc (ICI) has signed a cooperation agreement with contractor Millenium Brasil and Green Intelligence Corporation, a consulting company specialising in sustainable projects, to supply EcoScape™ modular homes for large housing projects in Brazil.
15 November, 2011
First Wind has ordered 77 of Vestas' V100 1.8 MW wind turbines, totalling 139 MW, for two wind projects in the USA.
15 November, 2011
Bombardier Aerospace has announced that Atlasjet Havacilik AS of Turkey has signed a letter of intent to acquire 10 CS300 aircraft, with options on a further five CS300 aircraft.
15 November, 2011
Onshore wind energy could reach parity with fossil fuel generated electricity by 2016, according to analyst Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
15 November, 2011
Malama Composites, a manufacturer of polyurethane foam made from bio-based renewable resources, has joined Spain’s Green Comm Racing Team at the America's Cup to promote environmental innovation within the sailing industry.
15 November, 2011
Airbus and its parent company EADS are assisting Abu Dhabi in its goal of creating a world-class aviation industry in a cooperation that includes the manufacture of airframe components (aerostructures) in both composite and metallic materials.
15 November, 2011
Boeing forecasts that airlines in the Middle East will need an estimated 2520 aircraft worth US$450 billion by 2030.
15 November, 2011
SP-High Modulus has appointed Best Link Trading Company Inc as a new re-seller for its products in the Japanese marine retail market.
15 November, 2011
Gamesa has met its sales forecast for the full year of 2011 by the end of the third quarter, with 2805 MW – 94% of which has been outside Spain.
14 November, 2011
At the Dubai Airshow 2011, Oman Air announced an order for six Boeing 787-8s.
14 November, 2011
The renewable energy share of the global energy mix could rise from 13% in 2010 to 18% in 2035, according to the International Energy Agency's (IEA) 2011 World Energy Outlook.
14 November, 2011
GKN Aerospace has won a production contract with Honda Aircraft Company as supplier of the composite fuselage for the HondaJet business jet.
14 November, 2011
Scotland has been awarded £103 million from the UK Fossil Fuel Levy to spend on renewable energy investments.
14 November, 2011
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14 November, 2011
Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG) will be exhibiting at the Railway Interiors Expo in Cologne, Germany, on 15-17 November.
13 November, 2011
GrafTech International Ltd has acquired the business and assets of Fiber Materials Inc (FMI), a manufacturer of advanced carbon composite materials, for US$14 million.
13 November, 2011
Automated Dynamics has introduced the Research Workcell, a small-scale, self-contained automated fibre placement (AFP) machine designed for universities and small composites laboratories.
12 November, 2011
Haysite Reinforced Plastics now offers its H193/H232 Pultruded Laboratory Fume Hood Panels in custom length sheets for application in laboratory fume hood liners used in schools, and test and R&D facilities.
11 November, 2011
The wind energy market is poised for greater consolidation which will see the emergence of fewer, but stronger, participants, according to analysts Frost & Sullivan.
11 November, 2011
STRUCTeam has won two contracts for the design and structural engineering of large wind turbine blades for clients based in China.
11 November, 2011
Henkel has developed a polyurethane-based composite resin which it says cures faster than epoxy resins.
11 November, 2011
REpower Systems SE will supply 75 of its MM82 and MM92 wind turbines to EDF EN Canada Inc for the 150 MW Massif du Sud wind farm on the south shore of Québec City, Canada.
10 November, 2011
Airbus has announced that A350 XWB pre-Final Assembly Line (FAL) activities have started although with some delay as a result of late availability of some key composite and detailed parts. Entry into service is now rescheduled to the first half 2014 to ensure smooth production ramp-up capability.
10 November, 2011
Monteco Ltd, a Canadian company active in stormwater management, wastewater pretreatment and composites manufacturing, has integrated all of its water-related companies under the umbrella of one new business, the Pelicas Corporation.
09 November, 2011
The prototype of Gamesa's G128 4.5 MW wind turbine erected at an R&D wind farm in Jaulín, Zaragoza, Spain, reached 97.34 MWh operating at 100% availability on 6 November.
09 November, 2011
Siemens has secured orders for 6 wind turbine projects in North America since July, totalling US$900 million and over 670 MW.
09 November, 2011
GKN Aerospace has won a £6 million contract from Cobham Mission Equipment to design and manufacture a lightweight air to air refuelling pylon for the wing dispense equipment (WDE) on the Airbus A400M military airlifter.
