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Gurit gets wind turbine OEM as new customer

6th Jun 2017

Gurit, a worldwide leading developer and manufacturer of advanced composite materials, components and technologies, has won a major wind turbine OEM as new customer for its Tooling business. The new customer placed a first set of orders for wind blade mould systems at a total contract value of some CHF 11 million to be produced and supplied in 2017.

Hexcel to acquire Structil’s shares
Hexcel to acquire Structil’s shares

5th Jun 2017

Hexcel Corporation has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire shares of Structil SA (Structil), a French producer and supplier of high-performance composites to the aerospace, defence and industrial markets. The proposed transaction is subject to review by relevant employee representative bodies and approval from the applicable French...

Faurecia joining the cluster MAI Carbon
Faurecia joining the cluster MAI Carbon

31st May 2017

Faurecia, one of the world's largest automotive equipment suppliers, has announced that it is joining the leading cluster MAI Carbon of the Incorporated Society of Carbon Composites based at the Augsburg (Germany) Innovation Park to develop manufacturing processes capable of reaching automotive cycle times for mass production of composite parts.

JEC Innovation Awards to recognise composites in building
JEC Innovation Awards to recognise composites in building

31st May 2017

JEC Group, a leading composite organisation in the world, promoting composite markets by providing global and local networking and information services, has announced that composites use in building and construction will be highlighted at JEC newest event dedicated to this specific composites industry, to be held in Chicago, from June 20 to 22, 2017.

Altair, Artemis Racing design daggerboards
Altair, Artemis Racing design daggerboards

29th May 2017

Altair and Artemis Racing have teamed up to design daggerboards - foils that lift a boat out of the water to break the drag barrier - which have a significant impact on a boat’s performance. The two have applied design and simulation technology to perfect these composite structures. The development will help Artemis Racing in the 35th America’s Cup.

IACMI, Michelman improving carbon fibre composites
IACMI, Michelman improving carbon fibre composites

29th May 2017

The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation with Michelman and other key IACMI consortium members aims to optimise vinyl ester resins and fibre sizings for fabrication of carbon fibre composites in a project that will identify styrene-free prepreg formulations with longer room temperature shelf life, shorter cycle times and reduced...

Scott Bader presented high performance resins at SAMPE
Scott Bader presented high performance resins at SAMPE

27th May 2017

Scott Bader North America exhibited high performance resins, gelcoats, bonding pastes and structural adhesives for producing composite tooling and molded parts at SAMPE Seattle 2017, organised by the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering to highlight new materials and processes, innovations and technology advancements.

JEC Group to host 10th edition of JEC Asia in Seoul
JEC Group to host 10th edition of JEC Asia in Seoul

24th May 2017

JEC Group, a leading composite organisation in the world, promoting composite markets by providing global and local networking and information services headquartered in France, has announced that the 10th edition of the JEC Asia International Composites Event 2017 will take place at the COEX centre in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from November 1 to 3,...

Ensinger takes over Next Composites
Ensinger takes over Next Composites

20th May 2017

Ensinger in Nufringen has taken over Swiss plastics processing company Next Composites. The small company based in Otelfingen near Zurich, develops technologies for manufacturing products of thermoplastic fibre composite materials. The process technologies from Next Composites will help Ensinger enhance its range of technologies for manufacturing...

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