Automotive

24 April 2018

The environmental credentials of battery electric vehicles were questioned at the latest Future of Technology seminar organised by the Advan...

24 April 2018

Zoltek and electric vehicle maker Uniti have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

17 April 2018

EconCore will unveil the latest developments in its thermoplastic honeycomb core production technology at NPE2018 on 7-11 May in Orlando, Fl...

17 April 2018

Scigrip has expanded its agreement with Biesterfeld Spezialchemie to include France and the French territories in Northern Africa, with imme...

10 April 2018

Zoltek, headquartered in Missouri, USA, has announced an increase in carbon fibre production capacity at its facility located in Nyergesújfalu, Hungary.

03 April 2018

Advanced Engineering 2018, the UK exhibition for advanced engineering professionals, is celebrating its 10^th birthday by being bi...

03 April 2018

AIMPLAS is taking part in the European project ECOXY to develop composites for the construction and the automotive sectors that are repairable, reprocessable and recyclable.

27 March 2018

Composites Innovation 2018 will be focusing on emerging technologies and new innovations in the expansion of composites manufacturing, highl...

20 March 2018

Gestamp has won the JEC Automotive Application Innovation Award 2018 for the development of a new composite chassis concept.

20 March 2018

Dow Automotive Systems is leveraging its structural adhesives portfolio and development expertise to offer BETAFORCE, BETAMATE and BETASEAL ...

20 March 2018

LANXESS has commissioned a new production line for the manufacture of speciality thermoplastic compounds at its Krefeld-Uerdingen site in Germany.

20 March 2018

Zoltek has won the JEC Automotive Process Innovation Award in partnership with Audi, Voith Composites and Dow Automotive, for the development of a carbon rear wall module using a high-volume CFRP production process.

13 March 2018

Voith introduced its new carbon fibre manufacturing line at JEC World 2018.

13 March 2018

Magna is opening a new Composites Centre of Excellence in Esslingen, Germany, with the aim of helping European automakers meet increasingly ...

13 March 2018

The JEC World 2018 Innovation Awards ceremony took place on 7 March, opened by a presentation by Yves Rossy, aircraft pilot and inventor of ...

13 March 2018

Aston Martin and Dow have announced the continuation of their technical development partnership, paving the way for further joint advancemen...

13 March 2018

Chem-Trend is leveraging its advanced die cast and composite technologies to help automotive partners make electric vehicles and lightweighting for fuel efficiency a reality.

06 March 2018

SABIC is featuring several innovations in materials and manufacturing designed to drive broader adoption of strong, lightweight thermoplasti...

06 March 2018

3A Composites Core Materials is developing a new structural AIREX foam core platform targeted at lightweight, high-volume automotive applica...

06 March 2018

Michelman is addressing the need for automotive lightweighting with its newest portfolio of film formers, Hydrosize Link.

06 March 2018

Mass Reduction for Mass Production: High Volume Manufacturing of CFRP, a paper co-presented by Felix Diebold, Development Lightweight Design...

06 March 2018

As part of a planned business expansion, Axon Automotive has moved from its start-up location in Wollaston, UK, to a bigger factory site on ...

06 March 2018

US-based Teknor Apex reports that its recycled polyamide compounds are now available throughout Europe.

06 March 2018

Moldex Composites, India, has acquired a stake in UK-based composites manufacturer MCT Engineering.

06 March 2018

Zoltek will be showcasing a special display on the new Uniti electric car at JEC World.

27 February 2018

3A Composites will introduce its latest innovations in sustainable core materials at this year's JEC World.

27 February 2018

Aliancys will be present several new products, including Daron 8150 resin for high performance SMC, Neomould 2017-S-01 tooling resin for the...

27 February 2018

Armacell will present its ArmaShape technology for the large-scale production of 3D-shaped PET foam core materials.

27 February 2018

Chomarat is launching a new glass multiaxial non-crimp fabric (NCF) for thermoplastic composites at JEC World.

27 February 2018

Cobra International will celebrate its 40th year anniversary at JEC World.

27 February 2018

Dieffenbacher will present its new solutions for the high-volume production of fibre reinforced plastic comp...

27 February 2018

Haydale will be demonstrating real-life applications of its lightweight graphene enhanced prepregs at JEC Wo...

27 February 2018

Hexcel will display an array of product innovations for customer applications in aerospace, automotive, wind...

27 February 2018

Huntsman Advanced Materials will be highlighting its portfolio of composite, adhesive and syntactic solution...

27 February 2018

At JEC World, KraussMaffei will present cost-efficient solutions for manufacturing fibre reinforced plastic components, focusing on new proc...

27 February 2018

Porcher Industries’ five business units will present new market specific technical textile and thermoplastic...

27 February 2018

Scott Bader will launch two new brands at JEC World – Crestafire and Crestafix – and give two technical pres...

27 February 2018

Sigmatex will showcase its range of high-performance carbon fibre textiles at JEC World, and introduce its d...

27 February 2018

Solvay will showcase its composite and speciality polymers material technologies through leading-edge applications.

27 February 2018

Celebrating a century of innovative development since its founding in 1918, Teijin will present several of its composite and material solutions.

27 February 2018

Technical Fibre Products (TFP) will focus on the capability of its Optiveil nonwovens to deliver an exceptio...

27 February 2018

Williams Advanced Engineering will present its lightweight electric vehicle (EV) platform, which demonstrate...

20 February 2018

Following several years of technical collaboration, ELG Carbon Fibre, Sanko Engineering and Tooling (SET) and Sanko Gosei UK have formalised their partnership. A key element of this strategic alliance will be the further development of cost effective, lightweight solutions for the automotive market.

20 February 2018

Teijin has announced the full-scale launch of its new SOLFIGA high-performance polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) compounds made with proprietary PPS resin technologies from Initz, a Teijin/SK Chemicals joint venture.

13 February 2018

The ALLIANCE (Affordable Lightweight Automobiles Alliance) project in collaboration with INNOGET is offering an exclusive opportunity for INNOGET users to submit their lightweight innovations to the ALLIANCE project technology call.

06 February 2018

Trèves TSC group has been renamed Tesca and is launching its new strategy for design and manufacture of automotive interiors.

30 January 2018

The 5th biennial Composites Innovation will take place on 20th - 21st June 2018 at the Nottingham Conference Centre, Nottingham, UK, with pa...

30 January 2018

JEC Group has announced the 30 finalists in the 10 categories of its 2018 JEC Innovation Awards.

23 January 2018

The £50 million McLaren Composites Technology Centre (MCTC) nearing completion near Sheffield, UK, was inaugurated on 16 January.

16 January 2018

Scott Bader is exhibiting its Crestabond structural adhesives at the Automotive Lightweight Technologies Expo in Tokyo, Japan, on 17-19 Janu...

16 January 2018

The 2018 Enlighten Award, presented jointly by Altair and the Centre for Automotive Research (CAR), is now open for submissions.

09 January 2018

ELG Carbon Fibre will be exhibiting for the first time at the Automotive World Show in Tokyo on 17-19 January.

02 January 2018

Sumitomo Bakelite and GRIP Metal have entered into a joint development agreement to develop lightweight thermoset composite applications.

02 January 2018

Dieffenbacher has modernised two presses for Inapal Plàsticos in Leça do Balio, Portugal, a producer of components for the automotive indust...

02 January 2018

Shape Machining has completed the introduction of the CNC machining verification software Vericut.

12 December 2017

Zoltek's PX35 carbon fibre is employed in the new Uniti electric car which made its debut in Sweden on 7 December. The vehicle features a fu...

05 December 2017

A method for joining metal to thermoplastic composites developed by Powdertech Surface Science has been employed in the Ariel Hipercar proje...

05 December 2017

SHAPE Machining reports that it has successfully demonstrated its capabilities in the field of advanced composites for automotive applicatio...

28 November 2017

Bertrandt and SGL have collaborated to develop a concept for automotive interior structures based on composite materials – the 'Carbon Carri...

28 November 2017

AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, is coordinating the European project RECOTRANS, which aims to develop efficient and sustainable man...

28 November 2017

UK-based Axon Automotive, developer of the Axontex carbon fibre structural beam technology, has been acquired by Bawtry Investments.

28 November 2017

Lanxess is investing around €20 million to construct a new compounding plant for high performance plastics in Changzhou, China.

21 November 2017

A record attendance 15% higher than last year was achieved at the Advanced Engineering 2017, held in Birmingham, UK, on 1-2 November, accord...

21 November 2017

Electric GT is partnering with Bcomp to replace carbon fibre panels with natural fibre composite parts in its Electric GT racing car.

21 November 2017

Sigmatex reports that it has received a Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Innovation Award in recognition of its efforts in developing a recycled carb...

14 November 2017

Solvay has completed the acquisition of European Carbon Fiber (ECF), a German producer of precursor for large tow (50K) polyacrylonitrile (PAN) carbon fibre.

14 November 2017

Technology from Dow Automotive Systems that is designed to enable the processing speed and recyclability needed to utilise carbon fibre composites in mass production has been selected as a 2018 Automotive News PACE Award finalist.

07 November 2017

Solvay has added Ryton R-4-300 polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) and the Amodel A-89XX series of polyphthalamide (PPA) polymers to its portfolio of thermal management solutions.

31 October 2017

Advanced Engineering 2017 takes place on 1-2 November at the NEC, Birmingham. Some of the industry’s biggest names, including Airbus, Hexcel...

24 October 2017

Advanced Engineering 2017 has announced the show floor features that will be on display during the two-day exhibition and conference on 1-2 ...

24 October 2017

Dopag will be presenting its metering, mixing and dispensing technology, used in the processing and application of multi-component polymers or one-component media such as adhesives, greases, and oils.

24 October 2017

The EPSRC Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub (The Hub) will be exhibiting and speaking at Advanced Engineering 2017.

24 October 2017

Machining and kit cutting specialist MSA Manufacturing will exhibit at Advanced Engineering 2017.

24 October 2017

Oxford Advanced Surfaces (OAS) is introducing a new adhesion promotion surface treatment that can be cured using UV light.

24 October 2017

Advanced composites manufacturer Pentaxia will be unveiling plans for a £1 million investment in a new six-acre site.

24 October 2017

Precision Laser Processing (PLP) is exhibiting at Advanced Engineering 2017. The company has just invested in a £500,000 5-axis water jet cutting machine.

24 October 2017

R-TECH Materials, a UK testing, analysis and consultancy business, is showcasing its capabilities at Advanced Engineering 2017. The company's UKAS accredited laboratories run tests on all types of engineering materials, from composites and polymers to metals and ceramics.

24 October 2017

SCIGRIP will be showcasing its range of methacrylate (MMA) adhesives targeted at the automotive assembly market.

24 October 2017

Visitors to Advanced Engineering 2017 can see a Caterham Seven CSR-260 sports car with a carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) roof moulded...

24 October 2017

Senior engineering figures Stephen Ball, Roger Atkins, Kieron Salter and Rob Lewis have been confirmed as guest speakers as part of Silverstone Technology Cluster (STC)'s sponsorship of the VIP Lounge at Advanced Engineering 2017.

17 October 2017

The Nuna9 solar car has won the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2017, as a partner to the Nuon Solar Team, Aliancys supplied its styrene-f...

17 October 2017

Gurit has won a contract for the production and supply of carbon fibre-based exterior car body panels from an Italian premium automotive OEM.

17 October 2017

BMW, Intel and Mobileye are developing a self-driving vehicle platform for application by 2021, Magna joins the initiative as a Tier 1 technology integrator and will help automakers industrialise and customise the domain controller designed by the three core partners.

10 October 2017

Michelman will feature a number of new and improved Hydrosize fibre sizing solutions formulated for use with carbon fibre at GoCarbonFibre 2017 on 10-12 October in Munich, Germany.

10 October 2017

JEC Group is returning to Knoxville, Tennessee, US, for the second year in a row for JEC Automotive Forums, an international conference focusing on the use of composite materials in the automotive industry.

03 October 2017

Teijin Aramid has announced that its para-aramid fibre Twaron will be deployed in the solar-powered vehicles of the KU Leuven and University of Michigan teams taking part in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.

03 October 2017

Biesterfeld Plastic will be presenting its products for the e-mobility market at this year’s Fakuma exhibition on 17-21 October.

03 October 2017

Magna has announced a partnership with StartUs Insights with the aim of creating deeper connections with the start-up community in Europe.

26 September 2017

Hexcel’s HexMC-i moulding compound and HexPly carbon fibre prepregs have been selected for a high-rate manufacturing process demonstrator pr...

26 September 2017

This year’s Composites Europe trade fair held on 19-21 September in Stuttgart, Germany, attracted a total of 406 exhibitors from 28 countrie...

26 September 2017

epm technology has been acquired by AS.G (Aero Services Global) as part of a multi-million pound buy and build strategy to service high growth engineering sectors in the aerospace, defence and automotive industries.

19 September 2017

Hexcel reports that it will be launching a new UK government-backed £7.4 million research and development project Multi Axial Infused Materi...

19 September 2017

Composites Europe will be inviting designers, engineers, technicians, converters and buyers from the composites industry, as well as the app...

19 September 2017

Kordsa provided composite materials support to the Kocaeli University Türk Mekatronik Team, winner of the Design Category at the TÜBİTAK Eff...

19 September 2017

LANXESS will focus on the sustainable in-vehicle applications of its thermoplastics during the Fakuma trade fair.

12 September 2017

BASF is launching the CONTOURA prepreg range, which combines Acrodur resins with a variety of natural, recycled or synthetic fibres to produce a prepreg suitable for use in the automotive, RV, and home and office furnishing industries.

05 September 2017

DSM is introducing a materials solution for high-pressure composite tanks for use in hydrogen storage.

05 September 2017

Western Sydney University has unveiled its new solar car, which will compete at the 2017 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in October.

29 August 2017

The Composite Centre at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), UK, is installing a high pressure press a...

29 August 2017

Porsche is offering lightweight carbon fibre composite wheels as an option for the 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series.

29 August 2017

Tepex dynalite thermoplastic composite is being employed in the backseat system of a European automotive manufacturer's off-road vehicle.

29 August 2017

Responding to the trucking industry's need for a better recycled scuff liner material, US Liner is introducing Bad Wolf Scuff, a glass fibre...

22 August 2017

Neuvokas reports that it has achieved a process speed of 150 ft/min (45.72 m/min) for its continuous fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) rebar pr...

22 August 2017

Covestro is supporting students at RWTH Aachen University and Aachen University of Applied Sciences in the development of a solar-powered el...

22 August 2017

Dow Automotive Systems recently received top supplier recognition from Honda R&D Americas and Honda Brazil.

08 August 2017

Hexagon Lincoln has completed the development and initial deliveries of storage tanks for a Toyota heavy-duty fuel cell truck proof-of-conce...

08 August 2017

Altair and the Centre for Automotive Research (CAR) have announced the winners of the 5th annual Altair Enlighten Award, which strives to pr...

08 August 2017

The Nuon Solar Team has unveiled Nuna9, the car that will compete in the World Solar Challenge in October, Nuna9 has been manufactured using...

01 August 2017

The Aria Group has used RAMPF’s RAKU-TOOL Close Contour Paste CP-6070 / 6072 to produce its concept car Fast Eddy.

01 August 2017

US Liner has developed a translucent roof option for dry vans based on a new composite material. BXR Series T-Roof panels establish new benc...

01 August 2017

Microcab has announced its involvement in the new pan-European project ECOBULK – Circular Process for Eco-Designed Bulky Products and Internal Car Parts.

25 July 2017

The Western Sydney University Solar Car Team has released a trailer video for its new solar-powered vehicle that will compete in the 2017 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia this October.

18 July 2017

Magna will build Jaguar Land Rover's E-PACE compact SUV at its contract vehicle manufacturing facility in Graz, Austria.

18 July 2017

In a collaboration with HELLA, LANXESS has developed a thermoplastic compound for the manufacture of flame-retardant housing components for ...

04 July 2017

Teijin's high-performance materials will be adopted in the carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) vehicle developed by the Kogakuin Universi...

04 July 2017

Scott Bader has added two new Crestomer grades to its structural adhesives range, which are primarily aimed at structurally bonding smaller ...

04 July 2017

Carbodeon of Finland has worked with metal finishing specialist CCT Plating of Germany, to develop a new electroless nickel, PTFE and nanodi...

20 June 2017

A group of students at RWTH Aachen University and Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Germany, have developed a solar-powered electric ca...

20 June 2017

Composites Consulting Group (CCG) has designed a lightweight composite tank for an Australian off-road fire truck.

06 June 2017

CRP Technology has developed a new front air inlet for a Moto3 racing customer using WINDFORM materials and ...

06 June 2017

Gurit has won a new contract for the production and supply of carbon fibre exterior body panels to an Italian premium automotive OEM.

