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Last week's top 3 stories Last week's top 3 stories

The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
21 November 2011

Innovative Composites to supply EcoScape modular housing to Brazil

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

Architectural staircase takes shape in composite forms Architectural staircase takes shape in composite forms

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

Last week's top 3 stories Last week's top 3 stories

The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
07 November 2011

Last month's top 3 stories Last month's top 3 stories

The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website during the month of October.
01 November 2011

Last week's top 3 stories Last week's top 3 stories

The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
31 October 2011

US Liner Company introduces sandwich panel with recycled core US Liner Company introduces sandwich panel with recycled core

US Liner Company's latest product is ECOTEX, a panel consisting of glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic skins and chopped long fibre polypropylene and glass core.
30 October 2011

One-piece concrete forms manufactured from long glass fibre thermoplastic One-piece concrete forms manufactured from long glass fibre thermoplastic

SABIC Innovative Plastics and construction supply company Meccano de Mexico have developed one-piece, reusable concrete forms made from SABIC’s LNP Verton long glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite.
26 October 2011

Last week's top 3 stories Last week's top 3 stories

The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
24 October 2011

Crane Composites adds to wall panel range

Crane Composites Inc, a US manufacturer of fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) wall panels, has expanded its INNOVATIVE FINISHES line of architectural panels with a new collection of over 20 colours and textures called DESIGNS.
11 October 2011

Premier Composite Technologies and UNStudio win 'best stand' award Premier Composite Technologies and UNStudio win 'best stand' award

Premier Composite Technologies (PCT) and UNStudio won the ‘Best Stand’ Blueprint Award at the 100% Design exhibition in London. The modular stand was created using advanced composite materials.
03 October 2011

Last week's top 3 stories Last week's top 3 stories

The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
03 October 2011

Last month's top 3 stories Last month's top 3 stories

The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website during the month of September.
02 October 2011

Composites offers benefits in modular housing design Composites offers benefits in modular housing design

Excellent mechanical properties, low weight and fast installation are some of the properties making composite materials attractive for modular housing concepts.
21 September 2011

Composite solar roofing offers lower installation cost Composite solar roofing offers lower installation cost

Australian company The Specialty Group is developing solar roofing materials in sheet form as part of a 3-year A$7 million clean energy research project. The roofing material is based on the company's UV curable prepregs.
15 September 2011

ACMA proposes ANSI standard for pultruded FRP structures

The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA)'s Pultrusion Industry Council (PIC) has taken a step toward creation of a national standard for the use of pultruded fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites materials by developing the Code of Standard Practice for Fabrication and Installation of Pultruded FRP Structures.
08 September 2011

Insituform Technologies acquires North American business of Fyfe Group

Insituform Technologies Inc, a specialist in technologies for rehabilitation of pipelines and other structures, has acquired the North American business of Fyfe Group LLC, a provider of complementary products.
03 September 2011

DSM composite materials used in Indian school DSM composite materials used in Indian school

DSM reports that is composite materials have been used to build a school in India.
17 August 2011

Seminar showcases composites technologies for earthquake zones

The Composites Association of New Zealand (CANZ) is sponsoring a seminar showcasing composites technologies which can help rebuild cities following earthquakes and other natural disasters.
10 August 2011

Composite sphere tops Turkmenistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs building Composite sphere tops Turkmenistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs building

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan's new building features a spherical composite conference room developed using structural engineering expertise from Gurit.
04 August 2011

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