Composites

25th Jan 2017

Stratasys has signed a four year agreement with McLaren Racing to supply a suite of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions. Under the agreement, Stratasys, the official supplier of 3D printing solutions to the McLaren-Honda Formula 1 team, will supply McLaren Racing with its latest FDM and PolyJet based 3D printing solutions and materials.

25th Jan 2017

Composites materials producer Hexcel is showing innovations in composites at the upcoming Ispo Munich 2017, which runs from February 5-8, 2017 in hall A4, booth 344. Hexcel will also be showing the new Himax multiaxial reinforcements for enhanced ski design and manufacture at the show, in a bid to promote its materials range for ski sports.

19th Jan 2017

Eynsham-based Lentus Composites has installed a Sahos Dynamic bridge-type machining centre with 5 metres X-axis for machining pattern board, aluminium mould tools, and components made from composite materials. The 5-axis machine was delivered and commissioned in March 2016 by sole UK agent, Asquith Butler, provider of solutions for machining...

18th Jan 2017

Kordsa, a global player of tire, construction and composite reinforcement technologies market, has won the Jury’s Special Award in the ‘Project Contest on Energy Efficiency in Industry’ category for using energy efficiency applications. The awards were organised by the ministry of energy and natural resources, renewable energy directorate general of...

16th Jan 2017

Japanese company Mitsubishi Rayon is acquiring SGL Carbon Fibers LLC, the US subsidiary of German carbon fibre producer SGL Group, in a bid to enhance its carbon fibres business in North America. Mitsubishi’s subsidiary Mitsubishi Rayon Carbon Fiber and Composites is buying all of the shares of SGL Carbon Fibers and will integrate it by April 2017.

16th Jan 2017

Collier Research Corporation, a leading design optimisation software firm, has become a member of NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Advanced Composites Consortium (ACC), that aims to bring better composite material analysis, design, and manufacturing into practice to help maintain American leadership in aviation manufacturing.

12th Jan 2017

NovaScott, a Brazilian producer of specialty raw materials for producing composites, has become the first local supplier of gelcoat, for the production of nacelles at Gamesa in Brazil. NovaScott won the approval after facing a lengthy and very demanding Gamesa approval process, which covered all aspects of quality, performance and robustness.

11th Jan 2017

An auto components subsidiary of the Hero Group, Rockman Industries has acquired a controlling stake in Moldex Composites, a Surat based producer of carbon composites for Rs 100 crore. This foray in to carbon composites technology will help Rockman Industries to diversify into aerospace, motorsports and high end automotive components production.

6th Jan 2017

UK supplier of fibres, fabrics and resin systems for the composites market, Cristex Composite Materials has launched the AscoBV Slitter & Rewinder, which is designed to convert master rolls of fabric to narrow width tapes for use in multiple applications. It can produce crush cut tapes from glass fibre or carbon fibre fabrics in various weights.