06 June 2017

Chomarat is sponsoring a €4 million project dedicated to developing high performance multiaxial carbon fibre fabrics for aerospace and automotive applications.

23 May 2017

Hexagon Raufoss has received orders from PT Autogas, Indonesia, for compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinders to enable the conversion of 5000 ...

23 May 2017

TU/ecomotive, an Eindhoven University of Technology team focused on developing innovative, electric city cars, has unveiled its latest conce...

23 May 2017

Faurecia reports it is now able to design, industrialise and commercialise high pressure hydrogen tanks made of carbon fibre composites for ...

16 May 2017

Eastman Chemical Company is introducing TRĒVA, a versatile, cellulose-based thermoplastic said to combine high performance with sustainabili...

16 May 2017

Brian O’Rourke, Chief Composites Engineer at Williams Grand Prix Engineering, has been confirmed as a panel member for Multicomp 2017, takin...

09 May 2017

SABIC has invested in Airborne International, joining a growth financing round by existing shareholders that will contribute to Airborne’s f...

09 May 2017

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub has held a launch event in Notti...

02 May 2017

LANXESS has announced plans to further strengthen its integrated production complex for polyamide and precur...

02 May 2017

Rockman Industries has opened a UK office for its subsidiary Moldex Composites.

18 April 2017

Toho Tenax Europe has manufactured the assembly carrier for the Porsche GT3 Cup II.

18 April 2017

To design aerodynamic elements for their single-seater, the UVigo team of engineering students chose low density foam Divinycell H45.

11 April 2017

Hexcel has been awarded a first time contract by Mubea, a key Tier 1 in the automotive industry with a dedicated division for the manufacture of composite parts.

04 April 2017

A project team consisting of employees of Audi, BASF´s Coatings division and Covestro has now passed a new milestone: for the first time, a ...

04 April 2017

Huntsman Advanced Materials (Huntsman) is releasing the results of its latest comprehensive survey into the use of composites in the automotive industry, which gauges customer needs and attitudes towards light weighting materials and technologies.

04 April 2017

Increasing numbers of automotive manufacturers are using Tepex continuous-fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite semi-finished products from LANXESS for the lightweight design of parts in large series production.

28 March 2017

To support the growing demand of the automotive industry of lightweight materials that can be processed on commercially reasonable scope, Do...

21 March 2017

LANXESS continues to target growth and, during the next three years, its Advanced Industrial Intermediates business unit will be investing some EUR 100 million in expanding production facilities for chemical intermediates.

21 March 2017

c-m-p is expanding its production facilities in Heinsberg-Oberbruch, Germany.

14 March 2017

METYX Composites has extended its global distributor network, appointing GRP Solutions as its exclusive distributor for the UK.  

14 March 2017

R-TECH Materials’ polymer and composites testing laboratory has invested in a Zwick 250kN universal testing machine, the first of its kind i...

14 March 2017

Chem-Trend has launched a new labeling system designed to simplify selection for multiple product application processes worldwide; currently...

14 March 2017

The ThermoPlastic Composites Research Centre (TPRC) has successfully closed a two year collaborative project on the overmoulding of thermopl...

14 March 2017

The Teijin Group will showcase a wide range of high-performance composite products at JEC World 2017.

07 March 2017

Porcher Industries will implement a multi-million Euro growth and restructuring phase as the company moves into 2017.

07 March 2017

Following a successful year for NetComposites Enterprise’s Consultancy services, it has extended its design and structural analysis capabili...

07 March 2017

Evonik Industries and Forward Engineering have established the joint venture VESTARO.

07 March 2017

A. Schulman will present its range of Engineered Composites and Powders for Thermoplastic Composites at JEC World 2017.

07 March 2017

Covestro will present material solutions and technologies for the automotive, electronics and construction sectors and for the generation of...

07 March 2017

Bond-Laminates will be making hybrid moulding plus IMD (In-Mould Decoration) technology at JEC World 2017.

07 March 2017

A door for a hydrogen powered car, constructed using Composites Evolution’s Biotex Flax, will be on display in the Auto Planet at JEC World,...

07 March 2017

Covestro will present material solutions and technologies for the automotive, electronics and construction sectors and for the generation of...

07 March 2017

CRP Technology will showcase its latest innovations in the field of additive manufacturing with Windform high performance materials.

07 March 2017

Dow Automotive will present its latest innovation in composite solutions, VORAFUSE epoxy intermediates at JEC 2017.

07 March 2017

Granta Design will present its latest software technology, solutions for managing composite data, support for composite simulation, and tools to aid the qualification and specification of composites, at JEC World 2017 in Paris.

07 March 2017

Hexcel will be promoting a number of composite innovations for aerospace, wind energy, automotive and recreation industries at JEC World 2017.

07 March 2017

JEC Group launches ‘Startup Booster’, a program meant to support and accompany innovations and entrepreneurship in composites (aeronautics, automotive, construction, medical, design, sports and leisure, etc.), a dynamic and growing market that is expected to reach $ 90 billion (in value) by 2020.

07 March 2017

L&L Products has joined a top composite customer to work together on a solution to bond a rear spoiler made from carbon fibre reinforced...

07 March 2017

METYX Composites will showcase its latest high performance Eglass, aramid and carbon fibre technical textile products in its range of RTM, m...

07 March 2017

NetComposites Enterprise will be displaying 5 unique, specialist composites for automotive and rail applications, offering weight savings an...

07 March 2017

North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT) will showcase its range of Thin Ply Prepregs, processing technologies and products for performance sports a...

07 March 2017

Following the launch of Sicomin’s bio resin range, the company says it has firmly established itself as the leading formulator and supplier ...

07 March 2017

Solvay will present its technologically advanced lightweighting material solutions for the manufacture of cost-efficient and high-performance structures for aerospace, automotive, mass transportation, oil & gas, and other demanding industrial end-use applications at JEC World 2017.

28 February 2017

Composites technology company Cygnet Texkimp has revealed it is developing a high-tolerance reverse roll coating machine to create sub-10gsm...

28 February 2017

French system supplier, Vision Systems has further expanded its international presence through a new strategic location, Dubai, to facilitate trade development opportunities in the Middle East, in all of Vision Systems’ market segments: aeronautics, land transport, railway and marine.

28 February 2017

Nearly 100 composites manufacturing industry professionals will assemble in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on 4-5 April 2017, for the North American Pultrusion Conference, produced by the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) and the European Pultrusion Technology Association (EPTA).

28 February 2017

LANXESS further increases the prices for its Durethan (PA 6, PA 6.6) compounds in Europe, Middle East and Africa with effect from 1 March 2017.

21 February 2017

The Development  Agency for Lightweighting Baden-Württemberg is presenting its latest innovation as its ThinKing for February 2017.

21 February 2017

A New Zealand company is increasing its production output to meet growing world-wide demand for a nanofibre strengthening product used in everything from Formula One race cars and fishing rods through to the aerospace industry.

14 February 2017

ELG Carbon Fibre and Adesso Advanced Materials Wuhu (Wuhu, China) have concluded a MOU regarding cooperation to develop lightweight composit...

14 February 2017

Mikrosam is launching an innovative machine that integrates AFP head for thermoset and ATL head for thermoplastic prepreg laying into a sing...

14 February 2017

To support the growing demand for its full paint solutions, a £1.5m investment plan has been put into place to increase capacity and broaden...

07 February 2017

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) has developed state-of-the-art simulation tools which will help to improve the safety of the...

31 January 2017

The Composite Centre of the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing, UK, has won £360,000 in fundi...

31 January 2017

Scott Bader has made a further capital investment to expand production capacity for its range of Crestabond primer-less methyl methacrylate ...

31 January 2017

LANXESS has announced adapted prices for its Durethan and Pocan compounds in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA region) with effect from 1  February 2017, a measure resulting from the increasing pressure on the raw material cost base.

24 January 2017

SMC lightweight composite materials are being used in many applications, as they can be easily moulded into unique shapes and have a capabil...

24 January 2017

Evonik’s newly developed PulPress method is ensuring manufacturers can mass-produce complex moulded parts at a reasonable price, taking the ...

17 January 2017

The Vision Van of Mercedes-Benz Vans that was recently revealed at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2016 and at CES Las Vegas combines groundbrea...

17 January 2017

KraussMaffei has a new agency in Iran and thus wants to further strengthen its market position in injection moulding and reaction process ma...

17 January 2017

A British motorcycle enthusiast has completed the Dakar Rally 2017 after a Preston,UK, company helped by supplying components for the new po...

17 January 2017

Surface Generation, a provider of advanced carbon fibre processing technologies, has started work on an 18-month research and development project to produce affordable lightweight carbon fibre components for the automotive industry.

10 January 2017

Teijin has completed the acquisition of all the shares of Continental Structural Plastics Holdings Corporation (CSP), a global leader in aut...

03 January 2017

Norco Holdings has installed a new environmentally controlled room at its Aerospace facility, opening up new opportunities for product manuf...

03 January 2017

Radici Plastics has received the ‘Destaque de Qualidade’ award which is sponsored by Tecfil, a customer and car filter production market leader in Latin America.

20 December 2016

FIPA has released a robust new series of non-rotating internal spring suspensions, designed to compensate for height and level differences i...

13 December 2016

VELOX organised its first technical forum at the CEMCAT in Laval, France, on Thursday 24 November 2016, in partnership with the companies Sa...

13 December 2016

Dassault Systèmes has signed a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire Next Limit Dynamics, a leader in highly dynamic fluid flow simulation used in aerospace and defence, transportation and mobility, high-tech, energy and other industries.  

06 December 2016

RadiciGroup's integrated offer for the automotive sector presented to the technicians of Nissan Technical Centre Europe.

15 November 2016

Solvay is the materials supplier named on an SPE Automotive Innovation Awards Competition winner in the Aftermarket Category.

15 November 2016

Cranfield University has invested in a Fontijne Grotnes composite hydraulically operated curing press.

15 November 2016

BETAFORCE composite bonding adhesives from Dow Automotive Systems have been named to the 2016 R&D 100 list of most significant technology innovations of the year.

08 November 2016

Sigmatex has developed a new carbon fibre composite material within its sigmaRF product range.

08 November 2016

As of 1 November 2016, Vaupell SB Aero has joined the ThermoPlastic composites Research Center (TPRC) as a Tier 1 member.

08 November 2016

Sven Lindström, CEO of solar tech company Midsummer, says that he finds Tesla’s and SolarCity’s launch of multiple styled solar roof tiles r...

08 November 2016

DuPont has collaborated with IBS Filtran to optimise production and processing of Daimler car oil pans in nine speed automatic transmission....

08 November 2016

Polymat FR, an innovative 3D reinforcement textile, has been developed by Scott & Fyfe specifically for high performance composite applications where strength, weight reduction and fire performance are critical parameters – for example, in the transportation, construction and marine sectors.

01 November 2016

LANXESS has designed a material solution for custom parts based on the continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites of its subsidiar...

01 November 2016

Formaplex has expanded its new manufacturing facilities, which is now operational.

01 November 2016

Harper International, in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been awarded funding for a project through the US Depart...

01 November 2016

VELOX will be present at the Advanced Engineering Show taking place on the 2-3 November at NEC in Birmingham, UK.

25 October 2016

On 2-3 November, Chomarat will present its latest glass and carbon innovations at the Advanced Engineering Show in Birmingham, UK.

25 October 2016

Hexcel says its HiMax carbon fibre reinforcements have been selected by Bright Lite Structures (BLS) for the manufacture of safety-critical ...

25 October 2016

Scott Bader will be exhibiting its latest technology advanced materials and services for manufacturing high performance composite parts, including its Crystic Ecogel ‘ultra-low’ styrene content spray gelcoats range with four grade options for a variety of end applications including marine, transportation, buildings, general industrial and wind turbine blades.

25 October 2016

Tecniplas has supplied eight FRP composite tanks to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA).

25 October 2016

Sigmatex is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

18 October 2016

Aliancys is helping its customers to make carbon composite processing robust and fast, introducing a new series of daron resins.

18 October 2016

The Nuon Solar Team has won the Sasol Solar Challenge 2016 in South Africa, finishing an impressive 173 kilometers ahead of the runner up.

11 October 2016

Ashland has taken another important step in its plan for the future, furthering its competitive strategy following its eventual separation from Valvoline, revealing its new ‘Always Solving’ corporate identity and unveiling the organisational culture that will continue to differentiate the company as it continues its mission to become the premier specialty chemical company in the world.

04 October 2016

R3 Composites and Carver Non-Woven Technologies are both in the process of expanding to serve their respective customer base better.

20 September 2016

Solvay has received the 2016 Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Process Innovation Award for the ‘Most Innovative Composite Part’.

13 September 2016

Aliancys, Daimler and Menzolit have successfully improved smc technology for use in top-range Mercedes passenger cars.

13 September 2016

To support the growing popularity of lightweight materials, Dow Automotive Systems has developed VORAFUSE epoxy intermediates.

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.

13 September 2016

Teijin has announced that it has agreed to acquire Continental Structural Plastics Holdings Corporation (CSP) for USD 825 million.

13 September 2016

METYX Composites is in the process of doubling its production facilities at its main manufacturing centre in Manisa, Turkey.

06 September 2016

EconCore has signed a license agreement with a leading textile manufacturer in North America.

06 September 2016

Redelease has taken over the exclusive distribution in Brazil of the phenolic resins produced by the Dutch company, AkzoNobel.

23 August 2016

Hexagon Lincoln was selected by Daimler to supply compressed hydrogen gas (CHG) cylinders for Daimler's next generation of fuel cell electri...

23 August 2016

The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), in partnership with DuPont Performance Materials, Fibrtec and Purdue...

16 August 2016

BAC has develop a car featuring panels made from graphene bringing both weight and strength benefits.

16 August 2016

Permali Gloucester has recently been awarded a contract to supply composite ballistic armour panels to Supacat.

09 August 2016

Altair, together with the Centre for Automotive Research (CAR), has announced the winners of the 4th annual Altair Enlighten Award, an award...

28 June 2016

The automotive supplier Arkal Automotive produces two door side panels parallel on an MX 1600 – 12000 injection moulding machine from Krauss...

28 June 2016

Huntsman explains that, in 2015, the global automotive adhesive and sealant market was valued at $5 million and with factors including vehic...

21 June 2016

Aston Martin and Dow Automotive Systems have formed a technical partnership that will enable an expansion of their collaborative development...

24 May 2016

Solvay Engineering Plastics has developed a new Technyl range for the demanding environment of automotive electronics.

03 May 2016

Mitsui, Toray Industries and Hexagon Lincoln, a subsidiary of Hexagon Composites, have entered into a joint development agreement to conduct a business viability study of a proposed joint venture to manufacture and sell carbon fibre reinforced high-pressure hydrogen cylinders for vehicles in Japan.

03 May 2016

CRP USA will display its latest Windform Additive Manufacturing solutions for motorsport, space and automotive industries at JEC Americas, A...

19 April 2016

Lightweight solution from LANXESS has been featured in FCV (fuel cell vehicle) 'Clarity Fuel Cell', the latest model of hydrogen electric ve...

19 April 2016

The Deep Orange 6, ‘a next-generation Toyota concept vehicle’ developed and engineered by students from Clemson University, has been unveile...

19 April 2016

The Callaway Competition Corvette C7 GT3-R is ready for the new racing season – packed with power, yet still lightweight.

23 February 2016

Quickstep Holdings has received full global signoff from the Ford Motor Company to manufacture an innovative air duct for the Ford Falcon XR6 Sprint making Ford Quickstep’s first automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) client.

16 February 2016

A UK-based consortium has developed carbon/flax hybrid structures with lower cost, higher vibration damping and improved impact behaviour co...

09 February 2016

Lightweight, fuel-efficient cars of the future can be made using materials from Swedish forests which Innventia claims reduces the use of fo...

02 February 2016

Gurit’s SC 110 and SC 160 visual carbon prepregs have been qualified by two new major car manufacturers.

15 December 2015

epm: technology has won its first series production contract to manufacture high-quality, cosmetic components for a leading automotive client.

08 December 2015

Surface Generation is working with WMG and AGC AeroComposites (AGC) to develop new composite press-forming processes for automotive and aero...

08 December 2015

Covestro is extending its sponsorship with Solar Impulse, as it prepares to complete its journey round the world in 2016.

08 December 2015

Hexagon Raufoss has been nominated by a leading international vehicle modifier, to supply compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel tanks to Natural...

08 December 2015

Cytec Industries has opened a new Application Centre in Heanor, UK, adjacent to its existing manufacturing and R&D sites.

01 December 2015

EOS has entered a three-year technical partnership with Williams Grand Prix Engineering and Williams Advanced Engineering.

