The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK's National Measurement Institute, has published a new guide on the measurement of rough surfaces using inter
31 March 2011
Umicore has posted an 16% increase in revenues due to improving conditions in most of our end markets and recovered earnings.
31 March 2011
Höganäs AB has proposed the election of Björn Rosengren as Board member, to be confirmed at the company’s Annual General Meeting on 2 May 2011.
31 March 2011
The Plansee Group has acquired over 7% of the shares in form of a block deal of Chilean company Molibdenos y Metales S.A. (Molymet).
31 March 2011
Union Process, Inc has built an S-200 production Attritor for conductive ink manufacturing.
31 March 2011
Arburg says that its recent Technology Days 2011 events, which took place in March, attracted more than 5200 visitors, reflecting an improved injection mou
31 March 2011
The European Union’s High Power, High Reliability Offshore Wind Technology (HiPRWind) project is looking into the development of up to 20 MW offshore wind
31 March 2011Kari Williamson
Umeco Composites Structural Materials (UCSM) companies Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG) and JD Lincoln will exhibit their prepreg materials at the Aircr
31 March 2011Amanda Jacob
The Scottish Government has approved a 69 MW extension to the Black Law wind farm and the 69 MW Blackcraig wind farm.
30 March 2011Kari Williamson
Vestas has unveiled its 7 MW V164 offshore wind turbine, which could see the first prototype developed in 2012.
30 March 2011Kari Williamson
Pliogrip™ 1000-series acrylic structural adhesives from Ashland Performance Materials are now available to the composites industry in Europe.
30 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Mark Hutchinson tapped to cover U.S. Central Region
29 March 2011Metal Finishing
The U.S. economy added 216,000 jobs during the month of March, bringing down the unemployment rate to 8.8%.
29 March 2011Metal Finishing
3A Composites Core Materials is unveiling its new BALTEK® SBC balsa core material this week.
29 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Vestas has confirmed it is in negotiations with a consortium planning a near 400 MW wind farm in Mexico.
29 March 2011Kari Williamson
Toho Tenax will introduce its new high tenacity carbon fibre filament yarn Tenax®-E HTS45 E23 at the JEC Composites Show 2011 in Paris this week.
29 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Volkswagen unveiled its XL1 concept car at the Qatar Motor earlier this year. Cloaked in carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) body panels attached to a C
28 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Durkin elevated to director of international product development
27 March 2011Metal Finishing
Findings reveal mixed activity among rigid and flexible printed circuit boards
25 March 2011Metal Finishing
An-Cor Industrial Plastics has supplied 38 glass fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) tanks for a water filtration plant under construction in The Bronx, New Yor
25 March 2011Amanda Jacob
UK company Amber Composites can now supply ROHACELL® high-performance foam core materials from Evonik Industries.
25 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Innovative process enables repairs on the shop floor without having to remove the molds.
24 March 2011Metal Finishing
Global demand, capacity constraints, outages and availability of feedstocks and intermediates are blamed for increases.
24 March 2011Metal Finishing
GM, Honda, Mazda, and Toyota among the manufacturers making adjustments to limit disruptions in the supply chain.
24 March 2011Metal Finishing
After gains during the previous month, U.S. industrial production declined 0.1 percent in February.
24 March 2011Metal Finishing
Alstom has upgraded its 3 MW ECO 100 wind turbines with a capacity factor increase of 8-15% across wind classes.
24 March 2011Kari Williamson
The ITRI reports that a team of nuclear specialists from Ukraine could help Japanese engineers stabilise the Fukushima nuclear power plant through the use
24 March 2011
The Japan Powder Metallurgy Association (JPMA) reports that the Japanese powder metallurgy industry "suffered great damage" as a result of the recent devas
24 March 2011
The EPMA has published the agenda for its next REACH Workshop, called ‘REACH and Exposure Scenarios’.
24 March 2011
Marine Current Turbines Ltd’s (MCT) 1.2 MW SeaGen tidal turbine has passed the UK’s operating performance criteria for wave and tidal technologies.
24 March 2011Kari Williamson
Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc (TAI), an international F-35 Lightning II supplier to Northrop Grumman Corporation, has delivered its first production com
24 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Ashland Performance Materials has announced an April price increase for its complete portfolio of unsaturated polyester resins and epoxy vinyl ester resins
24 March 2011Amanda Jacob
The recently released Precision Metalformers Association March survey reflects optimism about prospects over the next three months.
