Michelman, a manufacturer of sizings for glass and carbon fibre, has opened its new European Technical Center in Windhof, Luxembourg.
30 September 2013Mark Holmes
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
30 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Vestas Wind Systems and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have agreed to form a joint venture (JV) dedicated to offshore wind energy.
30 September 2013
Carbon fibre manufacturer Toray Industries Inc of Japan says it has agreed to purchase all outstanding shares in Zoltek Companies Inc, a manufacturer of la
30 September 2013Mark Holmes
Umicore’s technical materials business line BrazeTec has launched BlueBraze, a brazing alloy, with a 10% lower proportion of silver compared to similar pro
28 September 2013
TeXtreme spread tow carbon fibre reinforcements from Oxeon have contributed to the dramatic America's Cup win of the Oracle Team USA.
27 September 2013Mark Holmes
Sandvik has acquired a remaining 51% of shares in Precorp Inc, a manufacturer of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) and carbide tools including drills, reamers,
27 September 2013
Brazilian company Fibermaq has developed an accessory for the manufacture of large pieces.
27 September 2013Mark Holmes
US Liner Company has released a new video showcasing the company’s Integral Wall Liners.
27 September 2013Mark Holmes
The new center, Pavco's third major capital improvement in 30 months, is dedicated to improving its technical department operations.
26 September 2013Metal Finishing
NASA has selected six US companies to participate in a government-and-industry partnership to advance composite materials research and certification.
26 September 2013Amanda Jacob
AkzoNobel Functional Chemicals is increasing the prices of its ketone peroxides in Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa.
26 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Wind turbine blade supplier LM Wind Power has confirmed its intention to establish manufacturing of blades in South Africa.
26 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Höganäs has opened a new production plant and application testing centre for brazing powder.
26 September 2013
Aim is to provide additional product offerings to those customers seeking both electrocoat and powder coat, MetoKote says.
25 September 2013Metal Finishing
Prestigious honor recognizes Coventya's ENOVA electroless nickel technology for plating on hard discs.
25 September 2013Metal Finishing
New manufacturing facilities in Chengdu will support growth of AkzoNobel's powder coatings and decorative paints businesses.
25 September 2013Metal Finishing
Prepared by GL Garrad Hassan on behalf of Scottish Enterprise and The Crown Estate, this publication aims to outline the scale and nature of the opportunit
25 September 2013Amanda Jacob
The Boeing 787-9, the second member of the Dreamliner family, has completed its first flight.
25 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Bombardier Aerospace’s new composite wing manufacturing and assembly facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland, employed Virtek LaserEdge projection systems to
25 September 2013Mark Holmes
BMW has announced the start of series production of the BMW i3 urban vehicle, which features a passenger cell made from carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CF
25 September 2013Amanda Jacob
TÜV NORD and OutSmart have formed a strategic partnership to strengthen their international presence in the energy market and to offer more services in the
25 September 2013
Toshiba has made its first steps into the wind power generation business by acquiring Sigma Power Janex Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Kyushu-based Janex Co Ltd w
25 September 2013
Four German composites associations have announced the foundation of a joint umbrella trade association called Composites Germany.
25 September 2013Amanda Jacob
In its notice suspending the revision, the National Development and Reform Commission cited the importance of gold plating materials in a wide variety of h
25 September 2013Metal Finishing
COMPOSITES EUROPE 2013 attracted 9171 visitors to Stuttgart on 17-19 September, up 30% on the previous show held in Stuttgart in 2011.
24 September 2013Amanda Jacob
ASTM International has released a new standard that covers a material used to make parts for the aerospace and medical components industries through the ad
24 September 2013
Engineers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are researching combining additive manufacturing (AM) with more conventional approaches, to crea
24 September 2013
Jim Adams has been promoted to vice president, technical services, for the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF).