17 November 2015

The UK’s largest annual trade show and open conference for the high performance engineering sectors closed its doors to record numbers of visitors this November.

17 November 2015

Cygnet Texkimp has created a thermoplastic research cell to develop the next generation of high tech materials including carbon fibre and composites for the international aerospace, automotive and oil and gas industries.

17 November 2015

Strongwell Corporation has been awarded the American Composites Manufacturers Association’s (ACMA) ACE Award in the Infinite Possibility for...

17 November 2015

A specially formulated glass- and carbon-fibre epoxy resin system from Hexion, processed at Hexion’s Combined Composite Technologies (CCT) business unit based in Fareham, UK, is helping Lotus take lighter, faster sports cars to the next level.

17 November 2015

At this year’s Composites UK Industry Awards annual dinner, the ‘Innovation in Design’ award was won by Far-UK for its super lightweight car...

17 November 2015

The Automotive Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) have announced the category and Grand Award winners for its 45th-annual Automotive Innovation Awards Competition, the oldest and largest recognition event in the automotive and plastics industries.  

10 November 2015

Solvay’s impact modifiers have enhanced the toughness, heat resistance and processability of a carbon fibre prepreg developed by Hankuk for automotive fenders and roof components.

03 November 2015

Solvay Specialty Polymers has expanded its Amodel AE-8900 series of products for automotive electronics applications by adding five new glas...

03 November 2015

The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) presented two awards, sponsored by Ashland, honouring cutting-edge innovations that will s...

03 November 2015

The Lightweighting Excellence Programme (LX) will be launched at Advanced Engineering UK 2015 and it will announce three UK-based automotive...

03 November 2015

Automotive firms from the West Midlands’ six Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) will take part in a delegation to showcase the region’s services and cutting-edge technology to the wider engineering market.

27 October 2015

Formax will be showcasing a selection of their optimised multiaxial fabrics for the automotive, aerospace, marine, sports and industrial markets Advanced Engineering Show 2015 taking place on 4 – 5th November at The NEC, Birmingham, UK.

27 October 2015

The World Solar Challenge ended with victory for Nuon Solar team and their car reinforced by TeXtreme. 

27 October 2015

OWL, an advanced solar-powered car developed by Kogakuin University using Teijin carbon-fib...

20 October 2015

The CARBIO project has developed a carbon/flax hybrid automotive roof using Composite Evolution’s Biotex Flax material.

20 October 2015

Dow Automotive Systems has developed a number of CAE material models enabling the virtual validation of different adhesive solutions as joining technology in lightweight design. The development took place within a federally funded research project, “Light eBody“ (2011 – 2014).

20 October 2015

Solvay has acquired EPIC Polymers’ long-fibre thermoplastics (LFT) technology to complement its offering of high performance lightweighting materials and gain access to metal replacement of larger automotive semi-structural parts.

13 October 2015

Composites Evolution has developed a range of carbon flax hybrid materials offering a lower cost alternative to carbon fibre.

13 October 2015

Huntsman has unveiled a hybrid wheel produced by a well established, tier one supplier to the performance car sector designed to save up to 20% of weight against its aluminium competitors.

22 September 2015

Delcam will show how easy it is to program complex robot machining operations with its PowerMILL Robot CAM system at the Composites Europe e...

22 September 2015

RTP has developed new RTP 100 eXtra Performance (XP) Compounds, a series of thermoplastic compounds formulated for higher strength, modulus and impact properties than any standard chopped fibreglass polypropylene (PP) compounds available on the market today.

22 September 2015

Aerothermal Group and AIC Group have successfully completed the move of an 18ft diameter autoclave from Scunthorpe, UK, to UTC Aerospace’s P...

22 September 2015

Cytec Industries will be demonstrating new high performance materials and process technologies at Composites Europe held this week, Septembe...

22 September 2015

With plans to expand its worldwide activities in the field of Advanced Materials, Textechno, Germany, has formed a strategic partnership with AMAC.

15 September 2015

Composites Evolution will be presenting “Hybrid Carbon-Biocomposite Automotive Structures with Reduced Weight, Cost, NVH and Environmental I...

15 September 2015

Composites Europe 2015 is dedicating a day to the wind energy industry as organisers, Reed Exhibitions, say it is one of the fastest growing consumers of composite materials such as GRP and CRP and the capacity of European plants is growing continuously.

15 September 2015

14 companies and research institutes from Baden-Wuerttemberg, the southwestern German state will be presenting their know-how at a joint boo...

15 September 2015

Hexcel will be promoting composite materials which offer performance and processing benefits to customers in the Automotive, Wind Energy and Recreation markets during Composites Europe.

15 September 2015

STRUCTeam has launched its new wind turbine blade reference design portfolio which features an innovative hybrid glass-carbon composite blade design created for offshore wind turbines.

15 September 2015

Automated Dynamics’ composite production and laser-based fibre placement technology has been chosen by NASA for continued research and development.

08 September 2015

Sekisui Plastics US (SPUS) has opened a new $5.2 million manufacturing facility in Kenton, Ohio, US.

01 September 2015

Cristex has launched its Flexyfoam range of PVC Foams, a closed cell, cross linked polymer foam that combines high stiffness and strength to weight ratios with toughness.

01 September 2015

The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) began a comprehensive geotechnical investigation of the soils under Lake Erie today where they plan to install six Mono Bucket foundations for the Icebreaker offshore wind project.

25 August 2015

Bayer MaterialScience, which will operate under the new name Covestro from September 1, is celebrating a major anniversary, 50 years of hexa...

18 August 2015

BÜFAtec Spain and its distributor, Dilutec, are expanding their infrastructure in Brazil and investing in the development of a larger invent...

18 August 2015

Intertronics are offering a technical guide to light cure PCB conformal coatings, authored by Dymax.

04 August 2015

IMDEA Materials, in cooperation with the R&T Materials & Processing unit of Airbus Operations, has completed the first validation tr...

04 August 2015

Angstron Materials has secured $5 million in capital to increase manufacturing capacity for its single and few-layer graphene materials and bring key technologies to market.

04 August 2015

From 22-24 September, the 10th edition of Composites Europe will be held in Stuttgart, Germany, exhibiting a whole range of fibre-reinforced...

28 July 2015

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and University of Western Australia researchers have developed a new process to develop few-layer graphene for use in energy storage and other material applications that is faster, potentially scalable and surmounts some of the current graphene production limitations.

28 July 2015

Dymax has released a new gasketing materials selector guide, that provides useful product information and simplifies the product selection process.

28 July 2015

Films extruded from Solvay Specialty Polymers Advanced Halar 500 ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE) resin have helped enable two lightweight, yet durable photovoltaic (PV) front sheets developed by Amcor.

21 July 2015

Intertec has developed an innovative ATEX-compliant HVAC system that provides a complete all-in-one climate control and personnel safety sol...

14 July 2015

The EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Composites (CIMComp) ran its Open Day on the 23 June 2015 in Bristol, UK.

14 July 2015

Allinea Software has released the latest version of its development tool suite and performance analysis tools with a focus on improving the energy efficiency of application software and enabling swifter integration of tools into complex HPC workflows.

07 July 2015

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has awarded Beckwood Press Company a contract to manufacture a custom hydraulic press for the compression moulding of various composite materials.

30 June 2015

A new pultrusion machine marks the sixth machine line at Pultrex’s 24 hour per day production facility in Manningtree, UK.

30 June 2015

CAMX, presented by the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) and the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) will feature Dr J Gary Smyth, Executive Director of Global Research and Development at General Motors, as the keynote speaker during the event which takes place in Dallas, US, at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Centre from October 26-29, 2015.

30 June 2015

The result of a partnership between Aeris Energia and Barracuda Advanced Composites to open a training centre in Fortaleza, Brazil, will hel...

23 June 2015

Hundreds of composites experts from industry, government, and academia gathered at the Knoxville Convention Centre, US, for the launch of the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI).

16 June 2015

Hexcel and Composites Distribution are partnering to provide solutions for MRO that allow aircraft repairs to be carried out quickly and conveniently.

16 June 2015

Dymax Corporation’s new white paper “Dispensing Light-Curable Materials: Process Controls & Troubleshooting” discusses substrate compatibility, temperature and viscosity, and how to set up a dispense system.

09 June 2015

The US will be the partner country of this year’s Composites Europe, which will take place in Stuttgart from 22 to 24 September.

09 June 2015

JEC saw thousands of industry and market thought leaders gather for its 4th annual JEC Americas Composites Show and Conferences which were h...

02 June 2015

The Icebreaker offshore wind project planned for the Ohio waters of Lake Erie will utilise an innovative foundation design developed in Euro...

02 June 2015

bio!CAR, a new conference for the car industry, will launch in September 2015 at the Exhibition Centre Stuttgart on 24 and 25 September as part of Composites Europe 2015, focused mainly on bio-based materials in automotive engineering.

02 June 2015

JEC Group will commence its 4th annual JEC Americas Composites Show and Conferences on 3rd June 2015 in downtown Houston, Texas.

26 May 2015

Creative Composites has recently commissioned a new compression moulding press at its manufacturing facility in Northern Ireland, UK. 

26 May 2015

Intertek has invested in expanded laboratory equipment to further enhance its advanced composites materials testing capabilities, which service multiple industries, including automotive, aerospace, energy and building.

26 May 2015

Haydale will sponsor the Cambridge Graphene Festival, UK (5-6th November, 2015).

19 May 2015

Angstron Materials has teamed with Stryke Industries to accelerate development and commercialisation of graphene products for military and defence applications.

12 May 2015

Araldite composite resins from Huntsman Advanced Materials have been used by Nägeli Swiss to develop a trumpet bell that is set to revolutio...

12 May 2015

The International Seminar on Composites, to be held in Parallel to Compocity 2015 in November, will cover the three main themes of transport...

12 May 2015

Altair’s product development group, Altair ProductDesign, has reached a new milestone having expanded to more than 800 engineering and design staff across the world. 

05 May 2015

Victrex has successfully commissioned the first production stream of its £90 million third polyaryletherketone (PAEK) manufacturing plant as...

05 May 2015

The JEC Americas Composites Show & Conferences, which will be held 2-4 June in Houston, Texas, US, has seen a 20% increase in manufacturing and equipment exhibitors.

28 April 2015

ASTM International recently published two standards that will educate existing and future workers in nanotechnology.

28 April 2015

Strongwell Corporation has entered into an exclusive licensing and technology agreement in Central and South America with Fibratore.

28 April 2015

nova-Institut and Patentopolis have entered into a cooperation agreement regarding dissemination, Techno-Economic Evaluations and Intellectual Property management in European projects for the bio-based economy.

21 April 2015

Exel Composites has been selected as a partner in a venture aimed at improving the life of refugees by providing safe and functional tempora...

21 April 2015

Barracuda Advanced Composites has opened its new training facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

14 April 2015

Solvay and 3A Composites are joining forces to make innovative specialty foam materials for advanced transportation, offering for the first time on a large and worldwide scale a tailored, cost-effective substitute to traditional, labour-intense materials used to reduce the weight of applications.

14 April 2015

Japan’s Graphene Platform Corporation has signed a preliminary agreement to purchase DBD Plasma Reactors from Perpetuus Advanced Materials. 

14 April 2015

The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has announced the winners of its second-annual Plastics for Life global parts competition. 

07 April 2015

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued Automated Dynamics (ADC) with US Patent 8,947,847, which covers methods to automate incorporation of lightning strike protection layers into composite structures.

31 March 2015

HuanTian Industrial and Victrex are developing a parts material standard for China’s reciprocating compressor industry.

17 March 2015

JEC Group has a new, three-point expansion phase which sees a significant extension of its Paris trade show, a reinforcement of its North American and Asian events and development in the Southern hemisphere.

17 March 2015

AnalySwift's VABS program has been chosen by the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) for rigorous modelling of composite wind turbine blades.

10 March 2015

BIC Sport has used Biotex Flax to develop the ‘Earth SUP’ range of paddle boards, with sizes from 3m - 4.2m.

10 March 2015

Dassault Systèmes has renewed its ongoing technical partnership with Solar Impulse and publicly committed itself to the next phases of the r...

10 March 2015

Chomorat has released two reinforcement fabrics; G-FLOWTM made of glass fibre, and C-PLYTM ULTRA THIN, of carbon fibre.

10 March 2015

3A Composites will further expand the production capacities of its Airex PET core materials.

10 March 2015

Quickstep has won the Aerospace Australia Defence Innovation award, presented by Aerospace Australia's chairman, Air Marshal Les Fisher, at a ceremony during Avalon 2015; the Australian International Air Show.

03 March 2015

Hexcel is exhibiting at JEC Europe 2015 to promote the latest composite innovations for aerospace, automotive and wind energy applications.

03 March 2015

Victrex will focus on delivering its cutting-edge solutions to the Aerospace and Energy sectors including the new Victrex hybrid moulding technology, enabling an unmatched combination of strength and design flexibility in aerospace components at JEC Europe 2015.

03 March 2015

Altair will present its solutions for the design and optimisation of composites as well as several customer successes at JEC Europe 2015.

03 March 2015

On Monday 9 March 2015, the day before the JEC Europe opens its doors, SAMPE Europe will hold its Executive Summit at the Mercure Paris, Porte de Versailles Hotel, France.

24 February 2015

JEC Group will hold its 4th annual JEC Americas Composites Show and Conferences in Houston, US, June 2-4, 2015.

24 February 2015

Victrex has received £1.3 million in grant funding from the UK government’s Regional Growth Fund, subject to satisfactory due diligence, for its planned Polymer Innovation Centre.

24 February 2015

Solvay is building a new specialty polymers resin unit in the United States, significantly expanding its production capacity of PEEK (polyether etherketone) and solidifying itself as a leader in the industry with a unique site presence in both the United States and in Asia.

17 February 2015

Surface Generation has adapted its Production to Functional Specifications (PtFS) processes to improve the quality and efficiency of injection moulding manufacturing.

17 February 2015

Michelman has been chosen to be part of an elite, 122-member consortium that will make up the new Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI). 

17 February 2015

Cetim secured its reputation as a leading player in the aerospace arena by achieving accreditation from the National Aerospace and Defence Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap) for the fourth consecutive time.

10 February 2015

Altair has announced it is now accepting nominations for the 2015 Altair Enlighten Award, the automotive industries only award program solely dedicated to innovation in vehicle lightweighting.

10 February 2015

3A Composites introduces AIREX T10, the first product derivative based on the new technology AIREX GEN2, a highly industrialised production process presented last year.

10 February 2015

Altair today announced that it has been selected by Artemis Racing to serve as a technical supplier in the team's bid to win the 35th America's Cup in 2017. Areas of focus for this new era of wingsail foiling catamaran design include composites development, aerodynamics simulation, structural optimisation, and fluid-structure interaction. 

10 February 2015

Evonik Corporation, Parsippany, US, was recently named by US President Barack Obama as a key partner of the Advanced Composites Manufacturin...

10 February 2015

Technical Fibre Products in partnership with Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells develops a novel and commercially ready electrode substrate for use ...

03 February 2015

New battery technology from the University of Michigan, US should be able to prevent the kind of fires that grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliners ...

03 February 2015

The Latin American Composite Materials Association (ALMACO) and JEC have entered into an agreement to promote Compocity 2015, the composites city that will be built at the Expo Transamerica, in São Paulo, Brazil, and will be open to visitors from 4 - 7 November, 2015.

03 February 2015

Bayer MaterialScience has developed a unique technology for coating plastic parts on automobiles at low temperatures.

27 January 2015

The Rhode Island Composites Alliance (RICA), a newly formed partnership of companies and stakeholders focused on growing the composites industry in Rhode Island, US, has received $175,000 in funding from the Rhode Island Foundation and the van Beuren Charitable Foundation.

27 January 2015

George Hollingbery, MP for Meon Valley, UK, recently visited the Hexion subsidiary Combined Composite Technologies to formally open a new Tr...

27 January 2015

L&L’s A-K series of high performance structural adhesives, intended for use in structural bonding applications for vehicle assembly, cur...

20 January 2015

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is leading a European collaborative project that aims to transform food waste into a sustainable sou...

20 January 2015

Edra Equipamentos will soon be the latest company to join the oil and gas industry after the company has decided to extend its expertise in composites moulding to the manufacturing of pipes, accessories and equipment for on and offshore platforms. 

20 January 2015

Angstron Materials will be featured this month in a segment for Discovery Channel’s Trending Today.

20 January 2015

On January 12, 2015, President Obama announced the $259 million advanced composites manufacturing consortium project known as the Institute ...

20 January 2015

At the European Coatings Show 2015 from April 21-23 in Nuremberg, Germany, Bayer MaterialScience will be introducing new milestones in polyurethanes.

