FEATURED NEWS STORY

• Canada’s first Bio-Composite Bodied Electric Car

  

  The car, called the Kestrel, is an electric 4 passenger compact vehicle, designed and engineered by Motive, the body of which is made from impact resistant bio composite material.

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• Commencement of $65 million Composites Research Program in Australia

  

  Last month marked the first official meeting of the new Board of Directors for the Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures (CRC-ACS), signalling the commencement of a five-year international research program based in Australia.

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• CCM Holds Undergraduate Research Symposium

  

  In early June, more than 60 undergraduate students arrived at the University of Delaware’s Center for Composite Materials, ready to spend the summer gaining valuable hands-on research experience.

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• Franhofer ICT Develop Thermoplastic RTM

  

  Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT in Pfinztal have developed a new process technique for large-scale use in vehicle construction.

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• Work begins on UK National Composite Centre

  

  Work has begun on building a new world-class facility in Bristol that will bring together leading industry experts and academics in the growing area of composites research and manufacture.

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• Boeing Continues Remote Tests on 787

  

  Four of the five Boeing 787 flight test airplanes were conducting remote test operations last week, whilst ZA005 continued testing from its base of operations in Seattle.

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• JD Lincoln Launches Epoxy-based Surfacing Film

  JD Lincoln has launched L-316/11, a new epoxy surface improvement film developed specifically for the manufacture of composite parts when using low pressure vacuum bag processing.

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• Gurit Inaugurates New Tooling Production Site of Red Maple

  Gurit has officially inaugurated the new production campus of Red Maple in Taicang/PR China, which more than doubles the shop floor space of Red Maple, the tooling business of Gurit.

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• Tridak Releases New Diaphragm Valves for Reactive Fluids

  

  The new Tridak Model 475 Series diaphragm valves are designed to be used with low-to-medium viscosity fluids, with the internal design preventing fluid contact with the actuating components, making them suitable for use with reactive fluids such as cyanoacrylates, solvent-based adhesives and coatings.

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• Zyvax Capitalizes on Chinese Manufacturing Vitality

  Rapid expansion of Chinese manufacturing in a variety of industries has led to a boom for some U.S. companies including Zyvax, which recently established a distribution channel through a partnership with FRP Services, one of the nation's largest distributors.

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