09 November, 2011
ACCIONA Energía will build a 49.5 MW wind farm in Costa Rica, which will produce electricity for the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE).
09 November, 2011
Innovative Composites International Inc (ICI) has purchased the assets of Eleison Composites LLC, a manufacturer of fibre reinforced thermoplastic skin material which is utilised in all ICI products.
09 November, 2011
GKN Aerospace has increased its participation with the Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) with the development of a Natural Laminar Flow (NLF) wing.
08 November, 2011
Sealant Equipment & Engineering’s Dual-Station XYZ Robotic Dispensing System is designed to improve the adhesive dispensing process.
08 November, 2011
According to Owens Corning, use of fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) made with the company's Advantex® glass fibre in place of steel in flue-gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems in coal-burning power plants reduces concerns over potential shutdowns as a result of corrosion.
08 November, 2011
Creative Composites, based in Northern Ireland, has unveiled a new extension to its composites manufacturing facility.
08 November, 2011
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced the 2011 AWEA Awards, honouring wind industry supporters, leaders, innovators and advocates for their outstanding efforts on behalf of wind energy at AWEA’s Wind Energy Fall Symposium in Carlsbad, CA, USA.
08 November, 2011
The architectural centrepiece inside the Texas A&M University Health Science Center is a spiral staircase made from steel bar-reinforced concrete using fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) forms manufactured by MFG Construction Products (MFG-CP).
08 November, 2011
Italian yacht maker Persico has used a Huntsman Advanced Materials adhesive in the build of a new design of Volvo Open 70 racing yacht for the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority.
07 November, 2011
Management consultancy Cast Strategies LLC has launched an initiative to assist US composite manufacturers enter the market in India.
07 November, 2011
In response to SolarWorld and a coalition of US domestic solar manufacturers' complaint against China, President Barack Obama cites “questionable competitive practices coming out of China” and says his Administration has aggressively countered “these kinds of dumping activities.”
07 November, 2011
Bombardier Aerospace has confirmed that final results of a three-phase wind tunnel test programme further validate the aerodynamic design and support fuel efficiency projections of its CSeries aircraft.
07 November, 2011
China could have 1 TW of wind power by 2050 with wind supplying 17% of electricity production, compared to today's 1%, according to the National Development and Reform Commission’s Energy Research Institute (NDRC ERI) with support from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
07 November, 2011
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07 November, 2011
Gurit will showcase the capabilities of its new Engineered Structures business unit at The Composites Engineering Show in Birmingham, UK, on 9-10 November.
05 November, 2011
Nordex will supply 14 of its 2.5 MW wind turbines, the N90-2500 series, for the Pant-y-Wal and Fforch Nest wind farms in Wales.
04 November, 2011
TenCate Advanced Composites North America in Morgan Hill, California, USA, is expanding into an adjacent facility, which will focus on thermoplastic composites.
04 November, 2011
Siemens Energy has opened a new wind power distribution facility in Wichita, Kansas, USA, to serve the Americas.
04 November, 2011
The Light Composite Materials for a Sustainable Future Conference will be held in Brussels in January.
03 November, 2011
Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), GRPMS and Richmond Aerovac will be co-exhibiting at The Composites Engineering Show in Birmingham, UK.
03 November, 2011
Wind turbine prices in the US have fallen by nearly a third on average since 2008, according Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (Berkeley Lab) report 'Understanding Trends in Wind Turbine Prices Over the Past Decade'.
03 November, 2011
Kaman Aerospace Group Inc has entered into an agreement to acquire Vermont Composites Inc, a manufacturer of composite aerostructures based in Bennington, Vermont, USA.
03 November, 2011
Does your company manufacture, design or distribute products that come into contact with food or drinking water? Join us on 1 December for this Reinforced Plastics webinar, sponsored by Owens Corning.
02 November, 2011
Nearly 300 delegates attended the International AVK Conference in Stuttgart on 26-27 September 2011, the opening event of the COMPOSITES EUROPE trade show.
01 November, 2011
Gurit reports net sales of CHF248.9 million for the first 9 months of 2011, an increase of 5.2% on the first nine months of 2010.
01 November, 2011
China Ming Yang has been granted potential financing of up to US$5 billion from the China Development Bank Corp for further developments of wind power in China and around the world.
01 November, 2011
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01 November, 2011