13 January 2015

MCL, UK-based manufacturer of composite products, is helping Endon High School’s year 9 and 10 pupils to create a winning racing car concept...

06 January 2015

A global fleet of composite planes could reduce carbon emissions by up to 15 per cent, but the lighter planes alone will not enable the avia...

06 January 2015

Having recovered the Vestas Wind in better-than-expected condition, Team Vestas Wind will repair the Volvo Ocean 65 at Persico Marine in Italy and plan to re-enter the race in Lisbon in late May.

16 December 2014

According to Cetim, 19 mechanical and physico-chemical tests were assessed. This new audit was carried out on the Cetim site of Nantes, France. Cetim says this was the fourth success in a row, without any non-conformity: a unique result in the world, which enhances the higher reputation of Cetim with the aerospace manufacturers and their subcontractors.

16 December 2014

AIC says it and SWeNT will be partners in the project, located at the Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park, approximately 20 miles from the capi...

09 December 2014

AIC Group has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by UTC Aerospace Systems to custom-build an 18 foot diameter autoclave with state-...

09 December 2014

Citing increased customer demand for its products in the Midwest region of the US, Sekisui Plastics USA (SPUS) has chosen Kenton, Ohio, US, as the location for its new $5.2 million manufacturing facility.

02 December 2014

Midsummer has reduced its CIGS layer thickness to 800nm, which it claims is less than half of what other suppliers can offer. 

02 December 2014

Toray’s carbon fibre material has been adopted by MIRAI, a fuel cell vehicle being introduced this month by Toyota Motor Corporation.

25 November 2014

Dassault Systèmes has renewed its ongoing technical partnership with Solar Impulse and publicly committed itself to the next phases of the r...

25 November 2014

Victrex has invested $25 million (£16 million) to increase its capacity to supply APTIV film with a new manufacturing facility being officia...

25 November 2014

Tesla Nanocoatings is expanding production of its Teslan brand of nanocoatings, a corrosion-resistant coating for structural steel, produced with SMW Specialty Multi-wall Carbon Nanotubes developed by SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT).

18 November 2014

Haydale has entered into an agreement to acquire EPL Composite Solutions (EPL), a specialist in the design, development and commercialisation of advanced composite polymer materials both in the UK and overseas.

18 November 2014

The Tongji University ZEAL EcoPower Racing Teamwon the 2014 championship of the Honda China Energy-Saving Sports Tournament using Altair’s HyperWorks, its comprehensive computer-aided engineering (CAE) suite.

18 November 2014

Last week, a ceremony was held at Hexcel’s Duxford, UK, site to celebrate the ground-breaking for a new £6 million R&T facility and addi...

18 November 2014

RAMPF has received ISO 50001 certification for the energy management systems of RAMPF Polymer Solutions and RAMPF Tooling Solutions at the G...

18 November 2014

An innovative racing yacht, lightweight road cars and the largest openly accessible high rate manufacturing press for composites in Europe w...

11 November 2014

TPEI (Technical Process and Engineering Inc.) has added laser alignment to its range of support services to ensure equipment runs at optimum...

11 November 2014

The Nuon Solar team has won the Sasol Solar Challenge 2014 in South Africa, finishing 1496 kilometers ahead of the runner up.

11 November 2014

RAMPF Machine Systems has unveiled a bonded lightweight carriage in a highly dynamic, multi-axis moving system at this year’s Motek trade fa...

04 November 2014

Formax will be showcasing a selection of samples from their range of technical textiles optimised to suit Resin Infusion, RTM, Prepregs, Injection moulding and Wet lay-up processing techniques.

According to the company, through continuous investment in R&D and new technologies, Formax’s glass and multiaxial fabrics claim to be stronger, lighter and more cost-effective for a variety of Automotive, Marine, Wind Energy and Industrial applications.

Product highlights include:

28 October 2014

Tidal Energy’s innovative DeltaStream turbine will soon be installed off the Pembrokeshire coast, UK in Ramsey sound, where it will be close...

28 October 2014

In the study conducted by Henkel and Quickstep, a benzoxazine resin was combined with a rapid heating and cooling manufacturing approach to ...

28 October 2014

Huntsman Advanced Materials Araldite family of processing solutions look to advance material science within aerospace composites.

28 October 2014

clean one-stage process free of VOCs and small particles emissions, able to produce properly coated composite pultruded profiles.

14 October 2014

Composites One, along with the Closed Mold Alliance and more than 15 industry partners, will stage a “Super Demo” of  Vacuum Infusion, Reusable Bag Molding, Light RTM, Prepreg and more during CAMX 2014.

14 October 2014

Hexcel will be promoting its latest innovations in carbon fibre and composite materials for aerospace and industrial markets including automotive and wind energy at CAMX.

30 September 2014

Bayer MaterialScience and bluesign technologies are joining forces for a sustainable textile industry and want to advance their initiative globally.

30 September 2014

Hexcel will be promoting its latest carbon fibre and composite technologies at Composites Europe 2014, in Stuttgart, Germany, from 7th to 9th October 2014. 

30 September 2014

Negri Bossi will be exhibiting at FAKUMA, taking place 14^th to 18^th October 2014 at Friedrichshafen, Germany.  

23 September 2014

NetComposites has announced that Graham Mulholland, Managing Director of epm:Technology, will provide the Keynote for its  Fibre Reinforced Plastics in Mass Transport event to be held on 1^st October 2014 at The Roundhouse, Derby, UK.

23 September 2014

Momentive Specialty Chemicals has completed construction of its epoxy resin and curing agent production facility in Itatiba, Brazil.

23 September 2014

Scigrip will be launching an enhanced methyl methacrylate (MMA) adhesive, SG805, with increased temperature resistance at Composites Europe ...

23 September 2014

Teijin has developed Sereebo, a thermoplastic resin material ideal for mass production applications, which can also be recycled.

23 September 2014

Solution-based and geared towards target industries, Victrex’s new website is now available at www.victrex.com.

23 September 2014

AIC Group has worked with the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team, based in Brackley, UK to install its latest Autoclave Management and Control Systems (AMCS).

09 September 2014

DIAB will set up an IPN block production plant in China, thus boosting its presence in the country.

02 September 2014

Composites Europe will conduct guided tours of the show floor focusing on wind energy opportunities.

02 September 2014

The Go-Ahead Group and GKN have agreed a deal that will help reduce emissions in cities with the supply of electric flywheel systems to 500 buses over the next two years.

02 September 2014

Gurit will be showcasing its latest product innovations and engineering capabilities at the China Composites Expo 2014, from 3-5 September 2014 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai, China.

26 August 2014

With help from DIAB and CCG, N.S. Rama Rao Body Works (NSR), Chennai, India, one of the country’s leading manufacturers of road tankers is r...

26 August 2014

On 17th September 2014, speakers from the BioBuild, LEEMA and SUS-CON projects will present some of the latest developments in sustainable construction materials with low embodied energy.

26 August 2014

There will be a fourth phase for the Material Data Management Consortium (MDMC), focusing on “Managing data for maximum impact in material and product research and development”. 

26 August 2014

19 August 2014

AIC has helped a Hampshire, UK, based composite manufacturer save up to 7,500 hours of lost production per year (150 per week) by upgrading the control systems of eight ovens with its AMCS (Autoclave Management Control System).

05 August 2014

From 7 – 9 October 2014, the trade fair will showcase a range of lectures, forums and events regarding fibre-reinforced plastics in Düsseldo...

05 August 2014

Sicomin has achieved Lloyd’s Register (LR) certification on a number of new systems aimed towards the Marine market. 

05 August 2014

Broadwater Mouldings has completed the expansion of its manufacturing facilities at its main UK production site in Suffolk.

29 July 2014

Bayer MaterialScience has launched of INSQIN, a novel turnkey solution for a new generation of polyurethane (PU) coated fabrics.

29 July 2014

AGY has announced the start of production of S-1 HM glass in conjunction with CTG/Taishan Fiberglass. 

29 July 2014

Sales in the second quarter fell 13% compared to the previous quarter.

22 July 2014

Chinese manufacturer CSIC (Hainan) WIG Craft Development uses DIAB’s Divinycell H80 cores in its crafts.

15 July 2014

SCIGRIP is delighted to announce the SCIGRIP Solar Boat Team raced to victory in the Dong Energy Solar Challenge.

01 July 2014

The Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) has expanded its strategic partnership with the Automotive manufacturer Toyota.

17 June 2014

Anaglyph is very pleased to announce the release of the latest version of its Laminate Tools.

The company explains Laminate Too...

10 June 2014

AIC Group has enabled a prime aircraft manufacturer to save over £48,000 from the running costs of one of its autoclaves, and at the same time reduce the amount of propylene glycol used by 24,500 litres annually.

10 June 2014

Carbon Nexus, a carbon fibre research facility has been opened at Deakin University in Geelong, Australia.

10 June 2014

SAMPE Seattle 2014 proved to be a successful conference and exhibition both in terms of the high number of attendees and the large number of participating exhibitors.

27 May 2014

Tenax thermoplastic consolidated laminates have been qualified for use in the A350 XWB aircraft, Airbus’s new generation extra wide body mid...

27 May 2014

Creative Composites has ordered a state-of-the-art compression moulding press for their composites manufacturing facility in Northern Irelan...

20 May 2014

The third annual JEC Americas Composites Show took place at the Georgia World Congress Centre, Atlanta, US from 13 - 15 May 2014.

20 May 2014

The Technological Institute of Plastics (AIMPLAS) has launched NATURTRUCK, a European research project designed to develop materials from re...

13 May 2014

NetComposites has announced a two day event which aims to showcase material and manufacturing developments in FRP’s by presenting the best q...

13 May 2014

Bugworkers project partners will host a free hour-long webinar on 25 June 2014 at 15:00 CET to disseminate the project results.

06 May 2014

RAMPF Ecosystems and Keil Anlagenbau, Germany, will illustrate how reprocessing can significantly lower production costs of PUR and PET proc...

29 April 2014

A toughened epoxy resin system from Huntsman Advanced Materials is being used by the University of Bayreuth’s Department of Polymer Engineering, in an on-going research programme analysing the effective use of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) for cryogenic liquid hydrogen storage systems within aerospace applications.

22 April 2014

NetComposites has announced the final programme for its latest conference, which will look at the methods for joining fibre-reinforced polym...

22 April 2014

JEC Group has announced the ten winners of its prestigious 2014 JEC Americas Innovation Awards program.

15 April 2014

Hexcel is celebrating the 80^th anniversary of its site in Duxford, UK.

08 April 2014

Owens Corning has introduced an enhanced WindStrand Type 30 roving products platform for weaving fabrics.

08 April 2014

Together with partners from the industrial and university sector within the scope of the R&D collaborative project, ‘Design of a heatable tool made of fibre-reinforced composite with integrated surface temperature control,’ Norafin Industries has developed a range of electrically heatable nonwovens with applications in the composites industry.

08 April 2014

Fiberline has teamed up with a new Austrian distributor, Duscheck & Duscheck, for the supply of composite bridges.

01 April 2014

Lehvoss North America has introduced LUVOCOM SCF, a new generation of high strength, impact resistant high-performance compounds for structu...

25 March 2014

The AVK working party on sustainability has collected data for standard formulations in the area of resins and published key statistics for standard glass fibre products.

25 March 2014

FBGS has entered into a strategic partnership with 4DSP, manufacturer of fibre optic strain, temperature and 3D shape sensing technology.

18 March 2014

RocTool partners with two innovation champions, who were presented with JEC Innovation Awards at JEC Europe 2014.

18 March 2014

3B's SE3030 glass roving has been recognised through a JEC Innovation Award for its enhanced fibre/resin adhesion.

18 March 2014

AGY has started production of S-1 HM glass in conjunction with CTG/Taishan Fiberglass.

11 March 2014

Composites Evolution’s Biotex Flax has been used to manufacture natural fibre reinforced blades for a rooftop wind turbine at the University...

11 March 2014

JEC Group states that the 49th edition of JEC Europe, which runs 11^th – 13^th March, Paris, France, will be the show’s largest to date.

04 March 2014

JEC Europe Composites Show and Conferences 2014 will take place on 11 – 13 March 2014 at Porte de Versailles, Paris, France in halls 7.2 and...

04 March 2014

Cytec Industries will be showcasing its latest technology portfolio developments at the JEC Europe show.

04 March 2014

Delcam says it will show its PowerMILL Robot CAM system at the JEC Europe.

04 March 2014

The company will introduce a nonwoven veil at JEC 2014 that it says has the unique property to heat composite laminates as a fully integrated layer without interfering with the designed mechanical properties.

25 February 2014

NetComposites has expanded its consultancy offering, increasing its material testing and characterisation capabilities, following the instal...

25 February 2014

The demonstrator, Aviation Enterprises (AEL) says, was produced to production-ready quality levels.

18 February 2014

15 companies and their partners will receive an Innovation Award at JEC Europe taking place on 11-13 March 2014 in Paris, France, for their ...

11 February 2014

Three tower blocks of apartments in Aberdeen, Scotland, have been refurbished with Steni fibre-reiforced composite cladding panels.

11 February 2014

Henkel say that with high performance and a weight saving of almost 30% compared to metal alternatives in comparable aerospace engineering a...

04 February 2014

SCIGRIP has developed its PPX5 acrylic-based adhesive that it says effectively bonds polyolefin substrates with little to no surface prepara...

04 February 2014

Dassault Systèmes has signed a definitive merger agreement for it to acquire San Diego-based Accelrys.

04 February 2014

Lehvoss has introduced LUVOCOM 8000, a new series of PEEK wear compounds, by substituting traditionally used PTFE with new proprietary addit...

04 February 2014

AOC will be implementing a price increase of US$0.04/lb for all polyester resin, gel coat and pigment products sold in Mexico that is being shipped on or after 24 February 2014.

04 February 2014

Gurit achieved un-audited full year net sales of CHF 281.1 million, a decrease of 19.9% compared with 2012.

28 January 2014

Clariantis is providing fire protection in the development of commercially viable, flame retarded thermoplastic composites based on renewable oyster shell fillers.

28 January 2014

General Plastics Manufacturing Company has added new products to its premier LAST-A-FOAM R-9300 Continuous Insulation Block Series.

21 January 2014

Surface Generation states that WMG at the University of Warwick has adopted its advanced composite processing technologies to develop new ma...

14 January 2014

RTP Company will include new "ultra-performance" compounds based on carbon fibre reinforced PEEK, PPA, PPS, and PEI resin systems in its portfolio of products.

14 January 2014

Hexagon Composites wholly-owned subsidiary Hexagon Ragasco has been awarded several new orders for delivery of composite LPG cylinders to ma...

14 January 2014

FBGS has entered into a strategic partner­ship with 4DSP LLC, a manufacturer of fibre optic strain, temperature and 3D shape sensing technol...

07 January 2014

The city of Porto Alegre, Brazil has inaugurated the country’s first automated, air-propulsion passenger transport system, with a body built...

07 January 2014

Companies and research institutes gathered for the kick-off of the Leading-Edge Cluster MAI Carbon’s MAI Polymer project. The goal is to improve the stability and mechanical properties of thermoplastic CFRP Material through tailored adaptation of the adhesion between carbon fiber and matrix for application-optimised lightweight material.

07 January 2014

Polytechnique Montréal, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and Safran are inaugurating the NSERC-Safran Industrial Research Chair on Novel 3D Composite Materials for the Aerospace Industry.

20 December 2013

Tecnalia is participating in the REFORM project by focusing its work on the machining of composite materials by means of waterjet as well as conventional cutting.

20 December 2013

Blade Dynamics design phase of their 'Very Long Blade Project' for the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has successfully concluded and the prototyping phase will now begin.

20 December 2013

Laurel Biocomposite has earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label for its Bio-Res PE and Bio-Res powder products. 

17 December 2013

JEC will highlight automotive, aeronautics, infrastructure and textile industries at the JEC Americas Composites Conference and Show this May in Atlanta, US.

17 December 2013

Nammo CS, has begun expansion of its Utah, US, facility to support its growing manufacturing and assembly business.

03 December 2013

BioBuild, a European Commission funded project coordinated by NetComposites, is organising a free event which will allow delegates to meet the project partners, creating the opportunity to better understand the project, its current development and potential output for the construction industry.

03 December 2013

PlastiComp claims it has developed the next generation in long fibre reinforced nylon composite pellets (LFT-PA composites). 

03 December 2013

Materials Sciences Corporation (MSC) states it will establish a new manufacturing operation in Greenville County, South Carolina, US, investing $1 million and creating 23 new jobs.

26 November 2013

The company says AceBlade is a unidirectional glass fibre reinforcement with superior fatigue resistance and enhanced mechanical properties.

