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Composite Industry

Performance Plastics acquired by investor

JW Hill Capital, a private equity firm, has acquired Performance Plastics Inc (PPI) and Angeles Composites Technologies Inc (ACTI) from Avantus Aerospace.

Sustainable research

Researchers at University of Limerick (UL), Ireland, are developing ways to improve composites recycling.

Composite Applications

Bombardier to build new manufacturing plant in Canada

Aerospace giant Bombardier has invested around US$400m to build a new aircraft facility in Mississauga, Canada.

Carbon Fiber

SMC conference

The European Alliance for sheet and bulk molding compounding (SMC/BMC) and plastics federation AVK are organizing SMCCreate 2022, a conference about SMC and BMC composite materials design.

Scott Bader opens adhesive facility

Scott Bader has opened a new adhesive facility in Northamptonshire, UK, not far from its headquarters.

Composite Parts

Wind turbines supplied to Canada

Siemens Gamesa has signed an order with Renewable Energy Systems (RES) in Canada to supply 20 turbines to a wind farm in Alberta in Canada.

Composite Applications

Road bridge sustainability

The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) in the UK has implemented a project to improve the sustainability of road bridge construction.

Composite Industry

Solvay launches digital hub for mining

Solvay has developed an online handbook supplying mining chemical application information for the mining industry.

Composite Processing

Evonik expand plasticizer range

Evonik plans to launch new plasticizer products based on isononanol (INA) raw material in 2022.

New CTO at Arkema

Armand Ajdari has been appointed new chief technology officer (CTO) at materials specialist Arkema.

Carbon Fiber

JEC World to focus on sustainability

The organizers of composites trade show JEC World say that its 2022 event will cover ‘Composites for a Sustainable World’.

Carbon Fiber

455MW wind plant in Finland

Siemens Gamesa has supplied a wind turbine plant to a project in Finland.