23 March 2011Metal Finishing
C. A. Litzler Co Inc has acquired the technical assets of Western Advanced Engineering Company (WAECO) of Orange, California, a supplier of custom hot-melt
23 March 2011Amanda Jacob
E.ON has been granted planning permission to build a 47.5 MW onshore wind farm near Garve in the Scottish Highlands.
23 March 2011Kari Williamson
IPS Structural Adhesives is leveraging its merger with Holdtite Adhesives Ltd to create a new brand, expand production capacity and introduce new technolog
23 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Oxeon is introducing +a/-ß variants of its carbon fibre TeXtreme® Spread Tow Fabrics, initially launching a +45/-45 product.
22 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Zoltek Corporation has restructured its carbon fibre business into three units focusing on Wind Energy, Composite Intermediates, and Technical Fibres.
22 March 2011Amanda Jacob
The Materials Research Division at Risø DTU will develop the scientific basis and computational tools for the microstructural optimisation of wind turbine
22 March 2011Kari Williamson
SP - High Modulus, the marine business of Gurit, has signed a commercialisation and supply agreement with 3M for use of 3M™ Matrix Resin in high performanc
22 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Fully redesigned website allows customers to outline job parameters, attach drawings and technical documentation.
21 March 2011Metal Finishing
The €170 million project will reportedly provide 8% of the island’s electricity generation capacity.
21 March 2011David Hopwood
The European Union has imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty of 13.8% on imports of certain continuous filament glass fibre products originating in China.
21 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Senior figures from Indian Government and business have backed a new report by international NGO The Climate Group, which describes how a low carbon develo
21 March 2011David Hopwood
BASF Corporation has opened a new epoxy composite laboratory at its technical centre in Tarrytown, New York, which will focus on wind turbine blade applica
21 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Reichhold Inc has announced an April price increase on all unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins sold in North America for the composites industry.
21 March 2011Amanda Jacob
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
21 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Interplastic Corporation’s Thermoset Resins Division is raising the price of its CoREZYN® and Silmar® brand resins, gel-coats, colorants and putties on 9 A
20 March 2011Amanda Jacob
AVK (the German federation of reinforced plastics) is partnering with the CompoCycle composite recycling system developed by Zajons Zerkleinerungs GmbH.
20 March 2011Amanda Jacob
The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) has designed two new Certified Composites Technician (CCT) programmes – Light Resin Transfer Mould
19 March 2011Amanda Jacob
A study has found that there have not been extensive issues with shadow flicker from wind turbines in the UK.
18 March 2011Kari Williamson
Bayer MaterialScience has concluded a patent license agreement for the use of carbon nanotubes (CNT) with Hyperion Catalysis International Inc.
18 March 2011Amanda Jacob
LMS International and e-Xstream engineering have started a strategic partnership to develop fatigue tools for random fibre reinforced composites.
17 March 2011Amanda Jacob
German automotive supplier Mahle GmbH has acquired all remaining shares in the Turkish engine components manufacturer Mahle Mopisan.
17 March 2011
Eramet Group’s turnover grew 33% in 2010 compared with 2009, and growth remained firm in the 4th quarter of 2010, according to its yearly financial report.
17 March 2011
Daimler AG and Rolls-Royce Group plc have formed a 50:50 joint venture in order to offer for 100 per cent of the share capital of Tognum AG.
17 March 2011
Scientists at Yale University in the US have developed bulk metallic glasses (BMGs)-metal alloys that have randomly arranged atoms as opposed to the orderl
17 March 2011
Union Process, Inc has developed a system for controlling the flow of liquid nitrogen into the grinding chamber for customers performing cryogenic grinding
17 March 2011
GE introduced a 4.1 MW direct drive offshore wind turbine at EWEA 2011 in Brussels this week.
17 March 2011Kari Williamson
The EU needs to adopt binding renewable energy targets for 2030 to ensure long-term investment, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
17 March 2011Kari Williamson
Dutch company EverkinetIQ International has developed its first small wind turbine based on a glass fibre reinforced ASA resin from BASF.
17 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Module provides detailed information on the different types of aircraft painting facilities.
16 March 2011Metal Finishing
Hikes reflect uptick in raw materials used in the formulation of powder coating resins.
16 March 2011Metal Finishing
Program demonstrates PPG's commitment to support automotive repair industry training efforts in China.
