AOC's corrosion and heat resistant Vipel® vinyl ester resin has been used in an oil recovery system at a Chevron oil field in Indonesia.
27 December, 2012
The Reinforced Plastics team would like to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
24 December, 2012
An agreement has been signed to merge DNV and GL. The new entity will be called DNV GL Group and will be one of the world's leading ship classification societies and risk experts in the oil and gas, renewable energy and power sectors, and among the global top three in management system certification.
21 December, 2012
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc has announced that it was recently selected as a supplier of the year by Molded Fiber Glass Companies (MFG), which uses Momentive resins to produce wind turbine blades and other composite products.
20 December, 2012
Czech developer CEZ Group has brought Europe’s largest onshore wind farm into full operation.
19 December, 2012
Spirit AeroSystems Inc is celebrating the completion of the 100th composite forward fuselage section for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
19 December, 2012
Steel company ThyssenKrupp AG has opened a 'TechCenter Carbon Composites' in Dresden and over the next three years it will invest in facilities to design, simulate and produce carbon fibre composite parts.
18 December, 2012
DSM Composite Resins AG and BÜFA GmbH & Co KG have announced plans to change the ownership structure of their joint ventures Euroresins Europe Holding and BÜFA Gelcoat Plus.
18 December, 2012
Matrix Composites has won a contract from Materials Sciences Corporation (MSC) to produce carbon fibre composite Hardback assemblies for the US Army’s Reduced Weight Missile Launcher (RWML) programme.
18 December, 2012
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17 December, 2012
Thomas Becker, a former Danish civil servant, will replace Christian Kjaer as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), effective 1 April 2013.
14 December, 2012
Unitech Composites has been awarded a Boeing contract to manufacture composite cockpit glare shields for the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter.
14 December, 2012
Aircraft maker Boeing and automotive company BMW have signed a collaboration agreement to participate in joint research on carbon fibre recycling. The companies will also share knowledge about carbon fibre materials and manufacturing.
13 December, 2012
The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Centre has been awarded the first phase of a potential $93.2 million deepwater offshore wind demonstration project by the US Department of Energy (DOE).
13 December, 2012
TenCate Advanced Composites has been successful in qualifying to supply carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite material for an unnamed automotive customer.
12 December, 2012
The UK government has announced an investment of £28 million to enhance the capabilities of the National Composites Centre (NCC) located near Bristol, UK.
11 December, 2012
Goldbeck Solar GmbH, together with injection moulder Ensinger and chemical company BASF, has developed a modular mounting system for flat-roof solar installations in which the load-bearing elements are made of BASF's Ultramid glass fibre reinforced polyamide.
10 December, 2012
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10 December, 2012
The Fraunhofer Project Centre for Composites Research at the University of Western Ontario in Canada officially opened its doors last month.
08 December, 2012
Composite Advantage LLC’s FiberSPAN™ fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) bridge deck was selected for Boston’s largest pedestrian and cyclist bridge project to date.
07 December, 2012
Airbus has successfully completed the main structural assembly and system connection of the first flight-test A350 XWB aircraft, known as ‘MSN-001’.
05 December, 2012
HELM AG has announced the appointment of consultant Michael Effing of AMAC GmbH to advise, promote and further develop Chinese glass fibre producer Jushi Group's thermoplastic glass fibre business in Europe.
05 December, 2012
Glass fibre reinforcements producer 3B has obtained Germanischer Lloyd (GL) approval for its SE2020 single-end rovings used mainly for the manufacturing of non-crimp (multiaxial) fabrics used to make wind turbine blades.
04 December, 2012
India could have 89 GW of installed wind capacity by 2020 up from 18GW at present, helping to fight a growing power shortage in the country, according to an industry outlook report released on Thursday.
04 December, 2012
Carbon fibre manufacturer Teijin Ltd has begun operating a pilot plant for the production of carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic automotive components at its Matsuyama Factory in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
04 December, 2012
The UK's EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Composites is offering funding for up to nine research feasibility studies in the area of composites manufacturing.
03 December, 2012
Airtech Advanced Materials Group will be celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2013.
03 December, 2012
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01 December, 2012