Owens Corning has announced that its new furnace in its Gous-Khroustalny, Russia, glass reinforcements facility is operational.
31 October, 2012
Hexcel Corporation reports net sales for the third quarter of 2012 of US$391.6 million, 11.3% higher than for the third quarter of 2011.
30 October, 2012
Materials company Ahlstrom Corporation has announced that it will revise its organisation from January 2013 with the aim of accelerating growth.
30 October, 2012
In a contract worth in excess of US$100 million, Airbus Military has selected ATK to produce composite wing cover stringers for the A400M military transport aircraft.
30 October, 2012
First Flight Wind consortium gets Crown Estate approval for offshore wind farm.
30 October, 2012
Honda Aircraft Company has commenced production of the HondaJet light business aircraft, which features a composite fuselage.
30 October, 2012
Desalination plants which convert seawater into drinking water require pipelines made of a special kind of steel or titanium, but Fraunhofer Institute researchers believe heat-conducting polymer composites could replace these materials.
29 October, 2012
Composite materials supplier Gurit has announced a €3 million automotive contract from "a prestigious new customer in Italy."
29 October, 2012
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29 October, 2012
BASF and TenCate Advanced Composites have entered into a strategic alliance to cooperate on the development, production and commercialisation of thermoplastic composite materials suitable for high-volume vehicle production.
26 October, 2012
The railway station in the English seaside town of Dawlish has seen a corroded steel footbridge replaced with composite. This is the first composite bridge installed at a mainline rail station in the UK and the first Grade II listed composite bridge.
26 October, 2012
MISTRAS Group Inc, a US-headquartered provider of non-destructive testing (NDT) services, has acquired GMA Group of Germany.
26 October, 2012
French Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, and Airbus President and CEO, Fabrice Brégier, have officially inaugurated the A350 XWB Final Assembly Line (FAL), in Toulouse, France.
25 October, 2012
TenCate Advanced Composites North America is expanding its the cooperation with 3M, which started in 2010, and is designed speed up the development and adoption of new applications for composite materials.
25 October, 2012
AGY is introducing new sizing systems designed to give AGY's glass rovings and yarns compatibility with a wide range of thermoplastic resins.
24 October, 2012
The composite vertical tail plane of the first flyable A350 XWB (MSN1) is the first A350 XWB component to be painted in the Airbus livery.
23 October, 2012
The Lotus Formula One (F1) race team has adopted Anaglyph's Laminate Tools software as its primary tool for the stress-based ply definition of its chassis laminate.
23 October, 2012
BASF and Euroresins Europe Holding GmbH & Co KG have announced an agreement under which Euroresins will sell BASF's Baxxodur® epoxy systems for composite materials in Europe.
22 October, 2012
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22 October, 2012
The Latin American Composite Materials Association (ALMACO) has built a 'composites city' to illustrate the numerous industrial applications of composite materials. The Compocity will be unveiled at the Feiplar Composites 2012 trade show in Brazil.
20 October, 2012
Austrian Tier 1 aerospace supplier FACC has acquired a CHARGER™ small flat tape layer from MAG for use in the production of primary and secondary structural composite components.
19 October, 2012
Bombardier Aerospace's first CSeries aircraft that will take flight is being manufactured in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada.
18 October, 2012
DSM is introducing a new resin featuring bio-based raw materials. By combining this resin with natural quartz minerals surfaces company has Compac created an attractive new artificial stone product line.
17 October, 2012
Automotive supplier Montaplast of Germany is using BASF's high-temperature resistant 35% glass fibre reinforced polyamide (PA) Ultramid® Endure for a heat shield in the charge-air manifold of a Daimler four-cylinder diesel engine.
17 October, 2012
SDE Energy has formed a joint venture with Green Energy International to develop the wave power plant along the coastline of the Republic of Ecuador.
16 October, 2012
Continental Structural Plastics (CSP) has selected Siemens PLM Software's Fibersim™ composites engineering software to support the production launch of the Chevrolet Spark city car's battery enclosure.
16 October, 2012
Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered the composite deckhouse for the destroyer Zumwalt (DDG 1000) to the US Navy.
