Composites

16th Feb 2017

Hexcel Corporation, a leading advanced composites company that develops lightweight, high-performance structural materials for commercial aerospace, space, defence, and industrial applications, is exhibiting in stand B4, 1b hall B at the Aero India 2017 show, the premiere air show in Asia, to be held in Bangalore from February 14-18, 2017.

6th Feb 2017

Solvay has appointed Carmelo Lo Faro as president of the composite materials global business unit, succeeding Bill Wood, who will retire following the successful integration of Cytec. Faro brings almost 20 years of experience with the composite materials business, spanning research and innovation, strategy, business development as well as management.

28th Jan 2017

Evonik, the creative industrial group from Germany and one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals, has unveiled the newly developed PulPress method, that manufacturers can use in mass-produce complex moulded parts of composite materials used in the automotive industry, taking the technology from the high-end market to large-scale production.

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.

20th Jan 2017

JEC Group Composites, a leading composites manufacturer, has announced the 13 winners of the JEC Innovation Awards that recognise the best composite breakthroughs based on their technical interest, market potential, partnerships, financial & environmental impact, to be held from March 14 to 16, 2017, at the Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre,...

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.