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REACH Open Public Consultation launched

The European Commission (EC) is now accepting contributions from individuals and companies about the revision of REACH Regulations ‘to help achieve a toxic-free environment’.

MarineAM call for papers

The organizers of MarineAM 2022 have issued a call for papers.

Thermoplastic composite pipes

Composite part manufacturer Strohm, based in the Netherlands, has developed thermoplastic composite pipes (TCP) with an integrated weight coating.

Carbon nanotube printing

Toray Industries has created a printing technology to form semiconductors circuits on flexible films using semi-conductive carbon nanotube composites.

Stitching technique for stronger composites

Researchers at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) in Abu Dhabi, UAE have been researching ways to join composite sheets using thicker carbon thread than previously used.

Sicomin appoints Swedish distributor

Sicomin has named DockYard Composites as its new Swedish distributor.

Airtech’s resins qualified for use in 3D printing

Airtech has partnered with 3D printer manufacturer CEAD to qualified its Dahltram resins for use on all of  CEAD’s Flexbot additive manufacturing (AM) machines.

BASF expands PA production

BASF has announced plans to expand its polyamide (PA) 6.6 production in Freiburg, Germany, beginning in 2022

Sustainable carbon fiber mast

Hexcel has completed its build of a 34m carbon fiber prepreg mast at a French shipyard.

Large-scale biobased resin infusion

Sicomin says that its bio-based epoxy infusion resin has been used for the infusion of a yacht hull – one of the largest structures to be infused with bio-resins to date.

Composite Industry

Promoting composites in wind turbines

The National Composites Centre (NCC) in the UK has begun the second part of a £5m project to research incorporating new composite-based components in the next-generation of offshore wind turbines.

High temperature composites

The National Composites Centre (NCC) and chemicals specialist Nexam Chemical say that they have successfully manufactured a composite using a high temperature resin.