Lincoln Composites is participating in a US Department of Energy (DOE) project to reduce the costs associated with high-pressure hydrogen storage vessels for fuel cell electric vehicles.
14 December 2011
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13 December 2011
North American car maker General Motors (GM) and carbon fibre producer Teijin Ltd have announced plans to co-develop carbon fibre composite technologies for potential use in high-volume GM vehicles.
12 December 2011
Spanish car manufacturer GTA Motor is using prepregs from Advanced Composites Group (ACG) to create its Spano super sports car.
07 December 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
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28 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
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
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
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
KraussMaffei has announced an order from BMW for a large number of injection moulding, reaction process and automation machines and systems.
21 November 2011
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21 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
Henkel has developed a polyurethane-based composite resin which it says cures faster than epoxy resins.
11 November 2011
The three new products joining BASF's crash-optimised glass reinforced polyamide 6 range are designed for crash-relevant automotive parts such as steering wheel components, body inserts and seat structures.
26 October 2011
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24 October 2011
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17 October 2011
At the Fakuma 2011 BASF is introducing an Ultramid® Endure polyamide (PA) product with 50% glass fibre content which is said to offer improved stiffness at high temperature.
12 October 2011
McLaren Automotive has established a subsidiary in Singapore responsible for all McLaren Automotive’s operations in the region, including sales and technical support for the new McLaren MP4-12C high performance sports car.
03 October 2011
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03 October 2011