24 September 2013
H Intressenter controls approximately 96.1% of the shares and approximately 97.6% of the votes in Höganäs, the companies say. The final price of the offer
24 September 2013
The US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded two grants totalling US$7.4 million to help improve meas
24 September 2013
SKF and Linde have been named as two of the world’s most sustainable companies by both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) and the Dow Jones Su
24 September 2013
Atomising Systems Ltd (Sheffield) and Perdac Ltd are again running their two-day advanced course on metal powders manufacture by atomizers.
24 September 2013
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
24 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Processes reliably produce uniform and smooth satin bright to full matte finishes on a diversity of automotive parts, Enthone says.
24 September 2013Metal Finishing
Toho Tenax Europe GmbH has won the AVK Innovation Award in the category of Innovative Products for its newly developed high-efficiency production technolog
23 September 2013Mark Holmes
GKN Aerospace has installed an infra-red heating system from Heraeus Noblelight to help ensure the quality of composite aerospace structures manufactured a
23 September 2013Mark Holmes
This white paper from Kimberly-Clark looks at how organisations can adopt ‘Lean’ systems to get to grips with the problem of Volatile Organic Compounds (VO
23 September 2013David Hopwood
N117/2400 turbine provides a container terminal with up to 8.7 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year -- the equivalent to the annual energy needs
22 September 2013Metal Finishing
Bombardier Aerospace has successfully flown its CSeries aircraft for the first time. The CSeries, which is designed for the 100- to 149-seat market segment
20 September 2013Mark Holmes
A new report suggests that the global 3D printer market will grow at a CAGR of 16.3% from 2012 to 2016.
20 September 2013
WESTEC 2013, which takes place in Los Angeles, Calif., from October 15–17, will feature a series of additive manufacturing resources for manufacturers, inc
20 September 2013
TenCate Advanced Composites and Kringlan Composites AG of Otelfingen, Switzerland have signed a cooperation agreement (MoU) to develop solutions for part m
20 September 2013Mark Holmes
AOC, LLC is to increase prices for all products sold in Europe by €80-100 per metric ton.
19 September 2013Mark Holmes
ASIMCO Shuanghuan and NRP Powder Metallurgical Manufacturing (Yizheng) Co Ltd have created a new joint venture (JV), Yizheng NPR ASIMCO Power Metallurgical
19 September 2013
Gamesa has signed an agreement to supply of 20 MW of its new G114-2.0 MW turbines, which are designed to yield more power at lower cost at medium and low-w
19 September 2013
Sessions to cover a host of topics, including: pretreatment, alkaline zinc plating, chromate conversion coatings & passivates, principles & practices of wa
18 September 2013Metal Finishing
Kennametal Inc is to acquire the tungsten materials business of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) for US$605 million.
18 September 2013
EPA Administrator aims to address chemical safety, particularly in emergencies, while seeking to improve infrastructure of how agency regulates chemicals.
18 September 2013Metal Finishing
Deal designed to better position Huntsman Corp. to serve customers through a broader product range, including color pigments, functional additives and spec
17 September 2013Metal Finishing
Event set for Oct. 1-3 at the Hyatt Olive 8 in Seattle, Wash.
17 September 2013Metal Finishing
Sigmatex, a UK headquartered converter of carbon fibre, has created the Sigmatex Technical Excellence Centre (SigmaTEC) to meet growing demand for engineer
17 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Malvern Instruments has developed software updates and a new laser diffraction particle sizing system, the Mastersizer 3000E.
17 September 2013
According to a new report, the 3D printing for medical applications market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 15.4% from 2013 to 2019.
