ASTM International Committee D30 on Composite Materials has named Adam Sawicki, technical fellow at the Boeing Company, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, as chairman.
28 March 2012
Poliya, Turkey, has signed a strategic partnership and manufacturing agreement with Novaresine, Italy, under which Novaresine will produce Poliya brand products in Northern Italy production plants which were previously operated by Hexion Specialty Chemicals.
26 March 2012
Hexcel Corporation and Web Industries have signed a long-term supply agreement under which Web will convert Hexcel's HexPly® carbon fibre prepreg into slit tape for aerospace programmes, including the Airbus A350 XWB.
23 March 2012
Reichhold has announced a price increase for all composites products in Europe.
22 March 2012
TPI Composites Inc, a US headquartered supplier of wind turbine blades, and Turkish engineering, manufacturing and construction company ALKE INSAAT have formed a joint venture company in Turkey to manufacture large composite wind turbine blades.
21 March 2012
The Teijin Composites Application Center (TCAC), which will develop applications for carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites, will open in Auburn Hills, Michigan, next month.
21 March 2012
The market for wood plastic composites (WPC) in Europe will reach almost 360 000 tonnes by 2015, an annual growth of 13%, according to a report from the Hackwell Group.
20 March 2012
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19 March 2012
The US Department of Transport (DOT) has granted Lincoln Composites a permit that authorises the manufacture, marking, sale and use of its TITAN™ composite compressed gas storage tank transport modules in the US.
16 March 2012
DSM Composite Resins has announced a price increase for its complete portfolio of unsaturated polyester resins and vinyl ester resins in Europe.
16 March 2012
Global resin supplier AOC is opening a new, expanded office and warehouse centre for distributor AOC (UK) Ltd and AOC Europe operations.
15 March 2012
Thermoplastics compounder RTP Company has acquired the conductive compound product line of Clariant.
15 March 2012
Reinforced Plastics and Owens Corning are hosting a free webinar on 19 April covering the use of glass fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) in corrosive environments.
14 March 2012
Toray Industries Inc has announced plans to increase production capacity for carbon fibre at its four sites in Japan, the US, France and South Korea.
14 March 2012
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13 March 2012
The first International Conference and Exhibition on Thermoplastic Composites (ITHEC) will take place on 29-30 October 2012 in Bremen, Germany.
09 March 2012
Hexagon Composites' subsidiary Composite Scandinavia AB is intending to discontinue production of composite LPG cylinders in Piteå, Sweden.
06 March 2012
Ashland Performance Materials is increasing the prices of its Derakane epoxy vinyl ester resins, unsaturated polyester resins and gel-coats portfolio sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
02 March 2012
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02 March 2012
AOC LLC has announced a price increase in the US and Canada for all products.
28 February 2012