The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
30 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Vestas says a loose connection in the electrical system started the fire in the V112 3 MW wind turbine at the Gross Eilstorf wind farm in Germany on 30 Mar
30 April 2012Kari Williamson
Airbus has delivered the aft fuselage for the A350 XWB static test airframe to the final assembly line in Toulouse, France. This final section of the fusel
27 April 2012Amanda Jacob
The UK and US will collaborate on floating wind under a new agreement to be finalised during this week's Clean Energy Ministerial in London.
25 April 2012Kari Williamson
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Goldwind has launched its new wind turbine, designed for “ultra-low” wind speeds.
24 April 2012Rachel Parkes
Supported by nova-Institut GmbH, Germany, the Wood-Plastic Composites Pavilion at COMPOSITES CHINA 2012 is co-organised by Reed Exhibitions and the China A
24 April 2012Amanda Jacob
The Lola-Drayson B12/69EV prototype electric race car employs recycled composites and flax reinforced composites, both products born out of joint developme
24 April 2012Amanda Jacob
BASF's new video highlights how Enercon GmbH is using BASF products in the manufacture of its wind turbine blades.
23 April 2012Amanda Jacob
China’s largest wind power developer Long Yuan has opted for GE turbines for its first overseas project, a 100MW wind farm in Ontario, Canada.
23 April 2012Rachel Parkes, Kari Williamson
Automated Dynamics has announced a contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, to manufacture an automated fibre placement (AFP) work cel
23 April 2012Amanda Jacob
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
23 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Creative Composites, based in Northern Ireland, has invested in another 5-axis CNC trimming centre.
20 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Caterham Composites, the composites design and engineering arm of the Caterham Group, is expanding its bases in Germany and the UK.
20 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Atmos Consulting has developed computer modelling tools to enable wind farm developers and operators to comply with planning requirements for long-term pos
19 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Carbon fibre supplier Zoltek Corporation has agreed to sponsor Hungarian sailing team Team Fahajó when it competes in the IMOCA Ocean Racing World Champion
19 April 2012Amanda Jacob
GKN Aerospace researchers at the company’s Luton, UK, facility are working with a team at the University of Bristol in the UK on an 18 month programme to e
19 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Dong Energy is to test two next generation offshore wind turbines at its Gunfleet Sands site off the eastern coast of England, following consent from the U
18 April 2012Rachel Parkes
Boeing and Mubadala Aerospace have announced a 10-year direct contract for Strata Manufacturing, Mubadala's composite aerostructures facility in Abu Dhabi,
18 April 2012Amanda Jacob
The Knoxville Utilities Board has used cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) technology with a UV curing resin from AOC to repair an underground sewer pipe in Knoxvil
18 April 2012Amanda Jacob
GE is to supply 31 of its 1.6-100 wind turbines to a wind project in Turkey, the first of the series to be installed in Europe.
18 April 2012Rachel Parkes
GKN Aerospace is using laser technology to automate the repair of composite structures.
16 April 2012Amanda Jacob
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
16 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Danish turbine manufacturer Vestas has said it is “confident” it is closer to finding out the root cause of a fire in one of its turbines last month.
16 April 2012Rachel Parkes
Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa is to launch a new 2MW turbine, which it says is ideally suited for developments on sites with low wind speeds.
16 April 2012Rachel Parkes
Peter D. Dornier, CEO of Lindauer DORNIER GmbH, will give the keynote lecture at the 6th CFK-Valley Stade Convention in June.
14 April 2012Amanda Jacob
After four years in build by McConaghy Boats in China, the 42.5 m trimaran Adastra has been launched.
13 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Ford Motor Company and Dow Automotive Systems are partnering to research the use of advanced carbon fibre composites in high-volume vehicles.
13 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Following the presentation of the BMW i3 and BMW i8 concept cars, BMW Group has now unveiled a third i model – the BMW i8 Spyder two-seat sports car. This
12 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Cytec Industries Inc's Engineered Materials business has been awarded a long-term agreement to supply high-performance composite and adhesive materials for
12 April 2012Amanda Jacob
The French Government has kicked off France’s offshore wind programme, by awarding the first tenders for offshore wind projects in the country.
11 April 2012Rachel Parkes
German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has scored an order for its 2.5MW N90/2500 turbine from China, the first since the launch of a marketing campaign f
11 April 2012Rachel Parkes
Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa has won the JEC Innovation award for wind energy for the second year running, this time for one of its modular bla
11 April 2012Rachel Parkes
Final assembly of the first Airbus A350 XWB aircraft is underway at the new final assembly line in Toulouse, France, as Airbus starts joining the 19.7 m lo
11 April 2012Amanda Jacob
SP-High Modulus, the marine business of Gurit, has signed a contract to provide engineering services for what is scheduled to be the largest private sailin
11 April 2012Amanda Jacob
McConaghy Boats has highlighted its involvement in the building of James Cameron's record-breaking one-man submarine, the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER, which last mo
10 April 2012Amanda Jacob
The French wind industry is to showcase itself at the forthcoming EWEA exhibition in Denmark in the coming weeks.
10 April 2012Rachel Parkes
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
10 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Eleven major wind energy companies have signed a “Wind Charter” promising to use wind power to boost national prosperity in the UK.
10 April 2012Rachel Parkes
The organising committee for the SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE) has teamed up with Missouri University of Science & Technology to
7 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Turbine manufacturer GE is to supply turbines to 9 new wind power projects in the Canadian province of Ontario.
4 April 2012Rachel Parkes
A planned offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts could cut US$286 million a year from New England electricity bills, a study has revealed.
3 April 2012Rachel Parkes
3B's HiPer-tex™ W3030 glass roving is optimised for the manufacture of wind turbine blades using resin infusion processes with polyester or vinyl ester res
3 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Gurit has announced a new supply contract with an existing automotive customer.
3 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Innovative Composites International Inc (ICI) has announced the start of the production line designed to produce composite modular homes at its Orangeburg,
3 April 2012Amanda Jacob
AGC Composites Group, part of AGC Aerospace & Defense, has acquired Hill AeroSystems Inc, a US specialist in the design and manufacture of complex metal p
2 April 2012Amanda Jacob
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website during the month of March.
2 April 2012Amanda Jacob
Gurit has agreed the continuation of supplies of prepreg materials for all Airbus aircraft types for the years 2012 and 2013 with an existing customer.
2 April 2012Amanda Jacob
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
2 April 2012Amanda Jacob