Composites

11th Jun 2016

Specialty chemicals company Evonik’s composites plant at Marl, Germany for coating membranes used in organic solvent nanofiltration and gas separation has become operational. The plant is coating thin membrane films with silicone and other materials. The coated membranes are further made solvent-resistant or gas-tight, spiral-wound modules.

2nd Jun 2016

Hexcel Corporation, a manufacturer of advanced composites, has made a strategic investment in Oxford Performance Materials (OPM), a producer of thermoplastic, carbon fibre reinforced 3D parts for aerospace and defence applications. The partnership between Hexcel and OPM will advance the commercial application of advanced composites, carbon fibre and...

24th May 2016

Oxeon , Sweden-based market leader in Spread Tow carbon fibre reinforcements with products sold under the Textreme brand name, recently appointed Lori Herren as the sales manager for aerospace in North America. Herren’s previous positions include 15 years as a product and process development engineer at Hexcel Composites, 12 years in sales and business

24th May 2016

Sigmatex, developer and manufacturer of carbon fibre textiles for composite material has joined hands with UK based aerospace companies to drive development of 3D woven textile composites in the aerospace industry under the project ‘Breakthrough Aerospace Materials’ (BAM). The BAM project looks to advance the manufacturing techniques and simulation of ...

23rd May 2016

TenCate Advanced Composites, a leading global composite materials company, has inaugurated extended facility at the European Centre of Excellence for thermoset prepreg systems in Nottingham, United Kingdom. TenCate Advanced Composites capabilities and capacity have been enhanced for its standardised quality management system for the aerospace and

19th May 2016

Sports major Reebok CCM Hockey has joined hands with carbon fibre composite manufacturer Sigmatex for a line of premium hockey sticks which incorporate Sigmatex’s SigmaST fabric. Driven by weight reduction and strength objectives, the range utilises Sigmatex’s sigmaST fabric which is 20 per cent lighter than traditional carbon fibre fabrics and has...

17th May 2016

Polynt Group and Reichhold Group have signed an agreement to combine the two businesses. The business combination is expected to create a leading global, vertically integrated manufacturer of resins for composites, coatings and other specialised chemicals. “This compelling deal is expected to result in significant synergy opportunities and will...

14th May 2016

Lanxess subsidiary Bond Laminates, the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and HBW-Gubesch Thermoforming has been awarded at the JEC 2016 Innovation Awards in Atlanta, United States for the ‘processes’ category. The winning development involved the addition of local tape reinforcements to Tepex brand thermoplastic composite sheets to...

13th May 2016

SwiftCarbon, South Africa based bicycle manufacturer has unveiled new lightweight frame reinforced by TeXtreme carbon fibre fabrics resulting in a 24 per cent improvement in strength to weight ratio. TeXtreme is the next generation state-of-the-art carbon fibre material is based on using Spread Tows instead of yarns to create ultra-light weight,