19 November 2013

By joining the National Composites Centre (NCC), GE says it is positioning two of its GE Aviation businesses for a key role in this industry and academia cooperation.

19 November 2013

The transaction, which was completed on 14 November 2013, includes a state-of-the-art composites manufacturing facility and ancillary buildings.

19 November 2013

Scott and Fyfe will be exhibiting at the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) Offshore event in Frankfurt from 19 – 21 November.

11 November 2013

Melodea has been granted over 1,000,000 euros in three European research grants for three projects as part of the European Union Seventh Framework Program (FP7).

11 November 2013

An important milestone for the tidal energy industry has been reached by the successful static proof testing of a 600kW composite tidal turbine blade. 

11 November 2013

Phoenix Inspection Systems says a new development in ultrasonic probe technology offers a faster and more effective way to inspect complex curves and radii in composite components.

11 November 2013

TRB Lightweight Structures have been awarded the Silver Star award from National Recycling Stars in recognition of its contribution to the reduction of landfill waste, recycling rates and overall waste management.

22 October 2013

Composite Integration says it has spent the last three years developing highly-automated commercial solutions for the infusion of structural composite components.

22 October 2013

3B has announced price increases of its direct roving and chopped strand products by 9% and of its continuous filament mat by 5% for all shipments as of 1st January 2014.

15 October 2013

The UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, opened Bombardier’s new wing manufacturing and assembly facility in Belfast, UK.

15 October 2013

JEC says the second annual JEC Americas Composites Show and Conference, held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, US from 2 – 4 October, reflected the growing commerce, collaboration and innovation that have come to typify the region’s dynamic composite market.

15 October 2013

Granta Design it has announced Phase II of a project to enable effective management of composite materials information, providing essential support for organisations that are innovating in their use of composites.

08 October 2013

Scott and Fyfe has announced a new range of multi-axial reinforcement fabrics.

01 October 2013

JEC is forecasting strong growth for the Americas composites industry through 2018 as the result of macro trends that are generating demand for advanced composites across multiple sectors.

01 October 2013

Cytec will promote its range of advanced composite and process material at JEC Americas in Boston, Massachusetts, US October 2 – 4, 2013.

24 September 2013

Huntsman Advanced Materials has launched a new high-performance and  flame-resistant solution for RTM and infusion processing which offers greater strength whilst answering continued demand for weight reduction in interior aerospace designs.

18 September 2013

The JEC Americas 2013 Show will take place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, US on 2-4 October 2013.

18 September 2013

Hexcel is proud to partner Innegra Technologies in accepting a JEC Americas Innovation Award for Fibres.

17 September 2013

The Company says the increase will take effect on all shipments on or after October 5, 2013. Steve Wetzel, National Sales Manager, and Daryl Francis, Business Manager West, announced today that Interplastic is raising the price of CoREZYN and Silmar brand polyester and vinyl ester resins, gel coats, colorants and putties $0.06 per pound. Recent increases in key feedstocks such as benzene, propylene, butane, and xylenes have raised the cost of most polyester resin components. Glycols and acids, along with styrene and other additives have all increased. In addition, energy prices have risen and look to continue this trend in the near term.

10 September 2013

This forms part of the work undertaken by the EPSRC Centre of Innovative Manufacturing in Composites (CIMComp), led by the University of Nottingham, which aims to deliver a coordinated programme of research at some of the leading universities in composites manufacturing, namely the Universities of Nottingham, Bristol, Cranfield and Manchester.

10 September 2013

Huntsman Advanced Materials says it has launched an entirely new high-performance and inherently flame resistant solution for RTM and infusion processing which offers greater strength whilst answering continued demand for weight reduction in interior aerospace designs.

10 September 2013

AOC has announced a price increase of US$0.06/lb in the US and CN$0.13/kilo in Canada for all resin and gelcoat products shipped on or after 1 October 2013.

10 September 2013

Customers visiting the Teijin booth (stand AL04) will be able to learn about applications for carbon- and aramid-fibre-reinforced composites developed by the Teijin group.

03 September 2013

Biobuild, a project to reduce the embodied energy in construction materials with no increase in cost, will present at “Architects’ Day” at Advanced Composites in Construction 2013.

03 September 2013

Vestas will manufacture and supply its first V110-2.0 MW wind turbines for a combined 400 MW to EDP Renováveis (EDPR) for wind-energy projects in the US.

03 September 2013

OceanGate has completed an initial carbon fibre hull design and feasibility study for its next generation manned submersible – Cyclops.

03 September 2013

Hexcel is proud to partner Innegra Technologies in accepting a JEC Americas Innovation Award for Fibres.

27 August 2013

Reichhold’s Technology Center in Sandefjord, Norway has been granted €1million over a 3 year period for the RenWind project under the Norwegian Research Council’s clean energy programme.

20 August 2013

RTP Company has unveiled a new line of custom cellulose fibre-reinforced-polypropylene (PP) compounds.

13 August 2013

The project aims to incorporate multi-functionality, damage tolerance and fatigue performance in advanced composites, and at the same time reduce manufacturing costs and cycle times through selective multi-scale hybridisation and the careful combination of fibre architectures.

06 August 2013

The Brazilian composites sector reported US$403million in sales in the second quarter, which corresponds to a 5.5% increase in comparison with the first three months of the year and 9.9% higher than in the same period of the previous year.

30 July 2013

Three key technologies identified as part of the government’s ‘eight great technologies’ to drive UK growth are to receive an £85 million investment for capital equipment.

30 July 2013

RTP Company has unveiled the latest addition to its Eco Solutions product portfolio with a new line of custom cellulose fibre-reinforced polypropylene (PP) compounds. 

30 July 2013

Companies interested in testing the latest in low-cost carbon fibre have a new opportunity to partner with the Department of Energy’s Carbon Fiber Technology Facility (CFTF).

23 July 2013

DIAB says the 83.5m long wind-turbine is the world's largest to date.

23 July 2013

SGL has honoured Professor Klaus Müllen with the Utz-Hellmuth Felcht Award for his research into the synthesis of tailored graphenes.

16 July 2013

The Solar Impulse, which is an ultra-lightweight, solar-powered plane capable of flying day and night, flew across America with the help of materials and technologies from Bayer MaterialScience.

09 July 2013

DSM has provided the resins and application technology used in building the solar car, Nuna7, which will compete in the 12^th World Solar Challenge in October.

09 July 2013

NASA has completed a major space-technology development milestone by successfully testing a pressurised, large cryogenic propellant tank made of composite materials.

09 July 2013

The RFID chips, which are frequently used in aeroplane components, measures just a square millimetres and transmits details about the component quickly, efficiently, and consistently to a receiver via radio waves. Until now, only a handful of companies use the technology for documentation purposes in production processes. Most often, RFID is used for access control purposes, or to record time, for instance on employee smart cards. How well an RFID transponder works depends mainly on the material that surrounds it. The material can have a negative influence on the transponder antenna’s range, as well as on the quality of data transmission.

02 July 2013

The move is in direct response to increased global interest from companies manufacturing with composite materials in CrossTrack’s real-time, end-to-end tracking of materials, material life, plies, kits, orders and nests.

25 June 2013

TenCate Advanced Composites has selected Surface Generation’s composite-processing technology as it says it is faster and more efficient in the production of fibre-reinforced composites for the company’s clients in the aerospace and industrial sectors.

By integrating Surface Generation’s patented Production to Functional Specifications (PtFS) processing technology into its capabilities, TenCate says it is able to reduce the cycle time to process composite materials to mere minutes. This step-change in performance significantly reduces the time and ultimate cost of manufacturing high-performance composites.

The companies say they will collaborate to further reduce cycle times by developing new innovative materials and processing solutions. Central to this is Surface Generation’s PtFS technology which encompasses a range of active thermal-management technologies, allowing temperatures to be dynamically controlled to the exact requirements of each mould area. By continuously adapting heating and cooling levels in real-time, quality is assured and throughput maximised.

25 June 2013

The second JEC Americas Composites Show and Conference will welcome delegates from around the globe to Boston, US, from 2 – 4 October 2013.

18 June 2013

NetComposites is leading a new collaborative R&D project aimed at developing a synthesis platform to deliver industrial quantities of graphene-filled epoxy resins for advanced composite applications.

18 June 2013

PPG Fiber Glass is helping its customer, Ershigs, to support the first grid-connected, offshore wind turbine in US waters, which was deployed on 31^st May near Brewer, Maine, by the University of Maine as leader of the DeepCwind Consortium.

18 June 2013

Fibrelite now offers company logos and other brand markings on its full range of access covers.

18 June 2013

Gurit will be exhibiting for the first time at the American Institute of Architects Convention (AIA) in Denver, CO, US, from 20 - 22 June on stand 1366, and will be showcasing advanced composite products, case studies and solutions for architectural applications.

11 June 2013

DSM, Büfa and NPSP Composieten have developed a new type of lightweight façade panel based on composite materials.

11 June 2013

EuCIA and GlassFibreEurope, facilitated by their presidents, Volker Fritz and Mauro Malanchini, have agreed to work together in order to strengthen the position of reinforced composites in Europe.

11 June 2013

RocTool is now offering a major aerospace leader the possibility to use their Heat & Cool technologies under an exclusive, worldwide license.

11 June 2013

Aderisis launching INterlaced Elastomer NetworkS (INES), its first line of hybrid structural adhesives.

04 June 2013

The former World Rally Champion, Petter Solberg, is currently competing in the 2013 European Rallycross Championships with a customised 600 horsepower Citroën DS3 supercar fitted out with new lightweight carbon-kevlar composite body panels.

04 June 2013

CRC-ACS and ACS announce the opening of the new head office and facilities of the Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composites Structures (CRC-ACS) and Advanced Composite Structures Australia (ACS Australia).          

28 May 2013

Huntsman Advanced Materials has developed bio-sourced composites that have been used in the latest version of the BioMobile - a prototype vehicle designed to achieve minimal reliance on the use of fossil fuel resources in its design and construction, while offering very low energy consumption in use.

28 May 2013

The Advanced Technology and Academic Center (ATAC) which will be based in Rochester, New Hampshire, US will offer traditional academic courses and programmes in advanced composites manufacturing.

28 May 2013

Bayer MaterialScience has opened a regional innovation hub for Asia Pacific in Shanghai, China where more than 200 experts will develop novel ideas for the use of high performance plastics, foams and coatings.

28 May 2013

The report says that consumption of composite materials in the Indian wind energy industry is forecasted to grow 12.8% per year between 2013 and 2018.

21 May 2013

Construction on the second phase of the National Composites Centre (NCC) is now underway with a turf cutting ceremony attended by the Business Minister Michael Fallon.

21 May 2013

Companies from Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Europe along with their partners will receive trophies at JEC Asia Innovation Awards, taking place on 25 – 27 June in Singapore. 

14 May 2013

Cytec will be exhibiting its range of composite and process materials on stand number D51 at All-Energy 2013, which is being held in the Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre, Aberdeen, UK, on 22 - 23 May.

14 May 2013

PPG Fiber Glass has sold its 50 percent interest in the PPG Devold fibre glass joint venture to Hexagon Devold, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hexagon Composites.

07 May 2013

Hexagon Composites has received its largest North American TITAN order to date, supplying lightweight composite TITAN gas transportation modules to Xpress Natural Gas in the US.

07 May 2013

Gurit will showcase their next generation balsa core materials on stand 3436 at the Wind Power 2013 show.

22 April 2013

Frost and Sullivan believe that stringent regulations, safety concerns and the expanding applications of composites will push uptake of non-destructive testing.

22 April 2013

Edra Equipamentos has launched a multipurpose module for commercial construction applications.

22 April 2013

PlastiComp has increased their production capacity with the installation of a new long fibre thermoplastic (LFT) compounding line.

02 April 2013

PPG Industries’ fibre glass business has received certification from Germanischer Lloyd (GL), a leading international certification body in the wind energy industry.

02 April 2013

Solar Impulse, an ultra-lightweight, solar-powered plane, capable of flying day and night, is set to take flight across America with the help of diverse material and technologies from Bayer MaterialScience.

02 April 2013

The SGL Group is supporting a joint project by Singapore Polytechnic, the German Institute of Science and Technology - TUM Asia, and the Institute for Carbon Composites at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to establish a Composite Technology Centre in Singapore.

02 April 2013

Siemens Energy has opened two major research and development test facilities for wind turbine technology in Denmark.

26 March 2013

Germanischer Lloyd has approved HiPer-tex W2020 high-performance direct roving from 3B.

26 March 2013

200 experts from science and industry gathered at the 19^th German Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Symposium on the 27^th and 28^th February 2013 to discuss the role composites materials can play in the transition to renewable energies.

26 March 2013

The Kentucky Transportation Center’s (KTC) research team, in cooperation with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and the Federal Highway Administration, recently determined that a product originally intended for aerospace technologies could be used to successfully repair damaged concrete bridges. 

26 March 2013

Awards recognising environmental leadership and excellence were presented at the GPEC 2013 Conference on March 21, 2013.

19 March 2013

3A Composites Core Materials and WINDnovation have entered into a strategic cooperation regarding further improved core materials and sandwich solutions for wind applications.

12 March 2013

JEC Group has identified five developments in the market that could grow even bigger by 2030.

12 March 2013

Ticona has received a JEC Innovation Award for the first thermoplastic composite tailplane developed and put into production for a helicopter.

06 March 2013

This year, 10 companies and their partners will receive an award at JEC Europe, Porte de Versaille in Paris, France, next week, for their composites innovations.

06 March 2013

Henkel will exhibit its Frekote products at JEC Europe, Porte de Versaille in Paris, France, next week.

06 March 2013

Barrday will showcase a range of thermoplastic materials tailored for the aerospace, military/defence, protective and energy markets, including uni-directional tapes, powder coated semi-pregs and pressed laminates at JEC Europe, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France, next week.

06 March 2013

Following the acquisition of Amber Composites by TenCate, members of the management team are now refocusing their efforts on TRB Lightweight Structures.

19 February 2013

DSM demonstrates the use of co-processing in cement manufacturing as a viable route for composites recycling: generating valuable materials and helping to improve the ecological footprint of cement manufacturing.

12 February 2013

Individuals interested in pursuing a career track in the composites field will have a chance to explore training and career options during a February open house at IYRS, a marine trades and technology school based in Bristol, Rhode Island, US.

29 January 2013

Effective from 3 December 2012, Molded Fiber Glass Galileo will now be known as Molded Fiber Glass Southeast.

22 January 2013

SCIGRIP will be showcasing the latest advancements in bonding systems and adhesive chemistries at Compotec 2013 in Carrara Fiere, Italy, from 6-8 February on Stand 845 in Hall D.

15 January 2013

Gurit has introduced a new Group Organisation effective of February 1, 2013.

08 January 2013

JEC Europe, March 12 – 14, 2013, at the Paris Porte de Versailles, France, has sold out.

08 January 2013

One of Southeast Asia’s largest oil fields benefitted from the chemical resistance of Vipel® vinyl ester from AOC to improve oil recovery.

08 January 2013

Gurit is implementing a unified global brand strategy to reflect its comprehensive offering, global geographic presence and ever wider industry reach.

08 January 2013

CIMPA and Dassault Systèmes have signed a strategic agreement under which CIMPA becomes one of the key partners in the Dassault’s Services Provider Partner programme.

08 January 2013

Components made with Less Mass, Higher Stiffness & better damping make machines faster, more accurate, cut more metal and lighter meaning machines require smaller motors and will consume less energy; CompoTech says its Carbon Graphite Damping Technology can achieve these Material Properties.

11 December 2012

A Government investment of £28m will be made to enhance the capabilities and capacity of the UK National Composites Centre (NCC).

11 December 2012

Smart Machinery & Moulds (Smart) has launched its smallest extrusion blow moulding machine.

04 December 2012

3B - the fibreglass company has obtained Germanischer Lloyd (GL) approval for its newly developed SE2020 single-end rovings used mainly for the manufacturing of non-crimped fabrics used to make wind turbine blades.

04 December 2012

From November 6th to 8th 2012, the seventh edition of Feiplar Composies & Feipur – International Congress and Exhibition on Composites, Polyurethane and Engineering Plastics was held in São Paulo, Brazil, at Expo Center Norte, Green Hall, with more than 280 exhibitors from 26 countries and more than 14,500 visitors.

04 December 2012

For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, ending September 30, Zoltek reported net sales of $44.2 million, compared to $43.1 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011. Zoltek had operating income of $5.3 million for the latest quarter and net income of $4.2 million, or $0.13 per share. In the fourth quarter of the previous fiscal year, Zoltek reported operating income of $1.0 million and net income of $4.6 million, or $0.14 per share, which included a foreign currency gain of $3.5 million. For the year as a whole, Zoltek’s net sales increased 22.8% – to $186.3 million in fiscal 2012 from $151.7 million in fiscal 2011. In fiscal 2012, Zoltek’s operating income was $25.6 million and net income was $22.9 million, or $0.67 per share, which compare to an operating loss of $4.7 million and a net loss of $3.6 million, or $0.10 per share, in fiscal 2011.

