Sensor Products Inc says the use of its Pressurex® pressure indicating sensor film helps optimise the setup of ultrasonic welders, resulting in welds of greater bond strength in thermoplastic composite materials. 09 February 2010
Royal Ten Cate has agreed to acquire armour company AML UK Ltd. This acquisition will provide TenCate with access to the UK market for lightweight composite armour solutions. 08 February 2010
Gibson/Jushi will present information on their Environmental Stewardship programme during the Composites 2010 trade show in Las Vegas next week. 05 February 2010
Bayer MaterialScience has opened a pilot facility for the manufacture of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) at CHEMPARK Leverkusen, Germany. 05 February 2010
Cytec Industries' Engineered Materials division has won contracts to supply carbon fibre composite materials for Bombardier Aerospace’s new CSeries and Learjet 85 aircraft programmes. 04 February 2010
The capacity of wind energy increased by 31% last year, adding 37.5 GW of wind turbines with an investment of US$63 billion. 04 February 2010
Boeing has moved the 787 Dreamliner fatigue test airframe to the structural test rig at its Everett, Washington, USA, site. 04 February 2010
Gurit reports full-year 2009 target market sales of CHF307.3 million, 22.1% down on 2008, after a stable fourth quarter. 03 February 2010
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) welcomes European regional energy initiatives, but says the aim is a European single market by 2015. 03 February 2010
The demand for bigger wind turbines, powered by longer rotor blades, has placed many challenges on the blade manufacturers and their suppliers. What developments could the future hold? 03 February 2010
Distributor Resintex Technology will be highlighting the range of composites marine products available from Scott Bader and SP-High Modulus during the SEATEC exhibition in Italy next week. 02 February 2010
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website during the month of January. 02 February 2010
Cray Valley has announced a price increase on unsaturated polyester resins for composites applications. 02 February 2010
The proposed US$12.2 billion budget for the Department of the Interior (DoI) in FY2011 includes an increase of US$14.2 million over last year for renewable energy programmes. 02 February 2010
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week. 01 February 2010
DSM Composite Resins has announced a price increase for its entire range of unsaturated polyester resins and gel-coat products. 01 February 2010
Chinese glass fibre producer Jushi Group Co Ltd has established a sales and marketing office in Singapore. 01 February 2010
REpower Systems AG will deliver 48 offshore wind turbines totalling 295 MW to RWE Innogy for Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. 01 February 2010
The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) calls on the UK Government to consider a raft of immediate measures to deliver the UK’s 2020 renewable energy targets. 01 February 2010
AOC is launching its EcoTek 'green' resin technology for composites at the Composites 2010 tradeshow in Las Vegas next week. 01 February 2010
Hexcel Corporation reports net sales for the fourth quarter of 2009 of US$266.6 million, 7.9% lower than reported for the fourth quarter of 2008. Operating income was $14.5 million, compared to $29.3 million for the same quarter for 2008. 29 January 2010
ACCIONA is the first company to register a wind energy facility in the USA under the requirements of the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS). 28 January 2010
Polystrand Inc has announced the release of its 'green series' reinforcing tape which uses recycled polyolefin as the matrix. 28 January 2010
Energetx Composites and Aeroblade have entered into a licensing agreement to design and produce utility-scale wind turbine blades for the North America market. 28 January 2010
The German Federation of Reinforced Plastics, AVK, is inviting entries for its annual innovation awards competition. 27 January 2010
Anaglyph has announced the release of version 4.0 of the Laminate Tools software application. 27 January 2010
Distributor Composites One has announced that it will introduce a new line of formulated epoxy resin products manufactured by SIKA Corporation into the US market. 27 January 2010
Eastman Machine Company is introducing a dual laser and blade cutting system for use by companies in the composites, aerospace, automotive, and industrial fabrics industries. 27 January 2010
ENECON Corporation is introducing DuraWrap™, a carbon fibre composite wrap system for use in repairing metal and concrete pipes and tanks. 26 January 2010
Huber Engineered Materials engineers will present an educational session on fillers at the Composites 2010 show in Las Vegas next month. 26 January 2010
Electric vehicles – plug-in hybrids and battery powered – will comprise nearly 20% of the global market for light vehicles in 2030, according to a study by automotive industry analysts at IHS Global Insight. 26 January 2010
Composites One, along with the Closed Mold Alliance and 10 industry partners, will host demonstrations of closed mould technology at the Composites 2010 tradeshow in Las Vegas next month. 26 January 2010
