australia

31st Jul 2020

Quickstep Technologies, a leading global manufacturer of composite solutions for the defence and commercial sectors, has chosen and already installed Jetcam Expert nesting and the CrossTrack composite manufacturing suite to manage nesting and pre-preg composite location and life tracking for its facility in Bankstown, west of Sydney, Australia.

24th Jul 2020

Advanced composites manufacturer Quickstep Holdings, has reported 12 per cent sales increase to to $82.3 million (Australian dollar) for the full fiscal 2020. The Sydney defence, aerospace and advanced manufacturing supplier recorded quarterly sales that ended in June were up seven per cent to $24.6 million compared to the previous corresponding...

30th Jun 2020

Scott Bader Australia Pty Ltd, a manufacturer of adhesives, resins, gelcoats and speciality polymers, has acquired the assets of Summit Composites Pty Ltd, which has been distributing Scott Bader's products to the Australian market for over 10 years. Members of the existing Summit Composites team have accepted new jobs in Scott Bader Australia Pty Ltd.

23rd Jun 2020

Meggitt, a leading company specialising in high performance components and subsystems for the aerospace, defence, and selected energy markets, and Chemring Australia are strengthening collaboration on multirole combat F35 aircraft. The two have signed a $15 million deal for the continued supply of flare countermeasure assemblies on the fighter jet.

8th Jun 2020

Alexium International Group's prototype foam mattresses using FR socks treated with Alexiflam NF have cleared independent flammability tests. These tests are required by US federal safety standards in 16 CFR 1633. Alexium is a performance chemicals provider for advanced materials applications with a focus on flame retardancy and thermal management.

10th Jan 2020

Griffith University collaborated with ATL Composites to expand its expertise in composite materials for construction of a vehicle to compete in the Formula SAE Australasia competition, which was held from December 5 to 8 in Winton, Victoria. The event attracts teams from the across the world including UK, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand and the US.

3rd Jan 2020

ATL Composites has signed deals with new European distributors after exhibiting at this year's Metstrade Amsterdam in November, the company's seventh show with joint venture partners vdL Composites. The new distributors will stock a mixture of DuFlex/Foam and Featherlight panels with single and double layers of e-fibreglass skins to service local...

28th Dec 2019

ATL Composites has signed deals with new European distributors after exhibiting at this year's Metstrade Amsterdam in November, the company's seventh show with joint venture partners vdL Composites. The new distributors will stock a mixture of DuFlex/Foam and Featherlight panels with single and double layers of e-fibreglass skins to service local...

23rd Dec 2019

Bureau Veritas has supported LeMond Carbon's claims of lower costs and increased output regarding its carbon fibre manufacturing process, in comparison to traditional carbon fibre technology. BV carried out an independent technical audit of LeMond’s carbon fibre manufacturing process on a pilot line at Deakin University's Carbon Nexus facility in...