Hexcel reports record results for Q4 2015 and full year.
29 January 2016
Zenyatta Ventures Ltd says that it has made progress on its research into the graphite powder produced from its mine in Albany, Canada.
29 January 2016
C.I. Hayes, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, has installed a Model BAC-M conveyor belt atmosphere furnace.
29 January 2016
A novel plastic material containing spiky nanoparticles of graphene-coated nickel can prevent lithium-ion batteries from overheating.
29 January 2016
The electric fields that form at the interface between metals and semiconductors can alter their mechanical properties.
29 January 2016
ASTM International has named 2016 as its ‘Year of the SME: Small Business in Action’ at its first major meeting of the year.
28 January 2016
Metalvalue SAS and ASCO Industries have reportedly joined forces to create a new company, Metalvalue Powder.
28 January 2016
Sicomin has developed a new range of fire retardant resins for the Middle East market.
28 January 2016
The empty spaces that form between nanoparticles in self-assembling clusters can act as nanoflasks for speeding up chemical reactions.
28 January 2016
Scientists have shown that microwave impedance microscopy can be used to determine several properties of individual nanotubes.
28 January 2016
Scott Bader says that it will be showing its CrysticROOF range of GRP roofing systems at Ecobuild 2016.
28 January 2016
Recognizing 60 years of achievements in field emission and atomic scale microscopy.
27 January 2016Julie Cairney, Baptiste Gault and David Larson
Solvay Specialty Polymers has been selected to provide its KetaSpire to make an oil scavenger line.
27 January 2016
Chemicals giant BASF reports that its sales and income for 2015 are slightly below the level of the previous year.
27 January 2016
The Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) in the US has created a series of educational videos based on its Combustion Seminar.
27 January 2016
Tomas Eliasson has been appointed executive vice president and CFO of Sandvik and member of the group executive management.
27 January 2016
Cell-free protein synthesis for on-demand therapeutic proteins.
27 January 2016Laurie Donaldson
New carbon materials are finding a plethora of new applications in environmental and other key technology sectors.
27 January 2016Cordelia Sealy
Hoeganaes Corporation has achieved AS9100C Quality Management System certification.
26 January 2016
Surface Technology, a provider of thermal spray coatings, has receiveda silver supplier award from OneSubsea.
26 January 2016
The organisers of Composites in Construction Middle East say that the UK’s Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) will support the conference.
26 January 2016
A team of engineers at the University of Bristol has developed a new type of 3D printing that can print composite materials.
26 January 2016
manipulating electrons in thin semiconductors by confining them in device made from 2D material
26 January 2016Laurie Donaldson
Encoding images in infrared signals.
25 January 2016Laurie Donaldson
Studying a high-entropy alloy with transmission electron microscopy has revealed several mechanisms that make it both very tough and strong.
25 January 2016
J.L. Becker, a Gasbarre Furnace Group company, has shipped a box temper furnace to a major Tier 1 automotive supplier in Mexico.
25 January 2016
The Plastics Recyclers Europe event will be celebrating 20 years during its annual meeting which takes place from 16–17 June 2016 in Cascais, Portugal.
25 January 2016
Beko Technologies will be exhibiting at the Air-Tech show 2016 at the NEC, Birmingham, UK from 12-14 April.
25 January 2016
The editors of Current Applied Physics give recommendations for recently published articles.
25 January 2016
optoelectronic microprocessors using light to move information
25 January 2016Laurie Donaldson
Congratulations to our editors listed in Thomson Reuters 'World's Most Influential Scientific Minds 2015'.
22 January 2016
Composites Germany is now accepting presentations for the 2nd International Composites Congress (ICC).
22 January 2016
Ahlstrom has agreed to sell its building & wind business unit to Owens Corning for €73 million.
22 January 2016
AM powder metal specialist LPW Technology has developed Powderflow.
22 January 2016
H.C. Starck has received certification for processing ‘conflict-free’ tantalum raw materials for the fifth time in a row.
22 January 2016
A novel type of transparent electrode for use in touchscreens comprises a grid of gold or silver ‘nanowalls’ on a glass surface.
22 January 2016
Polymer fibers of the right size and shape could help regrowing nerve cells repair tissue damage after injury
22 January 2016Cordelia Sealy
NASA has developed a range of ‘green’ technologies which it says could US airlines more than US$250 billion dollars.
21 January 2016
More back issues of Reinforced Plastics are now available on the www.materialstoday.com website.
21 January 2016
Copper alloy nanoparticles can be used to produce affordable conductive inks with high oxidation resistance.
