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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.
01 August 2011

Composite façade fronts Amsterdam museum Composite façade fronts Amsterdam museum

The composite sandwich panels which make up the façade of the new Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam are based on Teijin carbon and aramid fibre and vinyl ester resin.
27 July 2011

Glastic introduces pultruded bridge deck profile Glastic introduces pultruded bridge deck profile

Röchling Glastic Composites has developed a new pultruded pedestrian bridge deck profile and scaffolding board with a grooved anti-slip surface.
26 July 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.
18 July 2011

EuCIA issues position paper on recycling of glass reinforced thermoset composites

The cement kiln route is the most sustainable solution for waste management of glass fibre reinforced thermoset parts and is compliant with EU legislation, according to a position paper issued by the European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA).
28 June 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.
06 June 2011

Last month's top 3 stories

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

Composites give Spanish hotel a new look Composites give Spanish hotel a new look

The Vistas Hotel in Benidorm, Spain, has been given a new composite facade, made up of white gel-coated glass fibre reinforced plastic (GRP) sections produced by Spanish moulder Miraplas.
01 June 2011

HOBAS wins No Dig Award HOBAS wins No Dig Award

Composite pipe manufacturer HOBAS and construction group PBG have won an International Society for Trenchless Technology (ISTT) No Dig Award for a sewer project in Poland.
09 May 2011

Premier Composite Technologies celebrates 5th anniversary Premier Composite Technologies celebrates 5th anniversary

Dubai based composite structures supplier Premier Composite Technologies (PCT) is celebrating five years in business.
29 April 2011

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

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

Huntsman in FRP transport infrastructure project Huntsman in FRP transport infrastructure project

Huntsman Advanced Materials is part of Trans-IND, a European project focusing on industrialised manufacturing of transport infrastructures using fibre reinforced (FRP) based materials.
26 April 2011

Madrid sees installation of carbon composite pedestrian bridge Madrid sees installation of carbon composite pedestrian bridge

In a recent project, Spanish construction firm ACCIONA Infrastructure worked with Huntsman Advanced Materials to construct a 44 m long, 3.5 m wide carbon composite pedestrian bridge in Madrid.
20 April 2011

Compositebuild.com expands to Europe Compositebuild.com expands to Europe

Ashland has expanded the coverage of its CompositeBuild.com website to include European composites manufacturers serving the building and construction market.
13 April 2011

Owens Corning introduces HiLight roving for translucent panel applications

Owens Corning says its HiLightâ„¢ multi-end roving is designed for use in architectural applications such as skylights, cladding, and greenhouses.
12 April 2011

Owens Corning introduces roving for long-span pultrusion applications

Owens Corning is introducing XStrand® H roving, a high-performance glass reinforcement for long-span composite parts manufactured using the pultrusion process.
03 April 2011

3B wins award for Sheraton Milan Malpensa hotel cladding 3B wins award for Sheraton Milan Malpensa hotel cladding

3B has won a 2011 JEC Innovation Award in the Construction Category for the pultruded composite cladding used at the Sheraton Milan Malpensa Airport Hotel, Italy.
02 April 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.
14 March 2011

Ashland showcases CompositeBuild initiative

Ashland will discuss composite building materials at a Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) conference in April.
28 February 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.
28 February 2011

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