The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) in the USA has selected ATK's Aerospace Structures division, based in Clearfield, Utah,
25 February 2014Mark Holmes
TenCate Advanced Composites has won a deal to supply carbon fibre prepreg for the production of the monocoque of the Alfa Romeo 4C 'supercar.'
25 February 2014Amanda Jacob
Prepregs from Cytec Industrial Materials have been used to manufacture electric vehicle battery enclosures for General Motors’ Chevrolet Spark car.
24 February 2014Mark Holmes
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24 February 2014Amanda Jacob
Airbus is increasing its share in the Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre (HMC) in Harbin, China, from 20% to 25%.
21 February 2014Amanda Jacob
Boeing will manufacture the composite wing for its 777X aircraft at a new facility on its Everett, Washington, USA, site.
20 February 2014Amanda Jacob
Pinette Emidecau Industries, the French supplier of forming presses and production systems for high performance composites, has been contracted by the Nati
19 February 2014Mark Holmes
TPI Composites has signed a long-term supply agreement with wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa to supply blades for the Gamesa G114 turbine.
19 February 2014Amanda Jacob
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed new technologies for manufacturing carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) components in various shapes, as we
18 February 2014Mark Holmes
Quantum Composites, a business unit of The Composites Group, has introduced its first hybrid carbon fibre material.
18 February 2014Mark Holmes
Chomarat is showing a one-quarter scale model of the VX-1 KittyHawk™ for the first time at JEC Europe 2014.
17 February 2014Mark Holmes
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17 February 2014Amanda Jacob
Composite reinforcements manufacturer FORMAX is setting up a facility at its UK headquarters dedicated to the production of carbon fibre multiaxial fabrics
14 February 2014Amanda Jacob
The latest A350 XWB flight-test aircraft to fly (MSN3) will perform its first-ever airshow flying displays, live, on 11 and 12 February, at www.airbus.com/
10 February 2014Mark Holmes
Composite cross arms represent an economic and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional materials such as wood or steel, according to FRP Transm
7 February 2014Amanda Jacob
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6 February 2014Amanda Jacob
Japanese carbon fibre manufacturer Toray Industries Inc has announced plans to add a new prepreg facility at its US subsidiary Toray Composites (America) I
5 February 2014Amanda Jacob
The US Department of Energy has announced up to $12 million in funding to support the development of technologies to manufacture carbon fibre from renewabl
4 February 2014Amanda Jacob
Gurit has reported unaudited full year net sales of CHF 281.1 million, a decrease of 19.9% compared with 2012.
3 February 2014Mark Holmes