21 January 2016
Depositing organic polymers on a metal substrate offers a new way to fabricate atomically-controlled carbon nanostructures.
21 January 2016
Thomas Amato, president and CEO Metaldyne LLC, has left the company to pursue other interests.
21 January 2016
Hexcel Corporation plans to expand its global engineered core capacity by building a 117,000 ft2 manufacturing plant in Casablanca, Morocco.
20 January 2016
Dynacast, a manufacturer of precision metal components, has signed an agreement to acquire Tek-Cast Inc/MH Machining Group, based in Illinois, USA.
20 January 2016
ASTM has presented the Gary M. Kralik Distinguished Service Award to Michael Gold of Gold Metallurgical Services LLC in Ohio, USA.
20 January 2016
Monolayers of hollow carbon spheres can make a novel, low-cost, ultra-lightweight antireflective coating for microwave radiation.
20 January 2016
US scientists have developed a new platform to rapidly screen formulations for current gene-editing systems.
20 January 2016Laurie Winkless
Sicomin, a supplier of epoxy solutions, has joined forces with snowboard manufacturer Nidecker to produce Nidecker’s first bio-based snowboard.
19 January 2016
Technical Fibre Products says that its range of nonwovens have been used on the recently-launched Jason-3 Earth observation satellite.
19 January 2016
Reseach and Markets suggests that the global 3D printing powder market could reach US$636.9 million by 2020, at a CAGR of 24.4% from 2015 to 2020.
19 January 2016
By encasing a hydrogen-producing enzyme within a viral protein shell, scientists have developed a novel fuel cell catalyst.
19 January 2016
Trapped, laser cooled metal ions display two-phonon quantum interference
19 January 2016David Bradley
Optomec has signed a distribution agreement with Dragonfly to expand sales of its 3D printers in Italy.
18 January 2016
Ulrika Rask-Lindholm has been appointed vice president communications of Höganäs AB.
18 January 2016
US boat builder Front Street Shipyard is partnering with Norway-based Brødrene Aa to market, sell and build carbon fiber ferries.
18 January 2016
Airbus has exceeded its targets for 2015, achieving a new record of 635 aircraft deliveries for 85 customers of which 10 are new, the company reports.
18 January 2016
Modeling meta materials with a negative refractive index
18 January 2016David Bradley
Just add water to gold nanodroplets to have them etching straight channels in a surface.
18 January 2016David Bradley
US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory senior metallurgist Iver Anderson has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
15 January 2016
ELG Carbon Fibre has achieved AS/EN9100 quality management system certification.
15 January 2016
Hexcel reports that its carbon fiber reinformced polymer (CFRP) technology has been used in the BMW 7 Series to help save weight.
15 January 2016
Dr Victoria Ossadnik has been appointed to the supervisory board of heat treatment specialist Linde AG, succeeding Klaus-Peter Müller.
15 January 2016
A new way to produce solid-state lithium-ion batteries involves melting the solid electrolyte and then coating it onto the battery electrodes.
15 January 2016
A new non-destructive technique can investigate phase changes in crystalline materials by monitoring acoustic responses at the nanoscale.
15 January 2016
Phase transitions in high-performance materials
14 January 2016David Bradley
Boron nitride nanotubes produce strong polymer composites than carbon nanotubes.
14 January 2016
China National Chemical Corporation has acquired KraussMaffei Group for a cash enterprise value of €925 million from private equity firm the Onex Group.
14 January 2016
AVK – Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe e.V. (Federation of Reinforced Plastics) is now accepting submissions for the AVK Innovation Awards 2016.
14 January 2016
Planetary Resources and 3D Systems have 3D printed a logo using material from a pulverized, powdered and processed asteroid.
14 January 2016
Carpenter Technology has invested US$23 million to add titanium furnace equipment to its new superalloy powder facility, reports decaturdaily.com.
14 January 2016
Does AM technology really herald the end of the traditional manufacturing industry?
13 January 2016
A new report has been released which reviews the development of different technologies and related new applications for AM.
13 January 2016
Strongwell Corporation has announced that Dennis Martin has been hired as director of its manufacturing operations in Virginia, USA.
13 January 2016
TenCate says that it generated 2015 full-year sales of around €1,160 million, compared to €1,042 million in 2014, according to preliminary reports.
13 January 2016
A novel solid electrolyte for lithium batteries made from polymer and glass overcomes many of the problems that plague other solid electrolytes.
13 January 2016
Through its use of low-cost materials, a new flow battery technology is projected to cost 60% less than today's standard flow batteries.
13 January 2016
Polyone has appointed Joel Rathbun as senior vice president, mergers & acquisitions, reporting to Robert M Patterson, president and CEO.