16 March 2011Metal Finishing
AOC LLC has announced a 7 April price increase for all polyester resins, vinyl ester resins, gel-coats and pigments for all shipments to, from, and within
16 March 2011Amanda Jacob
BAE Systems Composite Structures Inc has purchased VISTAGY Inc's FiberSIM® software to design and manufacture parts for commercial aircraft programmes.
16 March 2011Amanda Jacob
China could surpass 70 GW of installed wind power in 2015 under the country’s new Five Year Plan, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
16 March 2011Kari Williamson
Vestas’ 6 MW offshore wind turbine, which will be presented later this month, will be deployed by PNE Wind at Gode Wind III of the German coast.
16 March 2011Kari Williamson
Cray Valley is increasing the price of its complete portfolio of resins and gel-coats produced in Europe in April.
16 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Amarillo, Texas-based Leading Edge boasts high capacity as well as proven painting capabilities.
15 March 2011Metal Finishing
Scott & Fyfe Ltd has appointed Azelis Composites as distributor for its range of glass fibre reinforcements in the UK and Ireland.
15 March 2011Amanda Jacob
MAG IAS has received an order for two VIPER® 6000 Fibre Placement Systems from Alliant Techsystems (ATK) for use in the manufacture of wings for the F-35 L
15 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Alstom Wind is going offshore with its new 6 MW permanent magnet direct drive wind turbine.
15 March 2011Kari Williamson
Audi Concept Design has developed lightweight carbon fibre skis which may be ready for series production by this winter.
15 March 2011Amanda Jacob
AOC LLC will increase the prices of all its products for the USA and Canada on 11 April 2011.
14 March 2011Amanda Jacob
The Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre, a joint venture between Airbus and its Chinese partners, has been officially inaugurated in Harbin,
14 March 2011Amanda Jacob
A study by SBI Energy shows that the thermal and digestion waste-to-energy market is to be unaffected by the global economic downturn, forecasting the annu
14 March 2011Micaela Tuckwell
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
14 March 2011Amanda Jacob
The Prodrive-run Aston Martin Racing team has revealed its new AMR-One car, which features a carbon fibre monocoque.
12 March 2011Amanda Jacob
ACCIONA Energy begins construction of its first wind farm in Poland which is to be situated at Golice in the west of the country.
11 March 2011Micaela Tuckwell
Applied Composites Engineering (ACE) has been appointed exclusive agent for Anaglyph's PlyMatch™ ply placement technology in the USA and Canada.
11 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Schario brings 10-plus years of industry experience with specialization in laboratory analysis.
10 March 2011Metal Finishing
Suppliers cite cost increases in raw material costs, operating expenses as well as growing inflationary pressures.
10 March 2011Metal Finishing
At the end of 2010, the market for composite products reached an estimated US$50 billion and it is expected to reach $78 billion in 2016, according to a re
10 March 2011Amanda Jacob
The US solar market value grew 67% last year to US$6 billion despite the recession, according to a report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEI
10 March 2011Kari Williamson
Sandvik has formed a research and development cooperation agreement with Vasa Museum, Sweden, to develop an essential bolt replacement project to commence
10 March 2011
Owens Corning has held the official opening ceremony of its new glass fibre production facility in the Yuhang Economic and Development Zone, Hangzhou, Chin
10 March 2011Amanda Jacob
SKF has signed a three-year strategic partnership agreement with Sandvik Mining and Construction in order to strengthen the relationship between the two c
10 March 2011
Reduced export quotas and stronger mining restrictions in China have driven up rare earth element prices between 30% and 60% since December.
10 March 2011
India’s finance ministry has projected economic growth of up to 9.25% in the next financial year while signalling that the budget deficit will be cut to ea
10 March 2011
Japanese domestic car production fell 7% during January to around 670 000 vehicles.
10 March 2011
GKN has posted very strong 2010 results, particularly in its Driveline, Powder Metallurgy and Land Systems divisions
10 March 2011
An ambitious vision for Europe’s energy sector over the next 30 years has been published by the European Commission.
10 March 2011Isabella Kaminski
Wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa is expanding its presence in India by building new manufacturing plants and a wind power technology centre.
