Composites

19th Oct 2016

Hexcel Corporation, a leading advanced composites company, is set to display its HiMax range of multiaxial reinforcements at Composites Engineering 2016 in Birmingham, UK, on November 2 and 3, 2016, on stand L162. HiMax fabrics are used in the automotive, marine, sports, and industrial markets, and can be specifically tailored for each customer’s needs.

18th Oct 2016

Daniela Ryf who won the women’s Ironman World Cycling Championship, was riding a custom made IA FRD reinforced by TeXtreme bicycle. The second place winner was Mirinda Carfae, who also rode a Felt IA FRD cycle. Carfrae had earlier won the 2013 and 2014 championship, giving the Felt IA FRD, four consecutive women’s Ironman World Championships.

15th Oct 2016

Hexcel, a advanced composites firm that develops lightweight, high-performance structural materials, including carbon fibres, reinforcements, prepregs, adhesives, and composite structures, used in commercial aerospace, defence, and industrial applications, has announced amendments to the two key contracts to supply advanced composites to Airbus Group.

14th Oct 2016

The team at manufacturer of composites reinforcements, Chomarat is delivering a lecture on how their solutions meet automotive demand, with a specific focus on low cost advanced composites at the JEC Forums in Knoxville, Tennessee which runs October 13-14. The team will share with attendees its ongoing development for applications in the automobile...

10th Oct 2016

ISAAC, a multi-million-dollar robot on a mission to build experimental composite structures built by NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has been built a hermetically sealed $750,000 air-tight, temperature, and moisture-controlled workshop, where it can research on making composite materials for the air and space vehicles of tomorrow.

8th Oct 2016

In order to support the fast growing India glass fibre market, which is growing at double digit growth rates, US based Owens Corning is investing $110 million in expanding capacity at its Indian composites facility. The company will invest in a 80,000 ton glass melter at the Indian plant, which is expected to start operations in early 2018.

7th Oct 2016

Composites products maker Hexagon Composites ASA will acquire Xperion Energy & Environment, a manufacturer of type 4 high pressure cylinders and which also is a wholly owned subsidiary of Avanco GmbH. The acquisition is expected to help Hexagon Composites strengthen its global market presence and further broaden its product and technology portfolio.

5th Oct 2016

Arunachal Pradesh will soon get a composite textile park of its own. Smriti Irani, the Union textiles minister, has agreed to sanction this park for the state. The minister has promised to offer support to the state government in the form of a group of experts for preparing the detailed project report and running the centre after it is established.

3rd Oct 2016

Gurit, a leader in advanced composite engineering and materials, has announced that Galaxy of Happiness, one of the Latitude Yachts of the first two “Galaxy” 53m Trimarans, made with Gurit’s prepeg materials is displayed at the 26th Monaco yacht show, from September 28 to October 1, 2016, the first international boat show to be held in Port Hercules,...