Composites

4th Aug 2016

Metyx Composites, a division of textiles company Telateks A.S., is in the process of doubling its production facilities at its main manufacturing centre in Manisa, Turkey. Land and buildings adjacent to the existing factory in the Manisa Industrial Zone became available earlier this year, which Telateks recently acquired. The existing factory is...

2nd Aug 2016

Victrex, a world leader in High Performance Aromatic Polyketone Solutions (PAEK) solutions, is set to present its significantly extended portfolio at K 2016, Germany’s leading trade fair for plastics and rubber, at Düsseldorf, Germany, from October 19 to 26, 2016, at hall 5, stand B09. In addition to new types of Victrex PEEK polymers and their...

1st Aug 2016

Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette has opened US$50 million Indiana composite material manufacturing institute. The institute will house the centre for composites manufacturing and simulation where Purdue researchers and graduate students from Purdue College of Engineering and Purdue Polytechnic Institute will conduct research and development on...

26th Jul 2016

Automated Dynamics, manufacturer of advanced composite parts and custom robotic equipment for automated composites manufacturing, has recently opened its new modern facility, on July 13, 2016. As a result of the company’s continued growth, it has moved into a new 30,000 square feet building in the Niskayuna Commerce Park on Hillside Avenue in...

22nd Jul 2016

Driven by commercial aerospace sales, revenue for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016 at composites maker Hexcel rose to $522.6 million, up 9.9 per cent year on year and 10.2 per cent in constant currency. According to the company, commercial aerospace sales, which account for 70 per cent of total sales, were 14.3 per cent higher in constant...

22nd Jul 2016

Germany’s SGL Group has announced that, at the beginning of July and after a five-year journey in space, the NASA’s Juno spacecraft, carrying the company’s ceramic component based on carbon fibre reinforced silicon carbide (C/SiC), has entered Jupiter’s orbit. The Juno spacecraft is equipped with highly accurate measuring devices. The extremely stiff...

22nd Jul 2016

Composites recycling is still in its infancy. Whilst the options for recycling of glass fibre composites are limited by the low value of glass fibre, the high value of carbon fibre has resulted in a number of recycling companies starting up around the world, according to a report by Composites UK along with the Universities of Nottingham, Manchester...

21st Jul 2016

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are using bamboo fibre in 3-D printing experiments to determine whether bio-based feedstock materials are feasible in additive manufacturing. Chopped bamboo fibres were added to a bio-polymer resin to create bamboo-based pellets, resulting in a more sustainable material that can be used for...

21st Jul 2016

Chomarat, one of the world’s leading producers of engineered textiles and composite reinforcements, is expanding its coatings and films business. The Company is investing in a new varnishing and finishing line for automotive coated materials, an addition that reinforces the industrial equipment already installed at the Chomarat France site.