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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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,...
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...