US company MarkForged says its Mark One 3D printer enables engineers to design and create carbon, Kevlar® and glass fibre composite parts at their desk.
31 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego recently invented a new method of lithography.
31 October 2014
Proto Labs Inc, reportedly the world's fastest injection moulding service, has reported Q3 2014 revenues of US54.6 million, 30% above its revenue of US$42
31 October 2014
Multiaxial reinforcements producer SAERTEX has announced the acquisition of US company Fiber Glass Industries' knitting equipment and nonwoven production c
31 October 2014Amanda Jacob
The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) has presented its 2014 to Jan Tengzelius.
30 October 2014
BASF is adding its first carbon fibre reinforced grade to its Ultradur® PBT (polybutylene terephthalate) portfolio.
30 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Malvern Instruments has launched the Mastersizer 3000 Hydro SV small volume liquid dispersion unit, which can delivers particle size measurement using just
30 October 2014
Croft Additive Manufacturing (CAM) has used additive manufacturing (AM) to create a filter that prevents the accumulation of bacteria, making it suitable f
30 October 2014
Assembly specialist Böllhoff and adhesives expert DELO have developed a bonded bolt technology called ONSERT which has been demonstrated in a pilot project
30 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Elsevier is delighted to announce that the first issue of Materials Today: Proceedings is now available.
29 October 2014Stewart Bland
Empa toxicologist Harald Krug has lambasted his colleagues in the journal Angewandte Chemie.
29 October 2014
German composites association AVK presented its 2014 Innovation Awards at its annual conference in Düsseldorf earlier this month.
29 October 2014Amanda Jacob
SKF has appointed Stephane Le-Mounier as president of SKF Automotive.
29 October 2014
Toho Tenax Co Ltd says it has developed a technology for the efficient production of thermoset carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) preforms, which it is
29 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Union Process Inc, a manufacturer of particle size reduction and dispersing equipment, has built a circulation conversion system for its SD1 laboratory Att
29 October 2014
CI Hayes, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, has installed a continuous oil quench vacuum furnace for hardening of tool steels.
28 October 2014
NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne say that they have successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests on an advanced rocket engine thrust chamber assembly (TCA)
28 October 2014
The January/February issue of Reinforced Plastics magazine will contain a preview of the JEC Europe 2015 exhibition, which takes place in Paris on 10-12 Ma
28 October 2014Amanda Jacob
A research team has produced new evidence for an exotic superconducting state that can arise when a superconductor is exposed to a strong magnetic field.
28 October 2014
Deal calls for Gamesa to supply 33 G97-2.0 MW turbines at a facility being developed by Elecnor.
28 October 2014Reg Tucker
NASA is seeking proposals to develop and manufacture lower-mass alternatives to the honeycomb or foam core materials currently used in composite sandwich s
28 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Wall Colmonoy Corporation, a provider of nickel powder, has acquired Franklin Bronze & Alloy Company Inc, the oldest operating casting foundry in Pennsylva
27 October 2014
Airbus has announced a partnership with ORACLE TEAM USA, the defending champion of the America’s Cup, under which it will share its composites expertise.
27 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Carpenter Technology has reported net income of US $13.5 million for the quarter ended 30 September 2014, compared to US$34.6 million in the same quarter l
27 October 2014
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27 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Hypertherm, a manufacturer of plasma, laser, and waterjet cutting systems has launched a modified HPRXD torch developed in cooperation with HGG Profiling E
24 October 2014
The new US composites trade show CAMX issued its first Awards last week in Florida.
24 October 2014Amanda Jacob
According to the Deccan Herald, Indo-US MIM Tec Pvt Ltd plans to invest Rs 1,000 crore in its Bangalore operations over the next five year period.
24 October 2014
Quickstep Holdings Ltd, an Australian manufacturer of carbon fibre composite components for the aerospace, defence and automotive industries, is establishi
24 October 2014Amanda Jacob
A new report has revealed the spectacular growth metal injection moulding (MIM) and ceramic injection moulding (CIM) have exhibited over the last two decad
23 October 2014
Metal components can now be printed in 3D with higher precision than ever before, thanks to US researchers.
