Carbon fibre producer Zoltek Companies Inc and automotive supplier Magna Exteriors and Interiors have agreed an exclusive global collaborative partnership
30 March 2012Amanda Jacob
The global wind turbine market is seeing fierce competition, especially in China, according to MAKE Consulting's 2012 Global Wind Turbine Market Share repo
28 March 2012Kari Williamson
Hempel has won the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy Award for its accomplishments in the wind turbine protective coatings market.
27 March 2012Kari Williamson
The Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Gateway Tower, 150 km east of Dubai, UAE, will be clad with composite panels manufactured by Premier Composite Technologies.
26 March 2012Amanda Jacob
Gamesa is in talks with the Port of Leith, Scotland, for its offshore wind manufacturing base – including blade and nacelle plants, port logistics and O&M
23 March 2012Kari Williamson
Hexcel Corporation and Web Industries have signed a long-term supply agreement under which Web will convert Hexcel's HexPly® carbon fibre prepreg into slit
23 March 2012Amanda Jacob
LM Wind Power’s 73.5 m blades became the first blades of over 70 m to be installed when Alstom inaugurated its 6 MW Haliade 150 offshore wind turbine in th
22 March 2012Amanda Jacob
TPI Composites Inc, a US headquartered supplier of wind turbine blades, and Turkish engineering, manufacturing and construction company ALKE INSAAT have fo
21 March 2012Amanda Jacob
Amber Composites has been chosen as prepreg provider for the 2012 Honda Yuasa Racing Team's British Touring Car Championships (BTCC) car.
20 March 2012Amanda Jacob
The latest version of the BioMobile.ch has a body frame made of bio-composites based on banana fibre, Greenlite® renewable reinforcements from Porcher Indu
19 March 2012Amanda Jacob
Onshore wind power in the UK only added £4.68 to householders' annual energy bill last year, according to Ofgem's Renewables Obligation (RO) annual report
19 March 2012Kari Williamson
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19 March 2012Amanda Jacob
SP-High Modulus has supplied Corecell™ M-Foam core material and engineering services to the newly launched Gulf Craft Majesty 135 superyacht.
16 March 2012Amanda Jacob
Umeco has announced that its MTM®44-1 out of autoclave prepregs are being used by GE Aviation to manufacture the outer and mid-section fixed trailing edge
16 March 2012Amanda Jacob
Structural assembly of the first Airbus A350 XWB aft fuselage, destined for the first flying A350 XWB aircraft, has been completed at the Airbus manufactur
15 March 2012Amanda Jacob
Suzlon Group is launching the 1.5 MW S8X wind turbine for Class III, low wind sites in India.
15 March 2012Kari Williamson
Reinforced Plastics and Owens Corning are hosting a free webinar on 19 April covering the use of glass fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) in corrosive environm
14 March 2012Amanda Jacob
Gamesa's G10X-4.5 MW prototype wind turbine, installed in Alaiz, Navarra, Spain, has set an energy output record for its type, generating electricity for 2
14 March 2012Kari Williamson
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner team has been presented with a 2012 Aviation Week Laureate Award in Aeronautics/Propulsion.
13 March 2012Amanda Jacob
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
13 March 2012Amanda Jacob
Nordex will supply and install 11 of its N100/2500 wind turbines for the 27.5 MW Sincik wind farm near the city of Adiyaman, Turkey, for Tektug Elektrik Gr
13 March 2012Kari Williamson
Installed wind capacity is set to increase as wind power markets are expected to witness large growth in multiple regions, including repowering schemes, ac
12 March 2012Kari Williamson
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has launched a US$180 million, 6-year initiative for offshore wind in the US.
9 March 2012Kari Williamson
The EU-27 installation rate of wind power slowed 5.9% in 2011 with just under 9.4 GW of new capacity, compared with nearly 10 GW in 2010, with a significan
7 March 2012Kari Williamson
At the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, Lamborghini presented its Aventador J sports car, a showcase of the company's carbon fibre technology.
7 March 2012Amanda Jacob
Overcapacity and new low-cost players will keep wind turbine prices low, according to the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Wind Price Index (WTPI).
6 March 2012Kari Williamson
Australian company Quickstep Holdings Ltd has been awarded the tender to manufacture carbon fibre composite wing flaps for the C-130J Hercules military tra
6 March 2012Amanda Jacob
DONG Energy is selling 50% of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm to the Lego Group’s parent company, KIRKBI A/S, and the Oticon Foundation, for DKK4
5 March 2012Kari Williamson
Clean and renewable energy investment levels saw new heights in 2011, spurred by solar, but the outlook for 2012 is far less certain – especially within th
2 March 2012Kari Williamson
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website during the month of February.
2 March 2012Amanda Jacob
Premier Composite Technologies (PCT) has been awarded a contract to supply the roof and inner ceiling panels for the Medinah station of the Haramain High S
1 March 2012Amanda Jacob
Mould release system supplier Zyvax is sponsoring SAMPE's 15th annual composite bridge contest.
1 March 2012Amanda Jacob
Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Company was hit by a slower wind power market and falling prices for wind turbines in 2011, recording a 73.5% declin
1 March 2012Kari Williamson