These five stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website during the month of June.
30 June 2009Amanda Jacob
For its latest project Rogers Yacht Design is working with composite materials supplier SP to produce a new line of carbon composite cruiser racers.
28 June 2009Amanda Jacob
Airbus Germany has awarded Atkins Nedtech a contract to design composite components for the inboard flap of the new Airbus A350 XWB aircraft.
26 June 2009Amanda Jacob
An extra 25GW of offshore wind energy could be accommodated around the UK’s shores, in addition to the 8GW already built or planned, UK Energy Minister Lor
25 June 2009David Hopwood
Yuneec International is carrying out test flights on its E430, two-seat, composite aircraft, which is said to be the first commercially available electric
25 June 2009Amanda Jacob
Lincoln Composites has manufactured a compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel tank for what is claimed to be the world's first chopper (motorcycle) to be powered
23 June 2009Amanda Jacob
Boeing has announced a further delay to the first flight of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
23 June 2009Amanda Jacob
Braided textile specialist A&P Technology Inc is now using carbon fibre reinforced Fortron polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) tape for aircraft interior applicat
22 June 2009Tony Calvert
The Welsh Assembly Government has committed £28.66 million to support Airbus' development of a facility for the assembly of composite aircraft wings at its
22 June 2009Amanda Jacob
Australian-based Quickstep has been awarded A$2.6 million under the Australian Federal Government’s AusIndustry Climate Ready Programme, an initiative focu
20 June 2009Tony Calvert
GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies has announced the availability of a hand-held, ultrasonic test instrument for use while an aircraft is at the arrival/
19 June 2009Tony Calvert
Strongwell’s glass fibre reinforced plastic (GRP) structural materials have achieved Los Angeles Research Report (LARR) approval for radio frequency (RF) t
19 June 2009Amanda Jacob
Final assembly has begun on the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft destined for delivery to ANA of Japan. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the first
18 June 2009Amanda Jacob
UK railway contractor Birse Rail has recently installed a new composite railway footbridge in just six hours at Bradkirk, Blackpool, UK, thereby minimising
18 June 2009Tony Calvert
Cytec Engineered Materials (CEM) has formed a new group to address the growing need for advanced materials such as composites in the industrial sector.
17 June 2009Amanda Jacob
China could generate 20% of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2020, according to Zhang Xiaoqiang, Vice Chairman of China’s national development an
17 June 2009Kari Larsen
Boeing, TenCate Advanced Composites BV, Stork Fokker and the University of Twente have signed an agreement to establish the Thermoplastic Composites Resear
17 June 2009Amanda Jacob
US firm Energetx Composites plans to start manufacturing wind turbine components following approval of a grant from the State of Michigan.
17 June 2009Amanda Jacob
Quickstep Technologies Pty Ltd has been accredited to the AS 9100 international aerospace quality standard.
15 June 2009Amanda Jacob
The European Environmental Agency (EEA) says European onshore and offshore wind energy potential is equivalent to almost 20 times energy demand in 2020.
15 June 2009Kari Larsen
Investment company Mubadala Development Company has announced the construction of its composites plant in Abu Dhabi, UAE, will start this month and that th
15 June 2009Amanda Jacob
A new FRP lining process for pipes and storage tanks is said to offer significant advantages over existing corrosion protection methods.
14 June 2009Tony Calvert
US moulder of composites products Premix is extending its manufacturing capacity with the addition of a 2000 ton compression moulding press.
13 June 2009Amanda Jacob
The programme for the Advanced Composites in Construction (ACIC) 2009 conference has been released by organiser The Network Group for Composites in Constru
12 June 2009Amanda Jacob
What could be the world’s first large-scale floating offshore wind turbine has been installed by Siemens and StatoilHydro off the coast of Norway.
11 June 2009Kari Larsen
The UK Crown Estate has received a total of 42 applications from 20 bidders for wave and tidal energy leases for the Pentland Firth Strategic Area – the wo
10 June 2009Kari Larsen
A flame retardant, flexible core material has been developed by Lantor BV. It is designed to support the development of lightweight composite solutions, es
9 June 2009Amanda Jacob
American Superconductor Corporation’s (AMSC) wholly-owned AMSC Windtec subsidiary, has licensed its 2 MW doubly-fed induction wind turbine design to Inox W
9 June 2009Kari Larsen
The US Air Force Research Laboratory and Lockheed Martin have announced the first flight of the Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft (ACCA).
8 June 2009Amanda Jacob
CST Composites is introducing a range of pultruded carbon composite laminates designed for use in the the reinforcement of concrete, metal, wood and compos
8 June 2009Amanda Jacob
The Polytec Group is closing the Swedish plant of its Automotive Composites Division.
8 June 2009Amanda Jacob
The US wind energy market could bounce back in 2010 after a slower 2009, predicts analyst Emerging Energy Research (EER).
8 June 2009Kari Larsen
For the second year in a row, transmission / interconnection constraints were identified as the greatest barrier to wind energy development according to a
5 June 2009Kari Larsen
Automotive parts producer ElringKlinger has developed a reinforced thermoplastic pick-up truck oil pan using DuPont's Zytel polyamide resin.
5 June 2009Tony Calvert
Entropy Surfboards is producing a range of custom surfboards that use Amroy Europe’s Hybtonite® resin system in order to improve durability by a factor of
4 June 2009Tony Calvert
Meridian Automotive Systems Inc has sold certain parts of its composites business to Decoma Composites LLC in response to the severe downturn in the North
4 June 2009Amanda Jacob
Tods Defence has been awarded a contract by the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia to supply the carbon composite, bow sonar domes for Spanish Navy’s new S80 sub
3 June 2009Tony Calvert
Composite tooling specialist Ebalta has announced the availability of what is believed to be the first ‘cast to size’ epoxy tooling blocks.
3 June 2009Tony Calvert
Composites Technology Research Malaysia Sdn Bhd (CTRM) is expanding its manufacturing facility in Melaka, Malaysia, in anticipation of business growth.
2 June 2009Amanda Jacob
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has released its list of the top 10 emerging aerospace technologies.'Greener' aviation techno
2 June 2009Amanda Jacob