Composites

13th May 2016

SwiftCarbon, South Africa based bicycle manufacturer has unveiled new lightweight frame reinforced by TeXtreme carbon fibre fabrics resulting in a 24 per cent improvement in strength to weight ratio. TeXtreme is the next generation state-of-the-art carbon fibre material is based on using Spread Tows instead of yarns to create ultra-light weight,

12th May 2016

Sigmatex, developer and manufacturer of carbon fibre textiles for composite material has used its innovative advanced textile solution, ‘sigmaST’ product on the new range of Orro’s real world performance bike. sigmaST is an innovative carbon fibre textile, used for its lightweight nature and improved mechanical performance when compared to traditional

29th Apr 2016

Hexcel Reinforcements, a leading manufacturer of composite reinforcements, displayed high volume carbon fibre composite structure manufactured for a British automotive OEM at the Global Automotive Lightweight Materials (GALM) Europe 2016 conference UK, on April 26-28. The demonstration part was developed using Hexcel’s HiMax carbon fibre multiaxial...

27th Apr 2016

Hexcel, an advanced composites company based in UK, will build a $20 million facility in Casablanca, Morocco to convert honeycomb materials into engineered core parts for light weighting and structural reinforcements in the aerospace industry. The facility will become fully operational by 2017, and will employ more than 200 people by 2020.

21st Apr 2016

Exel Composites, a leading composite technology company, has invested resources to tackle volatile organic (VO) emissions into the environment.

19th Apr 2016

Evolva has announced its completion of a limited purpose cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to support the joint development of

14th Apr 2016

Albany International has completed the acquisition of the composite aero-structures division at Harris Corporation.

4th Apr 2016

The organisers of two shows specialising in lightweight construction, the Industrial Supply show at Hannover Messe and Composites Europe in Düsseldorf

2nd Apr 2016

Covestro, a globally leading supplier of high-tech polymer materials, has developed an innovative technology for manufacturing wind turbine rotor