Benteler-SGL GmbH & Co KG has invested €36 million in a new plant in Austria to manufacture automotive components made of carbon composites.
16 May 2012
AOC's new Vipel® F010-H2O-00 vinyl ester resin is certified to the NSF/ANSI 61: Drinking Water System Components-Health Effects standard.
16 May 2012
Brazilian company Edra Equipamentos has created an ATM booth using composite resins partially derived from renewable resources from Elekeiroz SA.
15 May 2012
Advanced high-strength steel (AHSS), aluminium, magnesium, titanium and carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) each has its own set of cost, availability, manufacturing and performance characteristics that affect their adoption in the automotive and aerospace industries, according to a Lux Research report.
11 May 2012
AGY has increased production of its S-2 Glass® fibre reinforcements by 20% to meet growth in demand from aerospace and industrial markets.
09 May 2012
Lignol Energy Corporation, a technology company specialising in advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals, has become a member of the Oak Ridge Carbon Fibre Composites Consortium managed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
08 May 2012
Swiss company Gurit and Sino Composite of China have signed a long-term agreement under which Gurit will supply balsa core materials to Sino for the Chinese market.
08 May 2012
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08 May 2012
University Racing Eindhoven (URE) has developed a hybrid composite wheel for this year’s Formula Student competition using Huntsman Advanced Materials' epoxy resin.
07 May 2012
Zyvex Technologies and ENVE Composites have announced an exclusive partnership to provide a bicycle rim for downhill mountain bikes that uses nano-enhanced carbon fibre.
02 May 2012
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30 April 2012
Royal Engineered Composites is planning to install a new autoclave in November 2012.
26 April 2012
Pepin Associates Inc has developed a discontinuous, unidirectional preimpregnated reinforcement tape (unitape), called DiscoTape™, which has the ability to stretch up to 30% to form complex shapes.
25 April 2012
Conductive Composites Company has developed nickel chemical vapour deposition (CVD) coated nonwovens.
24 April 2012
Supported by nova-Institut GmbH, Germany, the Wood-Plastic Composites Pavilion at COMPOSITES CHINA 2012 is co-organised by Reed Exhibitions and the China Association of Comprehensive Resource Utilization's Wood-Plastic Composites Committee.
24 April 2012
The Lola-Drayson B12/69EV prototype electric race car employs recycled composites and flax reinforced composites, both products born out of joint development programmes involving Umeco.
24 April 2012
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23 April 2012
Thermoplastics compounder RheTech Inc has expanded its RheVision® biocomposites product line to include agave fibre and coconut fibre.
17 April 2012
It's two days to go to this free webinar covering the use of glass fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) in corrosive environments, which is being organised by Reinforced Plastics and Owens Corning.
17 April 2012
Clariant's Exolit® EP halogen-free flame retardants for epoxy resins are designed to achieve high fire safety levels in transport and construction applications.
16 April 2012