Composites

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,...

30th Sep 2016

Kanfit Ltd., a leading producer of hybrid assemblies containing composite and metal components for the aerospace and medical industries, has announced that it has successfully completed a 3 metre long radome (radar dome) prototype for satellite communications applications for flying platforms manufactured in autoclave using quartz epoxy prepreg...

30th Sep 2016

Fiberline Composites, Denmark’s leading manufacturers of advanced composites, has set up a joint venture with one of the world’s leading carbon fibre manufacturers, the Japanese global industrial giant, Mitsubishi Rayon. The new company will pave the way for longer and more efficient wind turbine blades, in order to cut down the cost of wind energy.

28th Sep 2016

Hexcel Corporation, a leading advanced composites company, is set to exhibit at CAMX 2016 expo, The Composites and Advanced Materials expo, in Anaheim, at the Anaheim convention centre, CA from September 27 to 29, 2016, in booth E22, to promote its latest composite innovations for aerospace, automotive, recreational equipment, and wind energy...

22nd Sep 2016

Solvay, an international chemical and advanced materials company, is expanding its composite materials capacities with a state-of-the-art resin facility and an upgraded site in Germany, to meet growing demand from aircraft customers for lightweighting materials and to provide first-rate products and services for parts like engine fan blades.

21st Sep 2016

SGL Group, Germany’s leading carbon company, is set to exhibit new material developments and innovative carbon fibre-based product solutions and their applications at the Experience Composites show 2016 in Augsburg, Germany from September 21 to 23, 2016, in hall 1, booth 319 and in the innovation area in hall 3 in the ‘Automotive and Transport’...

21st Sep 2016

Scientists from the University of Birmingham (UK) and Harbin institute of technology (China) have developed a way of allowing composite materials, commonly used in aircraft and satellites, to self-heal cracks at temperatures below freezing and be manipulated to operate at very low temperatures (-60°C), in the paper published in Royal Society Open...

20th Sep 2016

SGL Group, the carbon company, has opened a new production line for carbon fibre precursor at its FISIPE site in Lavradio, near Lisbon in Portugal. Precursor is a polymer-based fibre used as the main raw material for the production of carbon fibres. The production line has been set up by converting and enhancing parts of the existing facility in...