23 October 2014Nina Notman
Boron-doped diamond could be an ideal material for devices that interface with neural tissue because it is highly stable and biocompatible.
23 October 2014Cordelia Sealy
Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated an additive manufacturing (AM) method to control the structure
23 October 2014
Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) and the ThermoPlastic composites Research Centre (TPRC) in the Netherlands are collaborating to develop thermoplastic composi
23 October 2014Amanda Jacob
3D printing specialist SLM Solutions has appointed Andreas Frahm as its new managing director (MD).
22 October 2014
Composites are to be used extensively in a new lighthouse project in Valencia, Spain.
22 October 2014Mark Holmes
The COMPOSITES EUROPE 2014 trade show in Düsseldorf earlier this month attracted 10,186 visitors, an increase of 25% on the previous event held in Düsseldo
22 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Stacking graphene sheets into porous 3D structures.
22 October 2014Laurie Donaldson
GKN Sinter Metals North America has been recognised with four Supplier Quality Excellence awards from General Motors (GM).
22 October 2014
New bioink could enable three-dimensional tissue scaffolds for cartilage repair to be printed at room temperature.
22 October 2014Cordelia Sealy
The first customer Airbus A350-900, which will be delivered to Qatar Airways, has successfully completed its maiden flight.
22 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Dawne S Hickton, vice chair, president and CEO of titanium powder producer RTI International is the new president of the International Titanium Association
21 October 2014
The American Composite Manufacturers Association (ACMA) issued its annual awards at the CAMX 2014 trade show in Florida last week.
21 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Magnesium-ion batteries better than expected.
21 October 2014David Bradley
A graphene aerogel, inspired by marine mussel, could clean up oil spills or reduce the cost of electrochemical sensors.
21 October 2014Laurie Winkless
CAMX (The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo) 2014 brought 7100 conference attendees and more than 550 exhibitors to Orlando, Florida, last week.
21 October 2014Amanda Jacob
A report by Transparency Market Research suggests that the global 3D printing in medical applications market will reach US$965.5 million by 2019, growing a
21 October 2014
Spheretex, the producer of laminate bulkers, speciality core and reinforcement materials, has signed an Exclusive Cooperation Agreement for the sale of Sph
21 October 2014Mark Holmes
Additive manufacturing specialist Arcam reports that its Q3 20014 sales have increased by 125% to SEK90.8 million, up from SEK40.4 million in the same peri
20 October 2014
Reichhold has introduced a new low profile laminating resin with improved application properties, without any reduction in low profile tooling performance.
20 October 2014Mark Holmes
Umicore has teamed up with non-profit organisation WorldLoop to improve the disposal of waste from electronic devices in Africa.
20 October 2014
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20 October 2014Mark Holmes
Greg Morris, additive technologies leader at GE Aviation, has been named Technology Leader of the Year by IndustryWeek magazine.
17 October 2014
Intertronics has introduced the BlueWave Fast Cure LED Flood System.
17 October 2014Mark Holmes
Nanomedicines consisting of nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery to specific tissues and cells offer new solutions for cancer diagnosis and therapy.
17 October 2014
Washington State University researchers have developed a new catalyst that could lead to making biofuels cheaply and more efficiently.
17 October 2014
Teijin Aramid is raising prices for its Twaron aramid products.
17 October 2014Mark Holmes
GKN Powder Metallurgy has expanded its production facilities in Danyang and Yizheng, China.
17 October 2014
Researchers in China are investigating the potential of laser solid forming (LSF), a 3D printing process that can produce fully dense metal parts with mech
16 October 2014
SKF has reported nine month 2014 sales of SEK 52,476 million, up from SEK47,167 million in 2013.
16 October 2014
Composites UK, the trade association for the UK composites industry, is developing a database of composite companies based in the country to support the se
16 October 2014Amanda Jacob
According to Russian sources, arms manufacturer Kalashnikov plans to convert to MIM technology to make its metal gun parts.
15 October 2014
RocTool, the designer and developer of technologies for rapid injection moulding of composites and plastics, has signed a global licence agreement with Fle
15 October 2014Mark Holmes
Researchers have unveiled a new method to form tiny 3D metal nanoparticles in prescribed shapes and dimensions using DNA as a construction mold.