16 October, 2012
Atlantis Resources Corporation has completed the first ever tidal turbine testing programme at the National Renewable Energy Centre’s 3MW capacity, onshore, turbine drive train testing facility.
16 October, 2012
Ford Motor Company has demonstrated a prototype carbon fibre composite bonnet for the Ford Focus which weighs more than 50% less than a standard steel version. Production times are also significantly reduced.
15 October, 2012
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15 October, 2012
'Space tourism' company Virgin Galactic has taken 100% ownership of its sister company The Spaceship Company (TSC), by acquiring the 30% stake held by Scaled Composites.
15 October, 2012
Scott Bader Europe has announced a further price increase for its Crystic® range of unsaturated polyester, vinyl ester and DCPD resins, plus all other manufactured composite products.
15 October, 2012
The COMPOSITES EUROPE 2012 trade show attracted 8040 visitors to Düsseldorf on 9-11 October.
15 October, 2012
Over 40 organisations have joined forces to set out a long-term vision for the deployment of offshore wind in the northern seas and the economic opportunities this presents.
12 October, 2012
Siemens Energy has begun field testing of its new 154 m rotor for its 6 MW offshore wind turbine in Østerild, Denmark.
12 October, 2012
DTC Dutch Thermoplastic Components, Kok & Van Engelen, NLR National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands, TenCate Advanced Composites and VIRO have decided to collaborate in the European Thermoplastic Automotive Composites consortium (eTAC).
12 October, 2012
Kubus Sport is using Oxeon AB's TeXtreme® spread tow carbon fabrics in its new field hockey sticks. The new Brabo Hockey TeXtreme sticks are said to be lighter, stiffer and stronger than previous sticks.
11 October, 2012
Atlas Material Testing Technology has updated its SUNTEST CPS+ accelerated material testing instrument.
10 October, 2012
Kaman Aerospace Group Inc and Kineco Pvt Ltd have signed a definitive agreement to form a manufacturing joint venture in India.
09 October, 2012
BASF and the SGL Group have announced that they plan to develop a composite material based on carbon fibre and a reactive polyamide system and intended for the mass production of automotive components.
09 October, 2012
Prepreg manufacturer Amber Composites has taken delivery of a Blackman & White conveyorised CNC cutting table which will enable it to supply cut, kitted and ready-to-laminate prepreg.
09 October, 2012
Johns Manville (JM) is introducing its MultiStar® 819 glass fibre roving developed for spray-up applications.
08 October, 2012
The ThermoPlastic composites Research Centre (TPRC) in the Netherlands has entered into a long term partnership with French company Coriolis Composites to advance fibre placement technology.
08 October, 2012
At the Paris Motor Show, Ferrari unveiled a composite chassis for its upcoming limited-edition hybrid model.
05 October, 2012
As new production technologies lower carbon fibre cost, the global market for carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) will more than double to $36 billion in 2020, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 13%, according to a Lux Research report.
05 October, 2012
A new consultancy focusing on lightweight construction been formed in Aachen, Germany, by Michael Effing.
04 October, 2012
GKN plc has completed the acquisition of Volvo Aero (the aero engine division of AB Volvo), creating an aerospace engine business with both composites and metals expertise.
04 October, 2012
Wind turbine blade manufacturer LM Wind Power has confirmed plans to construct a blade manufacturing facility in Brazil. It will be established in conjunction with LM's joint venture partner Eólice and will deliver blades to wind farms in Brazil and the rest of South America.
03 October, 2012
Statoil and Statkraft collaborated on the £1 billion wind farm in a 50:50 joint venture.
03 October, 2012
DSM Composite Resins has announced a price increase for its complete portfolio of unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins sold in Europe.
03 October, 2012
European speciality chemicals distributor Azelis has announced the sale of its Composites business to VELOX GmbH.
02 October, 2012
Ashland Performance Materials will present its proprietary XO tooling concept at the COMPOSITES EUROPE trade show in Düsseldorf.
02 October, 2012
BASF will highlight its continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastics designed for automotive applications at the COMPOSITES EUROPE trade show in Düsseldorf.
02 October, 2012
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01 October, 2012
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01 October, 2012