38 of GE's 2.5 MW wind turbines will be used for projects in northern Poland, and the company will also build a service centre to provide long-term local support.
09 May 2012
Innovative Composites International Inc (ICI) has announced an agreement to supply its EcoScape™ composite modular homes for a housing project in Antigua.
09 May 2012
Umeco’s Structural Materials business has signed an agreement with Canadian motorsports organisation Multimatic Motorsports to sponsor two Aston Martin Vantage V8s in the 2012 Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC).
08 May 2012
Lignol Energy Corporation, a technology company specialising in advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals, has become a member of the Oak Ridge Carbon Fibre Composites Consortium managed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
08 May 2012
Swiss company Gurit and Sino Composite of China have signed a long-term agreement under which Gurit will supply balsa core materials to Sino for the Chinese market.
08 May 2012
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08 May 2012
The company blames the U.S. market and regulatory conditions for postponing installation of the offshore prototype near Cape Charles, Va. - which the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) approved earlier this year.
08 May 2012
Specialist engineering and manufacturing company Formaplex has increased production space by a further 30% with the opening of a new 15 000 ft2 factory.
07 May 2012
University Racing Eindhoven (URE) has developed a hybrid composite wheel for this year’s Formula Student competition using Huntsman Advanced Materials' epoxy resin.
07 May 2012
Wind turbine blade manufacturer LM Wind Power says that although its 2011 financial results are in line with expectations for the year, they are disappointing and lower than last year.
06 May 2012
Airtech, a manufacturer of processing materials for the composites and tooling industries, showed its latest products and services for the resin infusion process during the JEC Europe trade show in March.
05 May 2012
AIMPLAS is coordinating a European project called MAC-RTM, which is aiming to develop a system for curing resins using microwaves.
04 May 2012
Total affiliate CCP Composites has sold its shares in North American distributor Composites One to GLS Composites Distribution Corporation, which is owned by Synergy 55.
04 May 2012
First Wind has started construction of its first wind project in Washington state - the 105 MW Palouse Wind farm in northern Whitman County.
04 May 2012
RHC Lifting Ltd has commissioned and supplied its first Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) to GKN Aerospace’s new composite wing structures manufacturing and assembly facility near Bristol, UK.
03 May 2012
ACCIONA Windpower is installing two of its AW-3000/116, 3 MW wind turbines at Pioneer Grove in Cedar County, Iowa, USA, marking the first installation of the turbines in North America.
03 May 2012
Lockheed Martin has partnered with Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc to develop an improved software package for the programming of automated fibre placement equipment (AFP).
03 May 2012
Contracts signed for wind turbines in the second half of 2011 for delivery in 2013 fell 4% to €0.91 million/MW from 6 months earlier, with overcapacity and new players keeping prices for utility-scale wind turbines down, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance's Wind Turbine Price Index (WTPI).
03 May 2012
Kaman Aerospace Group Inc and Kineco Pvt Ltd have announced an agreement to form a company in India to manufacture composite structures for aerospace, medical and other industries.
03 May 2012
Zyvex Technologies and ENVE Composites have announced an exclusive partnership to provide a bicycle rim for downhill mountain bikes that uses nano-enhanced carbon fibre.
02 May 2012