27 November 2012

PFG Fiber Glass, PPG Industries joint venture with Nan Ya Plastics, in Kunshan, China, has started a fourth furnace with 38,000 metric tons of annual capacity, with the intention of serving the expanding Asian electronics industries.

20 November 2012

Trials conducted by Cytec’s Industrial Materials and Surface Generation have demonstrated a significant advance in the production of carbon fibre-reinforced composite parts.

20 November 2012

JEC’s inaugural composites conferences and show for the Americas, held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center from 7 – 9 November, exceeded the composites industry’s expectations with an impressive showing of participating companies and expert presenters.

20 November 2012

On 14th December 2012, a technical dissemination seminar of the results of FP7 colaborative project EMBROIDERY will take place in Tecnalia´s facilities in San Sebastian, Spain.

13 November 2012

GES Deutschland, the European market leader in the domain of wind energy systems services, will take over service operations of the wind energy systems manufacturer PowerWind seated in Hamburg.

13 November 2012

Premier Composite Technologies (PCT) has launched a new Glass Reinforced Concrete (GRC) and Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) division.

13 November 2012

Fibre processing company Cygnet Tex-Web has won a £5m contract to supply five PAN precursor creels to Jiangsu Hengshen Fiber Materials, one of the largest carbon fibre and composites manufacturers in Jiangsu Province, China.

07 November 2012

Formax has installed 216 solar panels and insulation to the production facility’s roof as part of its on-going commitment to reduce energy consumption and create a more sustainable manufacturing environment.

07 November 2012

In close collaboration with Fiberline Composites, DSM has demonstrated that the Eco-Footprint of windows made from composite profiles can be substantially lower than the footprint of equivalent windows in traditional materials. This is good news for architects and for home owners that want to combine comfort in living with care for the environment.

23 October 2012

Molded Fiber Glass Construction Products (MFG CP) has manufactured 2,000 waffle forms for Canada’s Kitchner public library.

23 October 2012

The results of a project promoted by the DBU (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt), entitled “Development of industrial scale natural fibre pellet production using natural fibres to reinforce bioplastics in injection moulding and extrusion techniques” has generated interest within the industry.

23 October 2012

The inaugural JEC Americas Composites Show and Conferences on November 7th – 9th, 2012 will host JEC’s Innovation Awards Program and highlight the nine most cutting-edge advances to emerge from the world-wide composite industry this year.

16 October 2012

On 27 September the seven partners involved in an EU funded research programme held their kick-off meeting in Paris, led by NEN, the Netherlands Standardization Institute, the project executes pre-standardisation research for bio-based products.

16 October 2012

Angstron Materialswill demonstrate the capability of its nano graphene platelets for commercial applications of graphene-based material at the 3rd Korea Graphene Industry Workshop on November 6, 2012, at Johnson Hall, Korea Institute of Science and Technology in Seoul, South Korea.

09 October 2012

Compocity, the composites city built by the Latin American Composite Materials Association (ALMACO), will be the largest attraction of Feiplar, an event that gathers major companies in this sector every two years at Expo Center Norte in São Paulo, Brazil, on 6 – 8 November 2012.

09 October 2012

A number of networking events, prestigious personalities, visionary conference speakers, exhibitors, delegates, academics and visitors will converge next month at JEC Americas held in Boston, US, on the 7 – 9 November.

09 October 2012

DTC Dutch Thermoplastic Components, Kok & Van Engelen, NLR National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands, TenCate Advanced Composites and VIRO have decided to collaborate in the European Thermoplastic Automotive Composites consortium (eTAC).

09 October 2012

Gerber Technology has launched a wide model version of its industry-leading GERBERcutter GTxL, designed to cut materials as wide as 2.2 meters (86 inches).

02 October 2012

Low carbon vehicle engineering takes centre stage at the inaugural ‘Automotive Engineering’ show 2012, within the Advanced Engineering UK group of events.

25 September 2012

Boeing and American Airlines have showcased a Next-Generation 737-800 aeroplane known as ecoDemonstrator in Washington, US, to highlight testing of environmentally progressive technologies.

25 September 2012

MTorres and Pacifica have signed an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of Pacifica Engineering shares; final closing of the transaction is pending on regulatory approvals.

25 September 2012

Owens Corning has introduced a new interactive digital Division 22/23 Mechanical Manufacturer's Guide eBook designed to make it convenient for mechanical engineers and building specifiers to access key product information while on job sites or at the office.

25 September 2012

In keeping with its standard of environmental stewardship, The Composites Group (TCG) has developed SymTerra composites, a new series of thermoset moulding compounds that use renewable-resource raw materials in the compound itself.

25 September 2012

25 September 2012

Pontis has introduced a prefabricated laminate package designed to reduce in-mould cycle time.

18 September 2012

Seifert and Skinner & Associates (SSA) are sponsoring the second Symposium on Composite Pressure Vessels which will be held from 4^th - 6^th December, 2012, at the Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown in Salt Lake City, UT, US.

18 September 2012

Lotus F1  team has adopted Anaglyph’s Laminate tools is its primary tool for chassis design.

18 September 2012

Polinox integrated the chain of suppliers which participated in the development of the Contemporary Bank Project, name of the sustainable ATM created by Edra Equipamentos, one of the Brazilian leading developers of solutions for the financial sector.

18 September 2012

Gurit and HAWART Sondermaschinenbau have agreed to closely cooperate in the areas of mould and transport systems production for wind energy rotor blades to leverage the strengths of both companies to benefit their global customer base, the cooperation does not involve any cross capital engagements.

11 September 2012

Gurit will be exhibiting at the forthcoming HUSUM WindEnergy exhibition in Husum, Germany, from 18th - 22nd September, 2012.

11 September 2012

Scott Bader is exhibiting for the first time at the Engineering Design Show 2012, which runs from October 10th - 11th 2012 at the Jaguar Exhibition Hall, Ricoh Arena, Coventry.

28 August 2012

The India Composites Show, organised by Manch Communications in collaboration with Reed Exhibitions from 1st - 3rd November, 2012, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

21 August 2012

Interplastic Corporation’s Thermoset Resins Division is raising the price of CoREZYN and Silmar brand polyester and vinyl ester resins, gel coats, colorants and putties $0.05 per pound, effective on all shipments on or after September 1^st, 2012.

21 August 2012

Angstron Materials will demonstrate its capability to produce ultra-thin graphene along with its technology advances for applications in graphene-based thermal dissipation sheets, nano-composites and other uses at Nano Korea 2012, to be held August 16^th – 18^th at COEX in Seoul, South Korea.

21 August 2012

Huber Engineered Materials increasing the price of its industrial calcium carbonate products manufactured in Georgia, US, effective from September 1^st 2012, or as current contracts allow.

14 August 2012

Scott Bader has been shortlisted in this year’s UK Private Business Awards in the ‘Technology Innovation of the year’ category for the outstanding chemical research and innovative development of their Crestabond range of industrial primer-less structural adhesives.

14 August 2012

AOC will have an increase of US$0.05/lb in the US and CN$0.11/ per kilo in Canada for all products shipped on or after September 3, 2012.

08 August 2012

British Gas has revealed plans which will allow homeowners to generate their own free supply of electricity from the wind.

07 August 2012

Lincoln Composites has been awarded orders totalling approximately USD 3.5 million (NOK 21 million) to supply lightweight TITAN transportation modules to NG Advantage and LNG Energy Solutions in the US.

07 August 2012

In June 2012, METYX Composites completed acquisition of all LEDA assets at the Mondavio, Italy facility, as well as some of the major assets of Advanced Composites Technology (ACT Group) also located in Mondavio, Italy.

07 August 2012

Plataine and Assembly Guidance Systems partner to provide a seamlessly integrated solution for optimised cutting and kitting of composite plies.

31 July 2012

Sabic’s Innovative Plastics is significantly boosting capacity for its STAMAX long glass fibre-filled polypropylene (LGFPP) composite resins at its manufacturing facility in Genk, Belgium, to meet rapidly growing demand from automotive customers.

31 July 2012

AGY has decided to initiate the process to sell its continuous filament mat (CFM) business.

31 July 2012

AIMPLAS coordinated European project MAC-RTM, funded by the European Union under the Seventh Framework Programme, is aiming to cover the development of an innovative system for curing resins through microwaves.

24 July 2012

The environmental benefit of the use of recycled polyamide for automotive applications has been validated by a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) jointly led by leading engineering plastics developer Rhodia (member of the Solvay group), Valeo, one of the world’s top automotive suppliers and car-maker PSA Peugeot Citroën.

17 July 2012

According to Composite Insights’ latest market study, consumption of composite materials forecast to decelerate through 2017 in Asia Pacific Wind Energy Industry.  

The study reports that, for the second year running, the majority of new installations were outside the Europe and America. In 2011 Asia Pacific was the largest wind market in the world, with over 21.5 GW capacity addition. It is estimated by Composite Insights that Asia Pacific will continue to be the world’s largest market through 2017. In Asia Pacific, there are more than 50 blade manufacturers involved in developing wind turbine blades and most of them are very small with product portfolio of 1 - 3 small size blades.

The study says that Asia Pacific will continue to be the world’s largest market with far more new installations than any other region, installing 135 GW between 2012 and 2017. Asia Pacific wind energy market is dominated with standard utility-scale wind turbines (0.75 MW to 2 MW).  These turbines fitted with three blades of 30 to 50 m (100-165 ft) in length. The wind energy industry is one of the fastest growing consumers of composite materials in the world. Composite Insights believes there is an enormous opportunity for raw materials used in the fabrication of composite blades in Asia Pacific Wind Energy Industry.

Following domestic demand growth for wind turbine blades, nacelle covers and nose cones, the study explaisn that the demand for composite materials in the Asia Pacific Wind Energy industry is expect to cross 1000 million lbs in 2017 in terms of volume shipments.     

This report is now available from the NetComposites Store and can be found here - http://store.netcomposites.com/PD/3021/Opportunities-for-Composites-in-Asia-Pacific-Wind-Energy-Industry-2017?category=5

17 July 2012

Hexcel has joined Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Aerospace Programme (AP).

Initiated in 2007, Hexcel explains that the A*STAR Aerospace Programme fosters synergies between industry members and its research institutes, aiming to maximise research outcomes and stretch the research dollar for participating members. Hexcel says that Singapore is the largest Manufacturing, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) hub for the aerospace industry in Asia Pacific, holding a quarter of the region’s market share for MRO activities.  It possesses nose-to-tail capabilities that include airframe maintenance, engine overhaul, structural and avionics systems repair, as well as aircraft modifications and conversion. As strategic technology partners within the A*STAR AP, aircraft manufacturers, engine and component OEM’s and system providers can tap into the pool of scientific know-how, infrastructure and joint investments in R&D to optimise business opportunities and reduce investment costs. Such collaborative efforts will also enhance competitiveness of AP members and the build-up of aviation capabilities in Singapore.

According to Hexcel, the consortium has commissioned 37 projects to date, driving next-generation technologies ranging from sophisticated in-flight entertainment systems, MRO innovations for faster turnaround times and alternative green energy sources that lower carbon footprint.  With Hexcel coming on board the A*STAR AP, its membership currently stands at 18 companies, comprising of other players in the aerospace industry such as Boeing, EADS, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls Royce.

Paul Mackenzie, Hexcel’s VP Research & Technology said “Joining the A*STAR Aerospace programme will provide Hexcel with additional R&T resources in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region to complement our own world class composites research facilities in Europe and the USA.  We share the opinion of other A*STAR members that technological advances through R&D hold the key to redefining air travel and creating the aerospace industry of the future.  We look forward to working with other A*STAR members to jointly build a long term technology roadmap and develop new technologies in strategic areas to benefit the industry as a whole.”

Mr Tay Kok Khiang, A*STAR Aerospace Programme’s Chairman said “The demands on the aviation industry can only continue to increase and the AP offers our aviation partners additional capabilities, combined with its in-house capabilities to undertake R&D in new technologies to enhance their competitiveness and seize market opportunities.  Through collaboration, our consortium members achieve better outcomes at lower cost; deliver cutting-edge aviation technologies to market in a shorter span of time.  Each of the AP members enhances the value of the programme and Hexcel’s expertise in the area of composite materials will further increase our spectrum of capabilities in advanced materials, manufacturing processes, inspection and non-destructive testing as well as computation modelling and simulation.  We welcome Hexcel to the A*STAR Aerospace Programme.”

17 July 2012

NetComposites’ 3rd biennial Composites Innovation Conference was held at the National Composites Centre, Bristol, UK, on the 4th and 5th July 2012 and provided a unique forum for the exchange of concepts and technological developments in materials, design and manufacturing to support the changing demands of industry.

10 July 2012

Metyx Composites organised and hosted its 3rd Composites Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, June 4-8, 2012, in conjunction with event sponsors; Airex AG, Aksa, Duratek, PPG Fiber Glass, Reinforced Plastics Magazine, Scott Bader, The Turkish Carbon Society, Turkish Composites Manufacturers Association, and Umeco.

09 July 2012

On 19 June, 2012, RocTool presented a world first by demonstrating that it is now possible to obtain an ultra-thin hybrid thermoplastic composite/plastic part with no surface defects from a single mould and with a shorter cycle time, using “Hybrid” technology and to mould thermoset parts with a shorter cycle time and eliminate the post-curing step, using “high-speed RTM” technology.

03 July 2012

A research team at the University of Delaware is investigating cork as an environmentally friendly solution for quiet sandwich composites. They recently published a paper on the work in Scientific Reports, an online, open-access research publication that covers all areas of the natural sciences.

03 July 2012

After 55 years in the Americas, JEC Composites will further expand its offerings in the region this fall with the opening of its inaugural JEC Americas Composites Show & Conferences at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Nov. 7 – 9, 2012.

26 June 2012

Formax will be exhibiting at the East Midlands Composites Show to be held at the University of Derby Enterprise Centre on 29th June.

26 June 2012

Toho Tenax is to develop and market carbon fibre fabrics for India’s composite industry in collaboration with Hindoostan Technical Fabrics, a carbon and aramid textile manufacturer wholly owned by Hindoostan Mills, a textile company in India and part of the Thackersey Group.

26 June 2012

Chomarat are presenting the first C-PLY Bi-Angle, an unbalanced thin ply bi-axial carbon reinforcement (non crimp fabric, or NCF) trial part made for the aeronautic sector at JEC Asia this week.

20 June 2012

ElectriPlast and aircraft manufacturer Volta Volare have agreed to collaborate in the research and development of next generation applications and products using hybrid composites and advanced lightweight materials for the aviation industry.

19 June 2012

ATK supported the successful launch of an Orbital Sciences air-launched Pegasus XL rocket from the Ronald Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

19 June 2012

19 June 2012

According to Dassault Systèmes, Tata Technologies’ have used their 3DEXPERIENCE platform, based on Version 6 technology, heavily for its recent small urban electric vehicle study – the eMO (for electric MObility).

12 June 2012

Samsara Surfboards has created a stringerless surfboard using Composites Evolution’s Biotex Flax Fabric in the place of standard carbon or glass fibre.

12 June 2012

DSM has been working with the Dutch Olympic Team, applying their material expertise in order to make the best rowing boat possible for the London Olympics 2012.

12 June 2012

Sensus has created a new standard in the industry with zero-lead, composite water meters, additions to its AquaSense smart water solution that they say meet all guidelines and are stronger and more durable than traditional bronze meters.

12 June 2012

German wind turbine manufacturer PowerWind has sold five wind turbines to Great Britain and Poland.

06 June 2012

UNESCO is supporting Airbus’ Fly Your Ideas challenge, a student contest which aims to inspire a new generation of engineers.

06 June 2012

SIPA (Zoppas Industries Group) and Sacmi, two companies operating in the Italian packaging sector, have combined their skills in the search for a new solution in the combination of PET preforms and closures that provides advantages for processors and end-users alike.

01 June 2012

Energetx Composites is exporting a complete set of 45.3 meter wind blade moulds from its Michigan facility in the US. 

25 May 2012

ASTM has approved a new International standard for damage resistance testing of sandwich constructions, which they say is a common composite structural configuration.

18 May 2012

One of this year‘s Joseph-von-Fraunhofer prizes was awarded to Dr. Jörg Ihde and Dr. Uwe Lommatzsch, from the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM in Bremen, for their development of a resource-efficient process for the highrate deposition of functional nano-layers. 

18 May 2012

Bayer MaterialScience plans to establish a global wind energy competence and development centre at its existing site in Otterup, Denmark. 