Mould release specialisst Zyvax is bringing its distributors together at a training event to highlight the latest environmentally friendly products, applications and market requirements. 25 January 2010
Gurit has granted a non-exclusive license for its patented Sprint technology and products to Hexcel Corporation. 25 January 2010
The European Pultrusion Technology Association (EPTA) has published the programme for its 10th World Pultrusion Conference, taking place on 8-9 April 2010 in Barcelona, Spain. 25 January 2010
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week. 25 January 2010
The UK government's UK Renewables Service is offering help to composites companies interested in becoming involved in the growing UK offshore wind energy sector. 25 January 2010
Cutting systems manufacturer Eastman Machine Company will exhibit at the Composites 2010 exhibition in Las Vegas on 9-11 February. 25 January 2010
SP-High Modulus has announced that it will supply composite materials, engineering and expertise for the boat design selected for the Tour de France à la Voile race. 22 January 2010
A European project aims to develop a window frame constructed of composite that has twice the insulation efficiency of the best frames currently on the market. 22 January 2010
In December, the Official Journal of the European Union published a notice of initiation of anti-dumping proceedings concerning imports of certain continuous filament glass fibre products from China. European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA) believes that this action could lead to price increases in the composites industry. 21 January 2010
Britain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will jointly fund £1 million for research into renewable energy policy. 21 January 2010
METYX Composites has announced the signing of an agreement making Scott Bader the exclusive distributor of its products in France. 21 January 2010
Despite the global economic crisis, optimism remains for the future growth prospects of Eastern and Central Europe reports global engineering group Trelleborg. 21 January 2010
TPI Composites Inc has announced the successful durability and road testing of its All Composite Military Vehicle (ACMV). 21 January 2010
The integration of 20% from wind energy is technically feasible, but will require significant expansion of the transmission infrastructure and system operational changes in order for it to be realised, according to an analysis from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). 20 January 2010
Composite resin manufacturer Scott Bader has joined a UK sustainable resources project group which aims to identify new ways of manufacturing chemicals from alternative sustainable resources. 20 January 2010
The world’s first conference dedicated to carbon fibre recycling was held in November in Hamburg, Germany. 20 January 2010
REpower Systems AG will supply 20 REpower MM92 wind turbines to National Wind LLC, a large-scale community wind project developer, for the first phase of the Lake Country Wind Energy project in central Minnesota. 19 January 2010
RES has acquired a portfolio of wind power projects in South Africa totalling almost 300 MW. 19 January 2010
Wind energy could supply 12% of the world’s power by the middle of this century, up from the current 2%, according to a 'Wind Energy Roadmap' to be published soon by the International Energy Agency (IEA). 19 January 2010
Boeing has completed initial airworthiness testing on its 787 Dreamliner aircraft. This will allow more aircraft to join the flight test programme. 19 January 2010
The European offshore wind power market grew 54% in 2009 according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). 18 January 2010
The embedded smart sensor systems will allow operators of offshore wind farms to check ‘the health’ of the wind turbines, while the operator is sitting onshore and while the wind turbine blades are spinning offshore, Denmark’s Risø DTU says. 18 January 2010
From city cars, to supercars and alternative energy vehicles, car makers are finding more applications for carbon fibre composite. 18 January 2010
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week. 18 January 2010
TenCate says it has been granted significant orders for anti-ballistic composite materials. 15 January 2010
MVP has designed an automated vertical winding system to speed up production time for Delta Environmental Products. 15 January 2010
SP-High Modulus, the marine business of Gurit, has appointed Navimo as a new distributor for the UK marine retail market. 14 January 2010
Sika Deutschland GmbH is introducing a new composite resin system for the aviation market which has been been approved by the German Air Ministry for use in light aircraft, powered gliders and gliders. 14 January 2010
Canadian boat builder Campion Marine Inc has decided to manufacture all of its new boats with Envirez® bio-derived resin from Ashland Performance Materials. 14 January 2010
Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP) has announced a price increase for its unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins, and gel-coats. 14 January 2010
Natural Power has launched a new product in its suite of wind farm monitoring and management tools: ForeSite. 14 January 2010
ITW Plexus reports it has developed long working time, fast-curing, 1:1 methacrylate structural adhesives which provide improved bonding in wind turbine blade applications. 13 January 2010