15 October 2014
The Global Powder Metallurgy Property Database (GPMD) has been online for ten years.
15 October 2014
Benteler-SGL is producing a glass fibre reinforced polyurethane leaf spring for the new Volvo XC90 SUV.
15 October 2014Amanda Jacob
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14 October 2014Mark Holmes
The International Molybdenum Association (IMOA) has published its Annual Review for 2013/14, documenting the work of the association on behalf of its membe
14 October 2014
Lingrove Natural Composites has launched a range of linen prepregs, dry reinforcement and other bio-based solutions at CAMX 2014.
14 October 2014Mark Holmes
Exclusive access to 11 article in the Virtual Special Issue on the Nobel Prize for Physics 2014.
14 October 2014Prashant N. Kumta
esearchers have established the solid-state electrical properties of one such polymer, called PTMA.
14 October 2014
New theoretical approach shows that the “holy grail” of data storage may lie with a new family of perovskite materials
14 October 2014Laurie Winkless
SKF says that it plans to invest around SEK 220 million in a new factory at its existing campus in Cajamar, Brazil.
14 October 2014
Bayer has announced its intention to focus entirely on its Life Science businesses – HealthCare and CropScience – and float its MaterialScience business on
14 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Hexagon Composites' wholly owned subsidiary Hexagon Lincoln has closed on a transaction acquiring the main assets of MasterWorks family of businesses: Mast
13 October 2014Mark Holmes
Physicists have now managed to select the direction of the light using an unusual kind of coupling between spin and the direction of propagation.
13 October 2014
The ARC Group has reported sales of US$82.9 million, compared to US$68.5 million, an increase of 21.0%. Gross profit was US$24.2 million, compared to US$18
13 October 2014
Coating multi-walled carbon nanotubes to help reduce risk of lung injury through inhalation.
13 October 2014Laurie Donaldson
Plansee has been registered as a supporter member of the Tungsten Industry Conflict Minerals Council (TI-CMC).
13 October 2014
TenCate Advanced Composites, a producer of thermoplastic and thermoset prepregs, is expanding its manufacturing facility in Langley Mill, UK. The plant wil
13 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), Canada's largest trade and industry association, has launched Canada Makes, a national network of excellence dedi
10 October 2014
Scott Lewit, president and co-founder of Structural Composites, Inc has received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Technology at the Florida Technovation/
10 October 2014Mark Holmes
According to a new Lux Research report, sales of printers in China will grow four-fold to 37,800 printers in 2018, as revenues more than triple to US$109 m
10 October 2014
Researchers have discovered that in a special semiconductor, light can have the opposite effect, making the material less conductive instead.
10 October 2014
New absorber lights the way to more sensitive optical biosensors.
10 October 2014Nina Notman
Boeing has announced that it is expanding the composites facility at its St. Louis, Missouri, site to accommodate the production of parts for its new compo
10 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Filter manufacturer Croft Filters has been shortlisted for two categories in this year’s Manufacturer of the Year Awards, following its investment in an ad
9 October 2014
Composites UK, the accredited trade association for the UK composites industry, has announced the winners of its 2014 industry awards, which will be presen
9 October 2014Mark Holmes
German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex SE is extending its partnership with composite wind turbine blade producer Carbon Rotec.
9 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Fullerenes could act as ball bearings on the nanoscale, helping improve control of nano machines.
9 October 2014Laurie Donaldson
A team of researchers has demonstrated a breakthrough technique that offers the first tantalizing possibility of silicon detectors for telecommunications.
9 October 2014
Metal Technology Inc, a specialist in exotic metals fabrication and additive manufacturing (AM) and nuFaktory LLC, a 3D printing application service provid
8 October 2014
Australian company Talon Technology claims to have developed the world’s thinnest and lightest carbon fibre/Kevlar hinge.
8 October 2014Mark Holmes
Arcam says that the quality management system of its subsidiary Advanced Powders and Coatings Inc (AP&C) is now AS9100 certified.
8 October 2014
Nanoscopic grass stacks like coins for solar power.
8 October 2014David Bradley
Hybrid solar cell with inbuilt electrical storage.