17 September 2013
Mats Backman, currently vice president finance, IT and business development for Sandvik Machining Solutions, has been appointed CFO and executive vice pres
17 September 2013
Optomec, a supplier of additive manufacturing systems for 3D printed metals and printed electronics, reported record order levels for both its LENS 3D pri
17 September 2013
Greg Elfering, vice president of sales, 3D Systems, plans to discuss AM’s opportunities and challenges for the automotive aftermarket at the Conference of
17 September 2013
The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) has announced that online registration is now available for its 2014 Education & Training Conference, which w
17 September 2013
The Metallum Congressos says that the Ninth International Latin American Conference on Powder Technology, PTECH 2013, will be held from 27 - 29 October in
17 September 2013
Kennametal has developed NOVO, a “Digital Intelligence” program which helps users plan processes more efficiently.
17 September 2013
Adhesive bonding of carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) requires thorough cleaning of CFRP surfaces prior to bonding. Researchers at the University of B
17 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Rebound in automotive parts output boosts industrial production by 0.4 percent.
16 September 2013Metal Finishing
Ashland Performance Materials is increasing the prices of its complete portfolio of unsaturated polyester resins, gel-coats and epoxy vinyl ester resins in
16 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Technology allows very accurate and fast simulations of the E-coating process, Elsyca states.
16 September 2013Metal Finishing
With wind energy capacity growing at a rapid pace, the value of the operations and maintenance (O&M) market is expected to increase from US$3 billion in 20
16 September 2013
PlastiComp Inc has installed and commissioned a patent-pending manufacturing line for extruding long fibre thermoplastic (LFT) pipes, beams and other struc
16 September 2013Amanda Jacob
DSM Composite Resins has increased prices for its complete portfolio of Unsaturated Polyester/Vinyl ester resins sold in Europe, Middle East and India.
13 September 2013Mark Holmes
Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre and Exote Ltd have developed a new hard metal which could be used to replace tungsten carbide (WC).
13 September 2013
DSM is launching a range of thermoplastic composites, based on polyamide resins with various fibre reinforcements, which is initially aimed at the automoti
13 September 2013Amanda Jacob
New Queretaro base will support sales and service, as well as manufacturing and process development activities for Walgren's growing customer base in Mexic
12 September 2013Metal Finishing
SKF is to purchase US-based Kaydon Corporation in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$1.25 billion, including US$95 million of net debt.
12 September 2013
European companies Evonik Industries and SECAR Technologie have established a joint venture called LiteCon Advanced Composite Products to focus on the mass
12 September 2013Amanda Jacob
AOC LLC has announced an October price increase for all composite products shipped to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and South America.
11 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Vestas has produced the first prototype 80 m blade for its V164-8.0 MW offshore wind turbine at its R&D centre on the Isle of Wight, UK.
11 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Rip-pro Engineering Oy of Finland has developed both horizontal and vertical mobile filament winding machines.
10 September 2013Amanda Jacob
The H Intressenter consortium has raised its bid for Höganäs for a second time, to 337.50 Swedish crowns ($51) per share, provided that H Intressenter obta
10 September 2013
A new additive manufacture (AM) research centre has been built at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.
10 September 2013
Dynamet Technology has won the International Titanium Association’s (ITA) 2013 Titanium Applications Development Award.
10 September 2013
The MPIF has inaugurated its first additive manufacturing (AM) with powder metallurgy conference, to take place at the same time as PM2014 World Congress o
10 September 2013
Programme that supports companies working to address supply chain issues related to conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and surroun
10 September 2013
The deadline for papers and presentations for PM2014 has been extended to 20 September 2013.
10 September 2013
Sandvik Coromant has launched a CoroDrill 870 exchangeable tip drill especially designed for stainless steel.
10 September 2013
Australian companies RPC Technologies, a manufacturer of composite products, and Aquaterro Advanced Product Supplies, a provider of personal protection equ
10 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Gurit will showcase composite components used in the new London bus during the China Composites Expo trade show in Beijing this week.
10 September 2013Amanda Jacob
US-headquartered TPI Composites has announced that it will be starting composite wind turbine blade tooling production at its facility in Taicang Port, Jia
9 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Reichhold has announced an October price increase in Europe on all unsaturated polyester resins, vinyl ester resins and ancillary products.