12 January 2016
Solvay has signed an exclusive distribution agreement between its composite materials global business unit and Bang & Bonsomer Group.
12 January 2016
Mexican automotive specialist Katcon Advanced Materials and Magna Steyr have signed a 10-year-agreement.
12 January 2016
Researchers from UCLA have developed magnesium infused with silicon carbide nanoparticles.
12 January 2016
Magna International Inc has completed its acquisition of the Getrag group of companies, a supplier of automotive transmissions.
12 January 2016
TAT technologies has released information about its upcoming sintering courses.
12 January 2016
Using chains of magnetic nanoparticles to manipulate elastic polymers in three dimensions, scientists have produced novel soft robots.
12 January 2016
A new type of synthetic bone graft can boost the body’s own ability to regenerate bone tissue and could produce better outcomes for patients.
12 January 2016
Pultrex has been awarded a contract to supply a 4 axis mini-winding machine.
11 January 2016
Scientists have developed a new process that can produce silica compounds from the hulls left over from processing rice.
11 January 2016
New faster high-res AFM that can take real-time videos.
11 January 2016Laurie Donaldson
Avcorp Industries Inc has completed its acquisition of the composite aerostructures division of Carbon Composites Inc, a subsidiary of SGL Carbon.
8 January 2016
Lanxess has started up a second production line for its glass fiber plastic compounds at its facility in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
8 January 2016
Lloyd’s Register has developed new certification guidance notes to help manufacturer achieve ‘best practice’ in metal additive manufacturing.
8 January 2016
Orbital ATK, Inc, has been awarded a contract from ULA to make large-size composite structures for the Atlas V and Delta IV rocket launch vehicles.
8 January 2016
Croft Additive Manufacturing (CAM) and ESR Space have researched the use of additive manufacturing (AM) to develop bespoke spacecraft mechanisms.
8 January 2016
Simple synthesis strategy could enable carbon nanomaterials
to retain their unique properties in three-dimensions.
8 January 2016Cordelia Sealy
Skin-like polymeric material uses carbon nanotubes to bring a sense of touch to robotic and prosthetic devices.
8 January 2016Cordelia Sealy
QinetiQ has developed a way of introducing a shape memory alloy (SMA) into carbon fiber reinforced plastic to improve its properties.
7 January 2016
Kennametal Inc has appointed Kelly Boyer as vice president, investor relations.
7 January 2016
Hardide Coatings Inc, a UK-based provider of surface coating technology, has opened a new US$7 million production facility in Virginia, USA.
7 January 2016
two innovations could overcome the limitations of carbon nanotube transistors
7 January 2016Cordelia Sealy
Scientists have created a two-dimensional sheet of boron, analogous to graphene, which they term borophene.
7 January 2016
Hexcel Corporation has announced that it has acquired full ownership of Formax UK Limited.
6 January 2016
Automotive composites manufacturer epm: technology has won a series production contract from an automotive customer.
6 January 2016
A novel metamaterial can manipulate acoustic waves at more than double the resolution currently possible for acoustic imaging.
6 January 2016
Modeling shows hybrid material that responds to different stimuli.
6 January 2016Laurie Donaldson
Louis Davis, AM consultant, has created a diagram setting out the various machines and processes now available in AM.
6 January 2016
Arcam reports that its CEO, Magnus René, will temporarily lead the Arcam Group from the office in Woburn, MA, in order to focus on the US market.
6 January 2016
Tata Steel UK Limited has entered negotiations for the potential sale of its long products business in Europe.
5 January 2016
Five technology centers, coordinated by AIMPLAS, have developed new coatings for plastics, wood, metal, ceramics and glass.
5 January 2016
Encasing sunscreen active ingredient inside sticky polymer nanoparticles stops penetration into the skin.
5 January 2016Cordelia Sealy
New firefighting foam based on silica nanoparticles.
5 January 2016Laurie Donaldson
Composites Germany has set out its plans for the organization for 2016.
4 January 2016
An impact resistance and fatigue-testing study reports that Telene PDCPD demonstrated improved impact strength.
4 January 2016
UK automotive engine output rose 3.5% in November 2015 according to the SMMT.
4 January 2016
AP&C, the powder manufacturing subsidiary of Arcam, has appointed Alain Dupont as president effective from January 12, 2016.
4 January 2016
Scientists have experimentally confirmed that graphene nanoribbons with certain precise widths are metallic rather than semiconducting.
4 January 2016
Thin films of correlated metals such as strontium vanadate are both highly transparent and electrically conductive.
4 January 2016
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3 January 2016