8 October 2014David Bradley
US-headquartered composite resins producer Reichhold Inc has filed for voluntary protection under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code in the District of D
8 October 2014Amanda Jacob
The US Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT )and the German Machine Tool Builders’ Association (Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken, or VD
8 October 2014
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc's carbon fibre/epoxy car door structure won the People’s Choice Award for the Most Innovative Composite Part at the Socie
8 October 2014Amanda Jacob
SGL Group – The Carbon Company – is exhibiting newly developed tooling prepregs (pre-impregnated textile semi-finished products) at Composites Europe.
7 October 2014Mark Holmes
3D printer manufacturer Prodways and CEA-Liten, part of the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission, have signed a partnership to develop
7 October 2014
Initiative to support low-carbon electricity projects that aim to deliver new capacity much more cheaply than through the previous arrangements.
7 October 2014Reg Tucker
Nano Energy Award winner 2014 is announced.
7 October 2014Z.L. Wang
Particle & Surface Sciences, an Australian provider of scientific instruments for particle characterisation services, now offers Micromeritics’ GeoPyc 1360
7 October 2014
Find out who won the awards at the International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials 2014.
7 October 2014Ken Haenen
Resins manufacturer CCP Composites has announced an investment of £1 million in its Stallingborough, UK, production site.
7 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Malvern Instruments has developed two new accessories for its Mastersizer 3000 laser diffraction particle size analyzer.
6 October 2014
Advancing SEM for the determination in porous polymers of morphology.
6 October 2014David Bradley
Nexam Chemical has introduced NEXIMID® MHT-R as an ‘easy to process’ polyimide resin for composite manufacturers and end users.
6 October 2014Mark Holmes
Mark Braithwaite has been appointed chief financial officer (CFO) of Höganäs AB.
6 October 2014
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6 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Airbus says the first A350 XWB aircraft for Qatar Airways is progressing towards delivery before year end.
3 October 2014Amanda Jacob
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3 October 2014
DolphiTech has added a new model to its range of ultrasound cameras.
3 October 2014Mark Holmes
Electrical engineering researchers have developed a unique nanoscale device that for the first time demonstrates mechanical transportation of light.
3 October 2014
Researchers have discovered a way to create a highly sensitive chemical sensor based on the crystalline flaws in graphene sheets.
3 October 2014
Philadelphia Carbide Company, a manufacturer of wear and machine parts, has added tungsten carbide and ceramic precision tools to its range of industrial p
3 October 2014
Automobili Lamborghini has obtained certification from independent inspection and testing body TÜV for its carbon fibre composite car repair service.
3 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Engineers discovered a way to create a special material that could lead to cost-effective, superfast computers.
2 October 2014
Höganäs AB has launched a new range of drive systems with German battery experts VARTA Microbattery GmbH.
2 October 2014
Physicists read the subatomic “spins” in the centers or nuclei of hydrogen isotopes to control current that powered light in a cheap, plastic LED.
2 October 2014
Composites UK, the accredited Trade Association for the UK composites industry, will be promoting the current developments in biocomposite materials at its
2 October 2014Mark Holmes
A team in Australia is reportedly offering a metal 3D printer for under US$5000.
2 October 2014
DowAksa has announced the use of its carbon fibre in the Volkswagen Transporter commercial vehicle prototype showcased at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2014
2 October 2014Amanda Jacob
Over 850 participants attended this year’s Euro PM2014 Congress & Exhibition, making it the best attended Euro PM event to date, according to its organiser
1 October 2014
The top news in the materials science world.
1 October 2014Zara Preston
New samarium nickelate-based transistor matches silicon's switching abilities.
1 October 2014Nina Notman
PlastiComp, Inc. has developed a set of hybrid thermoplastic composites that combine long glass fibre and long carbon fibre reinforcement together in a sin
1 October 2014Mark Holmes
NanoSteel, a specialist in nanostructured steel materials design, says that it can laser sinter its uniform metal matrix microstructures to create a 3D pr
1 October 2014
Automotive supplier Magna International Inc says it has used its advanced composites and exteriors systems expertise to produce a lightweight composite lif
1 October 2014Amanda Jacob