9 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Reed Elsevier has announced the winners of the 2013 Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge, which supports innovative solutions to improve sustainable acces
9 September 2013
Reed Elsevier has announced the winners of the 2013 Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge, which supports innovative solutions to improve sustainable acces
9 September 2013
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
9 September 2013Amanda Jacob
More than 160 exhibiting companies signed on to promote their products, services, innovative ideas and equipment to finishers interested in all finishing t
6 September 2013Metal Finishing
A new collaborative research agreement between Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc and the Fraunhofer Project Center for Composites Research at Western Unive
6 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has announced the closure of its composites centre in Gulfport, Mississippi, following the US Navy's declining use of c
6 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Siemens has officially opened the Anholt offshore wind power plant, Denmark’s largest wind power project, with a total electrical generating capacity of 40
6 September 2013
AOC LLC has announced an October price increase in the US and Canada for all resin and gel-coat products.
6 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Event, which is scheduled to take place 17-18 of September in San Jose, Calif., will cover additive manufacturing technologies.
6 September 2013Metal Powder Report
The Department of Justice, in a Sept. 3 filing on EPA's behalf, calls the panel's July 8 ruling a "flawed interpretation" of the air law's prevention of si
5 September 2013Metal Finishing
Reinforced Plastics asked a selection of COMPOSITES EUROPE exhibitors what they see as the key issues facing the composites industry today, and how they ar
5 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Scott Bader Europe has announced a price increase for its Crystic® range of unsaturated polyester, vinyl ester and DCPD resins, plus all other manufactured
5 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Bombardier Aerospace's first CSeries aircraft – Flight Test Vehicle 1 (FTV1) – has obtained Transport Canada’s flight test permit, clearing the way for its
5 September 2013Amanda Jacob
The world is going through a low carbon revolution and the potential for composites to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is clear. But the difficulty of recy
4 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Working with Boeing and the University of Washington in Seattle, OceanGate Inc has completed the initial carbon fibre composite hull design and feasibility
4 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Review will allow states to reconcile regulatory standards with the new technologies.
4 September 2013Metal Finishing
Conference officials state location and new facilities as some of the reasons for selecting the venue
3 September 2013Metal Finishing
Lineup to include Renishaw's AM250 machine, part of the company's additive manufacturing equipment offering
3 September 2013
Range to include powder metallurgy products that can work with materials such as plastics.
3 September 2013
Höganäs has installed new combined vacuum sintering and low pressure carburising (LPC) furnace technology at its power of powder (PoP) Centre in Sweden.
3 September 2013
The Schunk Group, a manufacturer of sintered metal parts, celebrates its 100 year anniversary
3 September 2013
The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) has sent out a second call for R&D projects from NAMII members.
3 September 2013
SKF’s Dalian, China factory, which makes medium-size bearings, has been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification.
3 September 2013
Arcam has received an EBM system order from an institute in Asia. The system will be used for aerospace components.
3 September 2013
According to the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA), 62 countries now have biofuels friendly policies in place, by which ethanol production alone has r
3 September 2013
The new COMPOSITES EUROPE trade show app for smartphones and tablet PCs offers a host of information, including hall plans, exhibitors list, and the suppor
3 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Bayer MaterialScience has developed reinforced polycarbonates for the manufacture of thin, lightweight and durable laptop housings.
3 September 2013Amanda Jacob
At a recent conference in the UK, Steve Austen from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) talked about the charity's new Shannon Class composite l
2 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Turbine manufacturer Nordex has more than doubled its sales volume in Germany, installing wind farms with a combined capacity of 109 MW n the first half of
2 September 2013
2 September 2013Zara Preston
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
2 September 2013Amanda Jacob
Finisher expected to create no fewer than 13 full-time jobs and retain no fewer than six full-time jobs within two years of completing its expansion and re
2 September 2013Metal Finishing
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website during the month of August.
1 September 2013Amanda Jacob