18 May 2012

SCIGRIP is launching a unique range of products formulated specifically for the Sign and Display market. 

18 May 2012

Umeco will be exhibiting its Structural materials and Tooling prepreg technologies for the renewable energy market at the 2012 All-Energy show in the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre - Bridge of Don, Aberdeen on the 23 and 24 May, from their Stand F89.

12 May 2012

Umeco’s Structural materials business has signed an agreement with leading Canadian motorsports organisation Multimatic Motorsports to sponsor two Aston Martin Vantage V8s in the 2012 Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC), allowing Umeco to promote its new brand and advanced composite materials to a continent-wide audience of race car enthusiasts.

12 May 2012

Laurel BioComposite has made its second major capital equipment investment in its new production line with the purchase of an Amtek Microwave system from Cellencor.

12 May 2012

RheTech has been named a winner of the Michigan Green Leaders Award, Medium-Sized Business category, by the Detroit Free Press.

12 May 2012

PRF Composite Materials were selected as suppliers of the epoxy resin system and glass roving for an innovative composite structures design and manufacturing project led by Andrew Mills at Cranfield University’s Composites Centre.

06 May 2012

A new flexible ultrasonic transducer which can squeeze into corners and conform to curved surfaces is set to revolutionise the inspection of composites and components with complex geometries.

06 May 2012

Angstron Materials has named Digichem Corporation, Anyang City, Korea, its distribution partner for Korea.

27 April 2012

Scott Bader has received a JEC Europe 2012 Partnership award for its Crestapol 1250LV Resin and Technical Support to Innovation Award Winners Axon Automotive.

27 April 2012

TechnylStaradvanced polymers from Rhodia Engineering Plastics have enabled the designing and launching of a revolutionary thermoplastichand pallet truck (HPT) called the I-ton.

27 April 2012

Bomar Specialtiesis integrating into Dymax and as a result, Bomar will transition to Dymax Oligomers & Coatings and continue to provide innovative solutions to unique energy-cure application challenges. 

19 April 2012

Mr Peter D. Dornier, CEO, Lindauer DORNIER (LD), will give a keynote titled with "The (Textile) Empire strikes back" - From airplane construction in the past to carbon fabrics for composites in the future at the 6^th CFK-Valley Stade Convention in Stade, Germany, on the 12^th and 13^th June this year.

11 April 2012

Hexcel has joined the UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC), joining a network of members that includes Hexcel customers Vestas, Airbus, GKN Aerospace, Rolls-Royce and Agusta Westland.

11 April 2012

JEC Europe brought together 1,181 participating companies, occupying a surface area of 50,000 m2, and had an increased attendance, with a total of 32,256 visitors, as compared to 29,867 in 2011.

11 April 2012

SABIC has invested US$100 million to build 60,000 square metre new Technology Centre in Kangqiao, Shanghai.

11 April 2012

Melling recently chose Victrex WG polymer for the sliding bushing when developing its electric water pump for the automotive industry because of its ability to withstand the mechanical stresses of a high-heat environment where metals had previously failed.

11 April 2012

Johns Manville (JM) has published“We Build Environments”, its 2011 Sustainability Report.

11 April 2012

PPG Industries’ fibre glass business presented a technical seminar on INNOFIBRE specialty glass composition fibres during last month’s JEC Europe in Paris.

11 April 2012

Huntsman Advanced Materials has been involved in a student project designed to showcase the possibilities of building a lightweight, fuel efficient hybrid concept car using sustainable, high-performance composite materials.

03 April 2012

LM Wind Power explain how their 73.5 meter blades have become the first 70+ meter blades to be installed when Alstom inaugurated the largest offshore wind turbine in the world on March 19th at Carnet in the Loire-Atlantique region of France.

03 April 2012

Zoltek is working with Magna Exteriors and Interiors, an operating unit of Magna International, under an exclusive global collaborative partnership to speed development of low-cost carbon fibre sheeting moulding compounds (SMC) for the automotive industry.

03 April 2012

GKN Aerospace researchers at the company’s UK facility, Luton, are working with a team at the University of Bristol, UK, on an 18 month programme to explore advanced coatings chemistries that will accurately indicate the existence and extent of damage in composite structure.

03 April 2012

AGY has signed a long-term agreement with CTG/Taishan Fiberglass of Shandong Province, China to manufacture their new S-1 HM high-performance glass rovings for wind energy turbine applications.

03 April 2012

AOC has launched Firepel K120, a new resin system which they say is halogen-free, fire-retardant and produces lighter weight composites. 

29 March 2012

Createc has devised a revolutionary set of Creacomp PT (Pump Type) composite materials that combine Victrex PEEK polymer with carbon fibre.

20 March 2012

This year, 13 companies and their partners will receive awards at JEC Europe next week.

20 March 2012

Axson Technologies is exhibiting a preview of their independent heating tool regulated for prepregs outside the autoclave on its booth, F17, at JEC Europe next week.

20 March 2012

AOC has opened “AOC House,” the new and expanded office and warehouse centre for AOC (UK) Ltd. and AOC Europe operations designed to strengthen AOC's commitment to the composites industry growth.   

20 March 2012

Metyx has made a major, multi-phased investment in the core material and fabric kitting business which will form part of Metyx Composites Kitting Centre (MCKC), a new business unit at the company’s manufacturing centre in Manisa, Turkey.

20 March 2012

After a long working relationship, Sigmatex and Innegra Technologies are forming a strategic alliance to develop applications utilising Innegra S fibre.

06 March 2012

The Carbon Fibre Industry Worldwide 2011-2020: An Evaluation of Current Markets and Future Supply and Demand, written by Tony Roberts, a leading expert on the carbon fibre industry, is a new market report on the rapidly growing carbon fibre industry and its global markets.

06 March 2012

The Brazilian composites industryreported USD 1.657 earnings in 2011, which corresponds to a 10.4% increase in comparison with the previous year according to the Latin American Composite Materials Association (ALMACO).

06 March 2012

The Automotive Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers' (SPE) 42^nd annual Automotive Innovation Awards Gala will be held on the 7^th November at Burton Manor in Livonia, Michigan.

28 February 2012

ICCO Composites is participating in the DECID2 Project for the creation of smart profiles.

28 February 2012

3B is launching HiPer-tex W2020 high performance roving to satisfy OEMs’ needs for longer and lighter rotor blades to meet the offshore and onshore multi-megawatt wind turbines.

28 February 2012

Bayer MaterialScience can begin construction in Dormagen of a new world-scale plant for a key plastics precursor.

21 February 2012

During ceremonies on the Eindhoven High Tech Campus, TULiPPS Solar won the 2012 Dutch Solar Innovation Awards in the Industrial Development category.

21 February 2012

Polinox estimates a 6% revenue growth in 2012 and according to Roberto Pontifex, CEO, the estimate is initially based on the historical annual growth rate of the Brazilian composites market, nearly always double the GDP.

21 February 2012

Composites Testing Laboratory (CTL) has been awarded AC7122 Non Metallic Materials Testing accreditation by PRI Nadcap and has just completed a major expansion of its fatigue testing facilities for advanced composite materials.

21 February 2012

Klaus Ritter, Huntsman Advanced Materials’ Marketing Manager for Composites, Tooling and Adhesives, explains how a new and very different value chain is emerging as the drive for sustainability evolves, focusing on the coherent practices Huntsman is putting in place to rise to the challenge.

14 February 2012

Both Consuta and Renewable Advice recognise the need for Technicians with industrial experience in the of Wind energy and to develop this they have joined forces to raise the standard for operational wind turbine blade composite training: inspection and repair.

14 February 2012

UST Mamiya has partnered with Firehole Composites to allow UST Mamiya to enhance exclusive in-house design tools and further advance the design and manufacturing of their high performance, carbon fibre golf shafts.

14 February 2012

Graham Mulholland MD and Owner of Derby based epm: technology group has national exposure on BBC Breakfast News and 1 o’clock News and is asked, are banks open for business?

07 February 2012

ESI Group has released their PAM-RTM and PAM-FORM 2012, two numerical simulation applications dedicated to the manufacture of composite parts.

07 February 2012

Cabot has launched a new technical solution for the bonding paste market that sets new industry benchmarks for performance, ease of use and manufacturing efficiency.

07 February 2012

Binani Industries has acquired a 100 per cent equity interest in 3B – The Fibreglass Company (‘3B’) from Platinum Equity.

31 January 2012

The US Department of the Interior has issued its final approval of the Tule Wind Power Project with Secretary Ken Salazar signing the Record of Decision on the Environmental Impact Statement; this is the approval for the portion of the project on federal lands, making it the first approval of five California “priority” wind energy projects proposed for public lands.

31 January 2012

DSM Dyneema has successfully concluded its patent infringement dispute with Miclin and J&D Wilkie (Kirriemuir/UK), trading under the Jack Ellis brand, in a case which was brought before the Patents Court of the High Court in London, and resulted in a settlement, details of which were not made public.

31 January 2012

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Gamesa Technology have formed a collaboration to study and test a variety of components and systems that are expected to guide development of the next generation of wind turbines designed specifically for the US marketplace.

24 January 2012

The House of Composites (HOC), DTU Wind Energy, and Ph.D. Morten Rask has been granted 1.6 million Danish kroner (approximately 210.000€) by the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation to form a 3 year industrial postdoc project entitled Mass production method for high quality composite material lightweight components.

17 January 2012

Reichhold has launched its new manufacturing facility in Tianjin in northern China, with a planned annual production capacity of 38,000 MT but with a potential expansion to 60,000 MT.

17 January 2012

Metyx Composites has invested in a new MAX 5 carbon reinforcement production line as part of a series of investments they have planned for 2012 at the company’s headquarters in Istanbul and at its new Manisa, Turkey facility.

17 January 2012

Although the global composites industry has experienced moderate growth over the last five years, Lucintel anticipate growth with the industry reaching approximately $6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012 with a CAGR of 6% over the next six quarters.

10 January 2012

Gurit has launched a new range of G-PET structural foam targeting mainly the global wind turbine blade manufacturing and marine markets.

03 January 2012

JEC Europe in Paris, Porte de Versailles, on 27-29 March 2012, will be focusing on 3 topics; the innovation networks, automation, and recyclability.

03 January 2012

The Dow Chemical Company and Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture to manufacture and commercialise carbon fibre and derivatives.

03 January 2012

The largest Nordex wind farm in Ireland to date is to be installed as of August 2012 in a project called “Garracummer” located in county Tipperary and is to go on grid with 17 N90/2500 machines.

20 December 2011

Hexagon Composites' business unit Lincoln Composites is nominated to participate in one of the four projects to reduce the costs associated with compressed hydrogen storage systems.

20 December 2011

METYX Composites is building a new 12,500 square meter factory in Manisa, Turkey.

20 December 2011

AOC has earned LEED Silver certification from the US Green Building Council (USGBC) for the design, construction and operation of its World Headquarters in Collierville, Tennessee, US.

13 December 2011

Hexcel Corporation has provided its guidance for 2012, projecting solid growth in both revenues and earnings.

13 December 2011

Bayer MaterialScience, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Molded Fiber Glass Companies have worked in a public/private sector partnership to develop a new polyurethane-based composite technology for stronger, longer wind blades.

13 December 2011

3B has introduced a renewed range of reinforcements, each designed for specific resin systems and engineered to provide optimum performances for the manufacture of wind turbine blades.

13 December 2011

Boeing has received a $2 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to define requirements and design concepts for the Reusable Booster System (RBS) Flight and Ground Experiments program.

06 December 2011

3B-the fibreglass company has introduced a renewed range of reinforcements each designed for specific resin systems and engineered to provide optimum performances for the manufacture of wind turbine blades.

29 November 2011

An innovative car, flight refuelling kit and turbine blades showcased the latest in composite technology to the Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills as he formally opened the National Composites Centre (NCC) in Bristol on 24th November.

29 November 2011

Atlas Composites has achieved the AS9100 Rev C recognition standard for the aerospace, space and defence sectors, and is one of only four composite engineering firms in the UK to achieve this.

29 November 2011

The Advanced Engineering UK group of events plans to introduce UK Automotive Engineering show to its 2012 event, creating a 5-sector event. 

29 November 2011

Molded Fiber Glass Companies (MFG) is now supplying spare and replacement parts for older wind turbines.

24 November 2011

Malama Composites has joined Spain’s Green Comm Racing Team at the Americas Cup in order to promote environmental innovation and technology within the sailing industry.

22 November 2011

A new slim composite insulation system, called StoTherm In Aevero, comprises a composite board combining Cabot's aerogel particles for energy-savings performance with Sto's binder and composite technology, resulting in an insulation board that offers greater energy efficiency than traditional materials.

22 November 2011

As the UK is the country of honour at JEC 2012, Composites UK, UKTI and the National Composites Centre are inviting UK companies to enter the prestigious JEC awards programme.

22 November 2011

Pipe Wrap, who specialise in repair and rehabilitation of pipeline in the oil and gas industry, have successfully completed a Phase I research project involving nanotechnology.

22 November 2011

Zoltek has taken a step toward growing its carbon fibre prepreg capabilities by expanding into a new 135,000 sq ft. facility just outside of St. Louis, US to house its prepreg manufacturing and new Technical Centre.

22 November 2011

Dassault Systèmes and Capgeminihave signed an alliance around the integration of Dassault Systèmes’ PLM Version 6 solutions.

15 November 2011

The ‘Araldite’ boat has crossed the finishing line in the Transat 6.50 Charente-Maritime in 15^th place, demonstrating the possibilities of constructing a racing boat reinforced with flax fibres.

15 November 2011

Cabot Corporationhas signed an intellectual property license agreement with XG Sciences Performance materials portfolio adding graphene technology to its portfolio.

15 November 2011

STRUCTeam has gained two individual contracts for the design and structural engineering of large composite wind turbine blades for clients based in China.

07 November 2011

A group of UK companies will be launching a new range of composite materials and products made from recycled carbon fibre at the Composites Engineering Show this week.

07 November 2011

The Styrene Information and Research Center has launched a new website – www.YouKnowStyrene.org – designed to serve as a reliable, one-stop source of information on styrene and styrene-based products for consumers, educators, the media, industry employees and communities.

07 November 2011

As part of the company's commitment to provide enhanced service and support for its new and existing customers in Japan, Victrex has established the Victrex Japan Technology Centre (JTC), which began operations on October 24, 2011.

01 November 2011

EMPA researchers have developed a manufacturing process for nanocellulose powder, the raw material for creating polymer composites which can be used, for example, in lightweight structures for the car industry or as membrane and filter material for biomedicinal applications.

25 October 2011

During October 2011, Rampf produced their two millionth board since they commenced in 1982.

18 October 2011

The Next Generation Composite Wing (NGCW) sees 17 industrial partners, led by Airbus, join forces in an aviation research and development project. Among the partners is Dassault Systèmes DELMIA, which is contributing to the £103m project initiated by the Technology Strategy Board.

18 October 2011

Teijin Aramid has opened its newest plant for the production of their polyethylene tape (HP-PE), Endumax.

18 October 2011

DSM Dyneema is investing in a new technical centre in Singapore, which they say will house the nation’s first independent ballistic testing centre and with technology that will support all their existing and new businesses.

11 October 2011

FuturEnergy have designed a new 10kw wind turbine using Amber Composites' prepreg, which they say generates 50% more output at wind speeds of 6 meters per second than any turbine on the market.

11 October 2011

Datum have created a new coating process, Polcoat, for the deposition of fine polyimide films directly on to conductive surfaces, described as a key enabling material process for the protection conductive surfaces featuring miniaturisation.

11 October 2011

Seifert and Skinner (SS) are sponsoring a Symposium on Composite Pressure Vessels which will be held from 15^th – 17^th November, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Hasselt, Belgium.

11 October 2011

Held Technologies have launched a new double belt press available to hire for development tasks and production runs.

05 October 2011

Insulfoam has developed a composite insulation panel for new or retrofit roof systems requiring resistance to misuse, abuse and severe weather.

05 October 2011

The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has announced the recipients of the Plastics Environmental Division's Environmental Stewardship Awards, of which presentations will take place October 18th during SPE's Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC 2011) in Atlanta.

05 October 2011

The Spaceship Company (TSC) has opened its Final Assembly, Integration and Test Hangar, or FAITH, at Mojave Air and Space Port.

05 October 2011

Energy Composites Corporation (ECC) has entered into an agreement with SSP Technology with the purpose of entering into a strategic partnership and to establish a joint venture.

20 September 2011

Gurit has formed a new business unit, Engineered Structures, to more rigorously address new market opportunities for composite applications.

20 September 2011

LM Wind Power has developed a new load assessment tool in cooperation with GL Garrad Hassan based on their Bladed 4.1 software.

