Composites

19th Oct 2021

VABO has launched a new maritime fire door that meets all the criteria for the 60-minute resistance test. The product of months of R&D, these FRD60 doors enhance the Dutch company’s portfolio for its commercial, superyacht, and naval sector client base around the world. The Netherlands-based company manufactures composite doors and hatches for...

18th Oct 2021

Brussels-based European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA) is organising a series of workshops in association with the European Commission to explore the opportunities and challenges presented by strategies set out under the European Green Deal in support of the Commission’s ambition of making the European Union (EU) climate neutral by 2050.

14th Oct 2021

Baker Hughes, a US-based global energy technology company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Primus Line to collaborate on non-metallic pipe applications to rehabilitate and repurpose existing pressure pipelines. Primus Line supplies its tried and tested system for the trenchless rehabilitation of pressure pipelines to the whole world.

12th Oct 2021

Hexion is set to separate into two independent firms. The two companies will be Hexion Holdings, composed of the company’s adhesives and versatic acids and derivatives product lines, and Hexion Coatings and Composites (HCC), composed of Hexion Holdings’ former epoxy-based coatings and composites products. Based in the US, it is a leader in thermoset...

7th Oct 2021

Permali composite flight deck safety systems meet the latest UK MoD fire retardancy (FR) standards for its Royal Navy vessels. To meet the regulatory standard to improve naval crew fire protection, Permali’s R&D team developed Permaglass XGR2/4, a new specialist FR composite material grade, which provides the next generation naval safety fire...

7th Oct 2021

The UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC) has added four new SMEs to its SME Affiliate Membership scheme. The scheme offers UK SMEs affordable enhanced benefits, including access to the NCC’s ‘beyond’ state-of the-art technology, specialist training, and networking opportunities. The NCC is a research centre for the design and manufacture of composites.

6th Oct 2021

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has joined forces with UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC) to study the chemistry in developing sustainable composites. The RSC is a professional association in the UK with the goal of advancing the chemical sciences. The NCC is leading authority on composites that solves complex engineering challenges.

5th Oct 2021

INEOS Styrolution, a leader in styrenics, and Edge Solutions, an innovator in optimisation of wind energy generation, have developed armourEdge protection for wind turbine blades based on a customised version of INEOS Styrolution’s Luran SC material. INEOS, based in Germany, focusses on styrene monomer, polystyrene, ABS Standard, and styrenic...

28th Sep 2021

Mitsubishi Chemical and Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials Japan (MCAM) have announced the development of a thermoplastic composite material (FRTP) which offers flame retardancy, high production performance, and recyclability. Mitsubishi Chemical is a chemical producer, supplying different sectors from automotive and electronics to medical and...