10 March 2011Isabella Kaminski
The US Navy / Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned aircraft successfully completed its maiden flight last month with GKN Aerospace-developed and manufactured wi
9 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Vertical axis offshore wind turbines could provide an alternative to conventional horizontal turbine designs, according to the Energy Technologies Institut
9 March 2011Isabella Kaminski
Teijin Ltd has announced that it has established the world’s first mass production technologies for carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP). The company cla
9 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Pultruder Strongwell’s laboratory is now equipped with an Instron 5984 materials testing machine with an environmental chamber.
8 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Renewable energy could supply 26.7% of China’s energy consumption by 2030, although the more probable middle scenario sets the share at 20-22%, according t
8 March 2011Kari Williamson
BMW has launched a sub-brand focused on developing sustainable mobility solutions – BMW i. Two models will be introduced from 2013, both featuring carbon f
8 March 2011Amanda Jacob
A new report predicts that the global wind turbine market will expand in 2011, with an estimated growth of 18%, after the global growth in new grid connect
8 March 2011Micaela Tuckwell
Delta Motorsport Ltd unveils its all-electric E-4 Coupé this week, during the UK stage of the European Automotive Industry Technology Roadshow (EAIT). The
8 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Delegates at a renewable energy conference for Latin America and the Caribbean have called for investment into the region.
8 March 2011Isabella Kaminski
Highlights focus on Pangborn Group’s capabilities and experience in key industries.
7 March 2011Metal Finishing
Car maker Volkswagen AG has purchased an 8.18% stake in the equity of carbon fibre manufacturer SGL Carbon.
7 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Axson Technologies, a specialist in the manufacture of epoxy and polyurethane resins, is opening a new production plant in China, and is planning to open a
7 March 2011Amanda Jacob
EWEA 2011: A roadmap defining an ambitious, but realistic target and development pathway to 2030 for offshore wind in the Central and Southern North will b
7 March 2011Kari Williamson
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
7 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Lamborghini launched its new Aventador LP 700-4 model at the Geneva Motor Show last week. The car is based on a carbon fibre composite monocoque that combi
7 March 2011Amanda Jacob
New online program offers website development and Internet exposure for custom manufacturers and industrial service providers.
6 March 2011Metal Finishing
George Spilka, investment banking specialist, offers his insights.
4 March 2011George Spilka, president, George Spilka & Associates
REpower Systems AG will introduce a 3.2 MW wind turbine with a hub height of 143 m at the European Wind Energy Association’s EWEA 2011 in Belgium this mont
4 March 2011Kari Williamson
Germany specialty chemical group SKW Metallurgie and its US affiliate ESM, a magnesium specialist, have opened a atomized magnesium metal powder production
4 March 2011
In its review of 2010, thermal processing specialist Bodycote reported improved revenues and a positive outlook for 2011.
4 March 2011
Plansee’s online shop for metal and alloy wires, rods, sheets, foils and ribbons is now available for European customers.
4 March 2011
US Synthetic Bearings, a creator of synthetic diamond bearings for the energy industry was selected to form part of the technology showcase at the US Depar
4 March 2011
Tods Aerospace will be focussing on its range of carbon, glass and aluminium skinned composite structural flooring at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in German
4 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Prominent South Carolina politician gets a birds-eye view of the surface finishing industry from a plater's perspective.
3 March 2011Metal Finishing
Australian company Quickstep Holdings Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with helicopter company Sikorsky International Operations Inc aime
3 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Two further Hexcel HexPly® unidirectional carbon fibre prepregs have been certified by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) for use in the manufacture of wind turbine b
3 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Prominent supplier of zinc plating additives announces membership in MFAI and NASF.
2 March 2011Metal Finishing
Haysite Reinforced Plastics' Dura-Core 1000™ composite sandwich panel is said to exhibit excellent flame, smoke and toxicity (FST) properties and is design
2 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Core Molding Technologies Inc says it new Featherlite™ low-density sheet moulding compound (SMC) offers high surface quality and improved economics.
2 March 2011Amanda Jacob
Global offshore wind and solar energy markets continued to grow steadily last year, according to Ernst & Young.
2 March 2011Isabella Kaminski
The first NATEX workshop on bio-composites for the textiles sector takes place later this month in Poland.
1 March 2011Amanda Jacob
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website during the month of March.
1 March 2011Amanda Jacob
An extension of the Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures (CRC-ACS) has been launched in Australia.
1 March 2011Amanda Jacob
DSM has announced a partnership with Indian company Kemrock Industries and Exports Ltd for the production of speciality composite resins in India. DSM and
1 March 2011Amanda Jacob