Solvay’s Radel PPSU Outperforms Competitive Thermoplastics Enabling...
Radel PPSU’s superior chemical resistance, transparency and compatibility with ultrasonic welding make it the material of choice for demanding diagnostic tool applications.
View ArticleVictrex PEEK Valve Plate Lasts Twelve Times Longer
HuanTian Industrial and Victrex are developing a parts material standard for China’s reciprocating compressor industry.
View ArticleAGY Expand S-2 Glass Fibre Capacity
AGY has expanded its capacity to produce S-2 Glass yarns and rovings.
View ArticleSPE, Penn College of Technology, and Paulson Training Form Educational...
The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), the Plastics Innovation and Resource Center (PIRC) of Penn College of Technology, and Paulson Training Programs have entered into an alliance to offer plastics...
View ArticleCIMComp Open Day Programme Announced
The EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Composites (CIMComp) will be hosting an Open Day on the 23 June 2015 at @Bristol in Bristol, UK.
View ArticleSekisui Plastics USA Introduces New Heat-Resistant Piocelan Foam Grade
Sekisui Plastics USA has introduced a new grade of Piocelan mouldable foam resin; a hybrid of styrenic and olefin components.
View ArticleIntertronics Thinky Mixer Improves Bonding Processes in Optical Instrument...
After engineers at optical instrument makers Gooch & Housego, who use a high specification UV cure adhesive in a military application, premixed microspheres to ensure bondline thickness and...
View ArticleHaydale Create Dedicated Graphene Inks Manufacturing Capability
Haydale has a new 230m2 manufacturing area at its South Wales, UK, facility to keep up with rapidly growing demand for graphene inks.
View ArticleNetComposites Launches Composite Essentials Live: the Online Training Experience
NetComposites is launching Composite Essentials Live, its series of live online training modules, with the first absolutely free to attend.
View ArticleSigmatex Awarded Government Funding to Accelerate Vehicle Lightweighting
Sigmatex has been awarded Government funding through the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) for a project that aims to produce higher volumes of composites in the UK to accelerate...
View ArticleDIAB Launches New Responsive Website
Following its last update in 2012, DIAB has launched a new website that responds to a user’s screen size and orientation, and adjusts images, layouts and content visibility in accordance.
View ArticleLANXESS Launches New Rhein Chemie Additives Business Unit
LANXESS has combined the activities of the former Rhein Chemie and Functional Chemicals business units with the specialties business of the previous Rubber Chemicals business unit, to form the new...
View ArticleVictrex looks to Lenorplastics for its distribution in Switzerland and...
From April 2015, Lenorplastics will begin distributing high performance plastics from Victrex in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
View ArticleBYK Launch Emission-Free Defoamer for Aqueous Systems
BYK Additives & Instruments is launching a new additive - BYK-1640 - a polymer-based, VOC- and silicone-free defoamer for aqueous systems, which is also suitable for some applications that come...
View ArticlePerpetuus Advanced Materials Secure Landmark Commercial Agreement with Global...
Perpetuus Advanced Materials has entered into an exclusive commercial agreement with Heraeus where it will supply innovative alternatives to existing silver and copper-based inks and pastes.
View ArticleAutomated Dynamics Issue Patent for Composite Lightning Strike Solution
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...
View ArticleFiberSPAN Fiberglass Decking Replaces Traditional Wood for Two Aging Bridges
Bridge owners in Springfield, Oregon, and Hayward, California, US have replaced traditional wood on aging structures with Composite Advantage’s FiberSPAN Fibre Reinforced Polymer bridge decking.
View ArticleNetComposites Announce Call for Papers for International Nanocomposite...
NetComposites will present INC 2015 (Industrial Nanocomposites Conference), an international conference taking place 24th – 25th November 2015 at SpOrt Stuttgart, Germany, and abstracts are now being...
View ArticleFokker and NLR Open High-tech ‘Pilot Plant’ for Composite Components
Fokker and the National Aerospace Laboratory have opened a manufacturing plant for composite aircraft components in Marknesse, Netherlands.
View ArticleHuntsman – Helping to Reinvent the Wheel
Loopwheels, a shock-absorbing wheel with a unique, integral suspension system, has been created with the help of an Araldite composite bonder, which has been nominated for the prestigious ‘Designs of...
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