Composites

12th Jun 2017

Uljanik has produced a new car carrier Siem Cicero in collaboration with Diab, to be used for transportation of cars and heavy vehicles for the London-based company "Siem car carriers", serving mainly Volkswagen cars. Founded in 1856, Uljanik is a shipbuilding company and shipyard located in Pula, Croatia. It is among the oldest shipyards in the world.

10th Jun 2017

Ashland Global Holdings Inc., a global specialty chemicals company serving consumer and industrial markets, including adhesives, architectural coatings, automotive, construction, and energy, has announced the acquisition of a composites resin manufacturing facility in Etain, France, and its associated business, from Reichhold Holdings International B.V.

9th Jun 2017

Kordsa, the global player of tire, composite, and construction reinforcement technologies market, has been awarded in the “Brand and Export Support” category at “Contributors to Turkey’s Brand Value and Turquality” Awards ceremony of Brand Turkey 2017, organised by the Turkish Exporters Assembly and brought together the leading brands of Turkey.

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...

3rd Jun 2017

Web Industries, industry leader in formatting prepreg composites for aerostructure fabrication, has announced infrastructure additions and storage expansion at its plant outside of Atlanta, Georgia. These additions are the first part of a $12 million, three-year infrastructure investment plan that will increase efficiency and capacity at Web Atlanta.

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.