SP-High Modulus, the marine business of Gurit, has appointed Revchem Composites as its new distributor for the west coast of the USA.
28 June 2012Amanda Jacob
As it continues to grapple with its restructuring plans, Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced it is ending production of kilowatt size mac
27 June 2012Gail Rajgor
Following the economic downturn that began in 2007, the US recreational boating market is beginning to recover with demand expected to grow 8% annually fro
27 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Zyvex Marine, a division of nano-engineered materials developer Zyvex Technologies, and Pacific Coast Marine are teaming up to manufacture lightweight, dur
26 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Vestas has scrapped plans for a wind turbine factory in the Port of Sheerness delivering a blow to the UK government’s efforts to bring large-scale wind tu
26 June 2012Rachel Parkes
An agency of the US government has approved $360 million in funding for two overseas renewables development schemes, in an effort to bring Western-built te
26 June 2012Rachel Parkes
Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) will be displaying the LEAP aircraft engine composite fan blade and composite fan case at the 2012 Farnborough Internat
26 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Australian company Carbon Revolution claims to have developed the world's first one-piece carbon fibre composite wheel for cars.
25 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Quickstep has opened its new manufacturing facility at Bankstown Airport, Sydney, Australia, which will supply composite components to aerospace companies
25 June 2012Amanda Jacob
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25 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Green Marine has launched the first boat to be built to the new WallyCento class rules at its facility in Hythe on the south coast of England.
22 June 2012Amanda Jacob
This week, engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, moved a Composite Crew Module (CCM) into the Environmental Test Facilit
20 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Boston-based First Wind and Canada’s Emera have joined forces in a new company that will develop wind power in the north eastern United States.
20 June 2012Rachel Parkes
Aston Martin today unveiled its new luxury sports car – the Vanquish – which features carbon fibre body panels.
20 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Umeco Structural materials will be exhibiting examples of Airbus-qualified prepregs at the Farnborough International Airshow in July.
19 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Alex Thomson Racing (ATR) recently launched its new-look boat on the water in Gosport, UK, the first tangible example of its partnership with Caterham Comp
19 June 2012Amanda Jacob
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19 June 2012Amanda Jacob
An industry-led group tasked with bringing down the cost offshore wind has said that the UK is “on course” to substantially bring down costs over the next
19 June 2012Rachel Parkes
Samsara Surf has created a surfboard using Composites Evolution’s Biotex flax fabric in the place of carbon or glass fibre.
18 June 2012Amanda Jacob
The UK and South Korea are to join forces to develop offshore wind and wave and tidal technologies...
18 June 2012Rachel Parkes
Volta Volare and its subsidiary Volt Aero Technologies recently launched their GT4 aircraft, which they claim is the world's first hybrid-electric, full-si
18 June 2012Amanda Jacob
A project called ACOMPLICE (Affordable COMPosites for LIghtweight Car StructurEs) aims to manufacture lightweight, lower cost composite automotive structur
15 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Siemens has unveiled the first batch of its new 75 metre-long wind turbine rotor blades, which it claims are the “world’s longest”.
14 June 2012Rachel Parkes
Growth in the renewables market will slump unless the EU takes measures now to reduce costs and stimulate investment, the European Commission has warned.
14 June 2012Rachel Parkes
Global investment in renewable power and fuels increased 17% to a new record of $257 billion in 2011, according to a UN report. Developing economies made
14 June 2012Rachel Parkes
Molded Fiber Glass Construction Products (MFG CP) contributed to the rebuild of 3 World Trade Center in New York City, partnering with Engineered Devices C
12 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Goodrich Corporation recently delivered its first composite sail cusp to Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries.
12 June 2012Amanda Jacob
A report from AMI Consulting values the global composite blade market at an estimated €4 billion in 2011, of which approximately €1.5 billion was raw mater
11 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Molded Fiber Glass Companies (MFG) introduced MFG Wind, a new brand representing the company's wind energy-focused capabilities, at the WindPower 2012 trad
11 June 2012Amanda Jacob
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11 June 2012Amanda Jacob
The consumption of composite materials by the Indian wind energy industry will reach 200 million lbs by 2017, according to a study by Composite Insights.
8 June 2012Amanda Jacob
DSM has been working with the Dutch Olympic Team to help manufacture a rowing boat for the London Olympics 2012, selecting Oxeon's TeXtreme carbon fabric i
8 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Gurit has introduced a SparPreg prepreg with a specialised coating technology to enable the economic manufacture of high quality spar caps using glass and
8 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Composite Advantage LLC has completed installation of a FiberSPAN™ fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) pedestrian and bicycle bridge deck designed and built as
7 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Creative Pultrusions Inc has developed Superdeck Mass Transit Decking (GR250) specifically for the mass transit industry to upgrade concrete infrastructure
7 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Johns Manville (JM) has received Germanisher Lloyd (GL) approval for its StarRov® 076 direct roving to be used in wind turbine blades.
5 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Eurocopter is producing the carbon fibre composite passenger doors for the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft at its Donauwörth, Germany, facility.
4 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Energetx Composites is exporting a set of 45.3 m wind blade moulds from its Michigan, USA, facility to Aeroblade in Minano, Spain.
4 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Umeco is exhibiting its composite materials at the 2012 Eurosatory defence show, which takes place in France in June.
3 June 2012Amanda Jacob
Two US cabinet secretaries have met with leaders of the US wind manufacturing, construction and development sectors at the White House recently to discuss
1 June 2012Robin Whitlock
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