20 September 2011

Goodrich CTG (GCTG) is building a new 137,000 square foot UK Composite Centre of Excellence in which will consolidate the five current sites into two.

13 September 2011

PowerWind has concluded a framework agreement with the British investment company Albion Ventures and their partner for this project Infinite Energy; a Welsh based developer, for the delivery of several wind turbines of the PowerWind 500 type.

13 September 2011

CDI (Century Design Inc) teamed up with manufacturing process consultants Red Composites to launch the new implementation program TIP, at China Composites Expo 2011 last week.

13 September 2011

International Innovative Technologies (IIT) is launching its new patented low energy milling technology that is described as capable of meeting the fine grinding requirements of composites and other hard materials.

13 September 2011

A one year advanced engineering programme initiated by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is now set to be a highlighted theme setter for industry briefings at the Composites Engineering Show 2011 (CES).

13 September 2011

Owens Corning will open its China Composites Centre in Shanghai, China, in early 2012.

13 September 2011

Metyx Composites has created what they describe as a comprehensive, new Tooling Centre.

06 September 2011

Automated Dynamics is testing the use of a laser-based heating method for the production of fibre placed composite materials.

06 September 2011

The University of Maine’s Advanced Engineering and Wood Composites Center has been awarded a $3 million grant to purchase equipment for its offshore wind testing facility.

06 September 2011

A Case Western Reserve University researcher has built a prototype blade that is substantially lighter and eight times tougher and more durable than currently used blade materials.
Marcio Loos, a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, works with colleagues at Case Western Reserve, and investigators from Bayer MaterialScience, and Molded Fiber Glass comparing the properties of new materials with the current standards used in blade manufacturing.
According to Case, Loos built the world’s first polyurethane blade reinforced with carbon nanotubes, ensuring the composite that was scoring best on preliminary tests could be moulded into the right shape and maintain properties. They say that using a small commercial blade as a template, Loos manufactured a 29-inch blade that is substantially lighter, more rigid and tougher. “The idea behind all this is the need to develop stronger and lighter materials which will enablemanufacturing of blades for larger rotors,” Loos said.

06 September 2011

Richmond Aerovac has launched its new liaison office, based in India. 

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Web Industries (WI) has opened a new Composites Automation Development Centre in the Atlanta, Georgia area.

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19 July 2011

Lola Cars and Drayson Racing Technologies have formed an official partnership to deliver an all-electric prototype race car, the Lola-Drayson B12/69EV.

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The Ohio Third Frontier Commission awarded Nanotek Instruments $1 million to accelerate commercialisation of its nano-graphene platelets-based (NGP) electrode materials for next generation supercapacitors.

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PPG-Devold, the 50-50 joint venture to manufacture glass-fibre reinforcement fabrics for the North American wind energy market, has received the quality standard from UL DQS.

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20 May 2011

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) are providing $900,000 USD to develop environmentally friendly ways to make coatings and resins cure more quickly.

20 May 2011

The organising committee for the SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (SPE ACCE) will award two $2,000 USD scholarships for graduate-level research in polymer composites that has impact on ground transportation.

20 May 2011

12 May 2011

A multi-partner UK project, Fibrecycle, has developed a new generation of high performance, low cost co-mingled carbon fibre yarns and fabrics, with funding support from the Technology Strategy Board.

12 May 2011

12 May 2011

A partnership between the University of Delaware Center for Composite Materials (UD) and the Institute fur Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University will research ways to tailor thermal conductivity in 3-D polymer composites.

12 May 2011

Firehole Composites' Engineering Services branch has been awarded a contract by Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) for structural analysis of their patented TidGen advanced design cross flow turbine.

11 May 2011

The so-called e-car is a highly innovative hybrid car with a power-generating unit driven by petrol or natural gas and traction electric motors. Instead of a battery there are super-capacitors, which accumulate the energy generated while braking and which is then released to the e-motors on demand.

06 May 2011

06 May 2011

06 May 2011

11 April 2011

11 April 2011

11 April 2011

28 March 2011

28 March 2011

28 March 2011

At the forthcoming JEC Composites 2011 show in Paris from 29-31st March, Scott Bader is launching its latest innovative development, Crystic Permabright.

28 March 2011

28 March 2011

ITW Plexus, the European structural adhesives manufacturer, is once again exhibiting at JEC Composites in Paris and this year the company will be sharing its stand with its newly formed wind energy group, known as ITW WindGroup

21 March 2011

21 March 2011

21 March 2011

21 March 2011

21 March 2011

The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) has designed two new Certified Composites Technician (CCT) programs - Light Resin Transfer Molding (LRTM) and Wind Blade Repair (WBR).

08 March 2011

01 March 2011

01 March 2011

01 March 2011

22 February 2011

22 February 2011

22 February 2011

Composite armour systems specialist Hardwire LLC has developed and successfully demonstrated a blast protection system that utilizes Dyneema ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibre to improves the ability of light military vehicles to protect occupants.

22 February 2011

22 February 2011

22 February 2011

Syrgis has received a license to operate a business in China under the name Shanghai Syrgis Trading Co., Ltd, to support and grow the presence of the company's Performance Initiators business in China.

08 February 2011

The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) announced the winners of the Awards for Composites Excellence (ACE) and Pinnacle Awards at the successful COMPOSITES 2011 Show.

08 February 2011

08 February 2011

08 February 2011

08 February 2011

31 January 2011

PPGs Hybon 2026 direct roving fibre glass has been qualified for use in selected fabrics and epoxy resin systems of aerodynBlade 1.5-, 2.0- and 2.5-megawatt wind turbine blades.

24 January 2011

Philadelphia University and MAG are establishing the Philadelphia University MAG Composites Institute for research and development of new textile-based composites that could have wide application in industry, including the aerospace, automotive and energy sectors.

07 January 2011

21 December 2010

20 December 2010

20 December 2010

20 December 2010

20 December 2010

12 December 2010

12 December 2010

26 November 2010

Flexadux Plastics has switched to Scott Baders Crystic Crestapol 1214 pultrusion resin as part of their continuous improvement and product innovations program.

26 November 2010

19 November 2010

19 November 2010

19 November 2010

19 November 2010

19 November 2010

KMT Robotic Solutions and Stiles Machinery will supply a wind turbine blade root end cut and drill system to Energetx Composites of Holland, Michigan.

12 November 2010

07 November 2010

07 November 2010

07 November 2010

WebCore Technologies has appointed 3B as the exclusive distributor in Europe and Asia of Tycor W, WebCores innovative fibre-reinforced core material for utility scale wind blades.

07 November 2010

07 November 2010

31 October 2010

31 October 2010

31 October 2010

31 October 2010

31 October 2010

31 October 2010

31 October 2010

22 October 2010

22 October 2010

22 October 2010

22 October 2010

22 October 2010

22 October 2010

15 October 2010

15 October 2010

15 October 2010

01 October 2010

01 October 2010

01 October 2010

Von Roll has extended its armouring products range with Para-Lite PHT20 phenolic prepreg for hard armouring applications, based on HiPer-tex high performance glass fibre from 3B.

26 September 2010

26 September 2010

Forty individuals and teams have been selected for ideas and applications that address some of the world’s biggest issues in infrastructure, transportation and renewable energy.

26 September 2010

19 September 2010

19 September 2010

19 September 2010

10 September 2010

10 September 2010

Scott Bader will showcasing three new specialty products on booth number 10-11/D03 at the 5th Composite Europe exhibition in Essen, 14-16th September.

10 September 2010

10 September 2010

10 September 2010

06 September 2010

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.

06 September 2010

06 September 2010

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.

06 September 2010

13 August 2010

13 August 2010

07 August 2010

07 August 2010

03 August 2010

03 August 2010

03 August 2010

25 July 2010

25 July 2010

09 July 2010

High pressure cylinders for motor vehicles that use Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for their propulsion can now benefit from lightweight, cost competitive, advanced composite materials.

09 July 2010

06 July 2010

Galway company, EireComposites Teo. has been awarded a total of €1.9 million in Research and Development contracts from the European Space Agency, aimed at producing new lightweight composite technologies for future space launcher and satellite structures.

06 July 2010

When China-based Hunan ZKenergy Wind Power Industrial Technology wanted to offer a reliable source for providing electricity to remote areas around the world, it adapted the technology of wind turbines to produce affordable, small-scale units suitable for off-grid locations.

06 July 2010

06 July 2010

Firehole Technologies has partnered with engineering and management solutions provider Saratech to market and sell Firehole’s Helius line of software tools.

25 June 2010

Airtech Advanced Materials Group has launched their new Securlon L-750 multi-layer bagging film, designed for low cost commercial, marine, wind energy and low temperature applications.

25 June 2010

25 June 2010

18 June 2010

The National Aerospace Laboratory NLR and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in The Netherlands have jointly developed a new fibre architecture with improved damage tolerance for use with a fibre placement machine.

18 June 2010

11 June 2010

11 June 2010

11 June 2010

04 June 2010

04 June 2010

Hexcel’s outlook for the future includes double digit growth from the second half of 2010 through to 2013.

04 June 2010

31 May 2010

31 May 2010

Far East Wind Power Corp has signed a letter of intent with Malama Composites to develop new environmentally friendly technologies for the wind turbine manufacturing sector.

31 May 2010

31 May 2010

21 May 2010

21 May 2010

14 May 2010

14 May 2010

14 May 2010

14 May 2010

07 May 2010

Lotus Engineering has conducted a study to develop a commercially viable mass reduction strategy for mainstream passenger vehicles.

07 May 2010

07 May 2010

07 May 2010

07 May 2010

04 May 2010

03 May 2010

DeltaWing’s prototype chassis for the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series will feature Milliken’s thermoplastic composite, Tegris, with the intention of making the DeltaWing car one of the lightest, most impact energy absorbent and intrusion resistant open wheel racing cars ever created.

03 May 2010

03 May 2010

23 April 2010

23 April 2010

At the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Conference in Chicago, Chuck Dana, group president of the Owens Corning Composite Solutions Business, delivered a keynote speech about opportunities for fibreglass reinforced plastics in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC countries).

23 April 2010

23 April 2010

09 April 2010

The agenda has been set for the 2010 Paris Conferences and Forums, which will take place during the JEC Composites Show Paris April 13-15 2010.

09 April 2010

09 April 2010

The Environment & Recycling JEC Award winner is a demonstration part built for an exhibition organized during the Copenhagen climate conference.

09 April 2010

Toho Tenax will be presenting a new filament yarn as well as net shape carbon fibre preforms at the JEC show next week.

05 April 2010

Fiberforge has opened its European subsidiary, Fiberforge GmbH in Baar, Switzerland to better serve its European clients and business partners.

05 April 2010

Researchers at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry, in collaboration with researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown how nanocomposites with desired properties can be designed and fabricated.

26 March 2010

26 March 2010

17 March 2010

17 March 2010

12 March 2010

12 March 2010

12 March 2010

12 March 2010

05 March 2010

‘Leading Edge Events & Media will host a brand new show, ‘The Composites Engineering Show 2010’ to service the UK’s rapidly developing composites design & production engineering community across all applications.

05 March 2010

05 March 2010

Weihai Guang Wei Composites has signed commercial and technical co-operative agreements with Red Composites to enhance Guang Wei Composites’ operational capability and accelerate their commercial presence in marine, transportation and renewable energy markets world-wide.

05 March 2010

05 March 2010

ACMA provided a great platform to celebrate Jushi / Gibson Fiberglass’ recent work in environmental awareness, allowing both companies to join in with the trend of recently announced eco initiatives.

25 February 2010

25 February 2010

24 February 2010

24 February 2010

The installation of three new wind turbines looks set to boost the environmental credentials of the Falklands.

19 February 2010

19 February 2010

19 February 2010

Evona has provided Norwegian-based Sway with funding worth approximately £15 million to build what is expected to be the largest wind turbine in the world.

19 February 2010

19 February 2010

19 February 2010

A research team at Imperial College London are developing a prototype which could lead to parts of a car’s bodywork doubling-up as its battery.

12 February 2010

10 February 2010

08 February 2010

05 February 2010

Ron Adams, Vice President of Technical Sales for Gibson Fiberglass, is set to present information regarding a collaborative Environmental Stewardship program between Gibson and Jushi on Wednesday, February 10.

04 February 2010

01 February 2010

01 February 2010

The 12th year of the JEC Innovation Awards Programme sees 11 winning companies due to receive their awards at the JEC Composites Show (April 13-15, 2010).

28 January 2010

28 January 2010

28 January 2010

22 January 2010

22 January 2010

22 January 2010

21 January 2010

Ashland and Reichhold disclose price changes effective as of early 2010.

19 January 2010

The North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) is taking the lead on a 30 month group project to identify commercial opportunities for alternative chemicals made from sustainable resources.

14 January 2010

A new research project aims to use composite materials in order to eliminate thermal bridges, condensation and mould in our living rooms.

13 January 2010

The University of Maine’s Advanced Structure and Composites Center has been awarded a $12.4 million (US) grant from federal Recovery Act funds.

13 January 2010

Scott Bader Europe Increases Prices of all Crystic Products

13 January 2010

13 January 2010

23 December 2009

German rotor blade specialist SGL Rotec has signed a long-term agreement with BARD Emden Energy GmbH & Co. KG for the delivery of rotor blades for offshore wind turbines.

23 December 2009

21 December 2009

17 December 2009

3B has appointed Essen International as its non-exclusive agent for India. This latest move marks 3B’s stated commitment to developing its business in Asia, with a particular focus on India and China, which it sees as key growth markets.

17 December 2009

16 December 2009

15 December 2009

Jushi, literally translated as ‘Giant Stone’, has come a long way since its inception in 1993. With 10,000 employees, spread amongst three plants across China, the Jushi Group has developed a colossal capacity, able to produce 900,000 metric tonnes of fibreglass per year, which the company say make it one of the largest producers of fibreglass reinforcements in the world.

11 December 2009

11 December 2009

Gurit has secured an agreement with Sheffield-based Pulse Tidal to engineer, supply tooling and manufacture the blades for Pulse Tidal Pulse Stream 1 mega watt (MW) demonstrator.

11 December 2009

RWE have recently opened a 90 MW offshore Wind Farm. Situated five miles off the north Wales coast, in Liverpool Bay, the facility boasts 25 Siemens wind turbines.

11 December 2009

08 December 2009

08 December 2009

Following their announcement earlier in the year, Rio Tinto has now completed the sale of Alcan Composites to Schweiter Technologies for a fee of around US$349 million.

04 December 2009

Tunetanken have recently obtained a contract to provide fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite chimney liners for a modern waste-to-energy incineration plant.

04 December 2009

02 December 2009

02 December 2009

27 November 2009

27 November 2009

24 November 2009

Over the weekend, a 61.5 meter long blade, believed to be the world’s largest wind turbine blade, was transported from Lunderskov to the Danish capital, Copenhagen.

23 November 2009

23 November 2009

Hangzhou Epic Boat Co. and Nelo M.A.R. Kayaks are now using the latest polyester ‘epoxy bonding’ spray gelcoat technology from Scott Bader in their composite Kayaks.

20 November 2009

PPG Industries has been awarded a grant worth $741,000 by the U.S. Department of Energy, to support the development of materials and automation processes for wind blade manufacturing.

20 November 2009

A group comprising of Dana Holding Corporation, BASF, and Ford Motor Company have collectively won the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive Innovation Award for their latest innovation.

20 November 2009

Moorabbin based composites raw materials manufacturer, Australian Composites Pty, has signed a partnership agreement with Sunrez Corporation to expand sales of the Company’s UV curing pre-impregnated fibreglass materials into Canada and the US.

16 November 2009

16 November 2009

13 November 2009

A collaboration between Gordon Murray Design and Zytek Automotive has just been boosted by a £4.5m investment from the government-backed Technology Strategy Board.

13 November 2009

13 November 2009

Lightning strike tests of a helicopter at Eurocopter's Donauwörth facility have verified the accuracy of finite element analysis techniques for characterising the electromagnetic behaviour of complete and custom-cabled modern aircraft structures constructed using advanced composite materials.

09 November 2009

06 November 2009

DSM Composite Resins, Dieffenbacher and Fraunhofer ICT have combined efforts on a direct compounding technology that extends thermoset composites to high volume, complex and large parts production

06 November 2009

30 October 2009

30 October 2009

23 October 2009

One of the most significant objects to wind farms could potentially have been bypassed through a new technology developed in a collaboration between QinetiQ and Vestas Wind Systems.

23 October 2009

14 October 2009

14 October 2009

09 October 2009

Nidaplast Composites hope to make infusion easier and less expensive with a customizable, ready-to-use product called Rovipan, due to be presented to attendees of this year’s Composites Europe. The company says that because of its mechanical properties this product is ideally suited to the transport and energy industries.