Formaplex Expands Manufacturing Capacity with Major Investment in Three New...
Formaplex has announced new investment in cutting-edge technology with the purchase of a 5-axis gantry milling machine and two 5-axis machining centres.
View ArticleHenkel Introduces Loctite Benzoxazine
Henkel has developed the Loctite Benzoxazine (BZ) composites family which includes prepregs, infusion resins, film adhesives and tooling materials.
View ArticleDSM Increases Price for its Unsaturated Polyester/ Vinyl Ester Resins
DSM Composite Resins is increasing the price for its Unsaturated Polyester/ Vinyl ester resins sold in Europe, Middle East and India by 50-75 euros per ton (depending on product and resin chemistry)....
View ArticleTeijin Aramid Increases Prices for Twaron Aramid Products
Teijin Aramid will raise prices for its Twaron products by 7% insofar as existing contracts allow.
View ArticleIDI and Composite Castings Collaborate to Demonstrate Lightweight Engine...
IDI Composites and Composite Castings have collaborated to demonstrate production feasibility of a proprietary thermoset structural composite moulding compound.
View ArticleRocTool Signs Global License Agreement for Multiple Markets with Flextronics
RocTool has signed a global license agreement with Flextronics, a leading provider of global end-to-end supply chain solutions including designing, manufacturing, shipping and services for original...
View ArticleTCG Launches New Material Options for PremierLT, PremierUV Compound Lines
The Composites Group (TCG) has launched PremierLT L703S and PremierUV VQH-55S, two new materials to the most recent PremierLT and PremierUV product families of high-performance thermoset sheet moulding...
View ArticleQuickstep to Create Automotive Division in Geelong
Quickstep Holdings has been awarded a grant of $1.76 million from the Geelong Region Innovation and Investment Fund, (GRIIF) an Australian Government, Victorian Government and Ford Australia funded...
View ArticleNew Isojet 2K Revolutionising Aerospace Resin Applications
International teamwork between Isojet Equipements and JR Technology Limited (JRTL) is set to revolutionise resin applications in aerospace and allied industries.
View ArticleSolvay Specialty Polymers' KetaSpire PEEK Products are Qualified at...
Five of Solvay Specialty Polymers’ KetaSpirepolyetheretherketone (PEEK) grades have earned qualification at the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), a leading Chinese aircraft...
View ArticleScott Bader Exhibiting BBA Approved CrysticROOF GRP Roofing Systems at...
Scott Bader is exhibiting at the RCI (Roofing, Cladding & Insulation) Show 2014, taking place at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK, from 28-30 October (stand E03.)
View ArticleAlcoa Joins TPRC as New Tier 1 Member
Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) and the ThermoPlastic composites Research Center (TPRC) in Enschede (The Netherlands) have entered into a long term partnership to share and collaborate in the development...
View ArticleFour Times Formula 1 World Champion, Alain Prost, Guest of Honour at JEC Asia...
JEC Group will be welcoming four times Formula 1 Champion, Alain Prost, as Guest of Honour, to JEC Asia this year for its 7th session, with a day focused on automotive.
View ArticleComposites UK Announces 2014 Industry Award Winners
Composites UK, the accredited trade association for the UK composites industry, has announced the winners of its 2014 industry awards, which will be presented on 11th November 2014.
View ArticleTSE-EcoWinder Resin Applicator Wins ACE Award for Composites Excellence at...
TSE Industries of Clearwater, Florida, US, has just received the ACE Award for Composites Excellence for its TSE-EcoWinder resin applicator for filament winding at the Composites and Advanced Materials...
View ArticleExova Renews Partnership with Hitachi Rail Europe
Exova Warringtonfire has renewed a partnership with Hitachi Rail Europe to provide fire testing as part of the UK Government’s £5.7billion Intercity Express Programme (IEP).
View ArticleACIC 2015 Open for Abstracts
The seventh biennial Advanced Composites in Construction (ACIC) conference will be taking place on 9-11 September, 2015, at St John’s College, Cambridge, UK, and is inviting relevant abstracts to be...
View ArticleMarenco Swisshelicopter’s High-Performance SKYe SH09 Helicopter...
Gurit’s customer, Marenco Swisshelicopter, has had a successful maiden flight of SKYe SH09 – an entirely new, multi-purpose, versatile, largely composite-built helicopter. This new class of helicopters...
View ArticleAirbus A350 XWB Containing Hexcel Carbon Fibre and Composite Materials...
The Airbus A350 XWB containing Hexcel carbon fibre and composite materials has achieved Type Certification, which means the aircraft is now ready for flight operations.
View ArticleFuturistic Bus Pavilion Gains its Strength from Divinycell
The new information and ticket pavilion on the intercity bus level of Union Station in Washington, DC, US, is a futuristic structure strengthened by a Divinycell core.
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