Gurit Wins Four-Year Automotive Components Supply Contract
13 September 2016
13 September 2016
Gurit has announced that it has been selected as the supplier for carbon fibre-based automotive body panels by a British premium automotive OEM.
According to Gurit, the total value of the four-year contract is at around CHF 15 million. Supply to the project is scheduled to start in June 2018.
Gurit explains that prototyping and development work for the project will be carried out at its technology centre in the UK, with volume production of the car parts being done at its new Hungarian plant using it novel press technology.
More than 1,800 visitors attended the KraussMaffei Competence Forum in Munich, Germany, on 6-7 June to celebrate the company’s 180th anniversary under the theme ‘Technology Pioneers – from Tradition to Innovation.’
Technical Fibre Products (TFP) will exhibit nonwovens for use in surface finishing, imparting EMI shielding or fire protection, and other transport applications, at the JEC Conference on The Future of Composites in Transportation, taking place in Chicago, US, on 27-28 June.
Advanced Engineering 2018, the UK’s annual gathering of OEMs and engineering supply chain professionals, has opened registration for its 10th anniversary show. The first 50 people signing up will be offered a free Ultra High Capacity Power Bank for mobile phones and laptops, to be picked up at the show.
