Bristol, UK-based Matrix Composites has been appointed by Armacell Benelux SA as its UK distributor of ArmaFORM PET core.
30 June 2016
Aliancys has formed part of a team developing new type of composite tank container that could reduce freight cost per trip by 5 to 10%.
29 June 2016
DCNS and Quickstep have signed a MoU to develop composite components and assemblies for Australian submarines.
29 June 2016
PM China 2016, which took place in Shanghai in April, brought together over 360 exhibitors from all around the world.
29 June 2016
The Howard I. Sanderow Outstanding Technical Paper Award has been to Stephanie M Choquette and Iver E Anderson.
29 June 2016
A lightweight sunshield has been developed to protect the mirrors and instruments aboard the James Webb Space Telescope from solar radiation.
29 June 2016
First field-effect transistor made from solution processed colloidal nanoparticles.
28 June 2016Cordelia Sealy
HardwareX: New Open Access Journal for Open Source Hardware from Elsevier
28 June 2016Joshua M. Pearce and Todd Duncombe
PM processing giant Wall Colmonoy has appointed Nicholas W Clark as president.
28 June 2016
PowderMet2016, co-located with AMPM2016, gathered in Boston last week for another successful event, its organizers report.
28 June 2016
Arevo, a specialist in 3D printing of composite materials for production applications, is to receive US$7 million funding
28 June 2016
Henkel has opened a new composite lab in Heidelberg, Germany for automotive end users.
28 June 2016
McLaren Special Operations, the bespoke division of McLaren Automotive, has announced the creation of the MSO Carbon Series LT.
27 June 2016
The EPMA says that its additive manufacturing (AM) seminar, which took place this April in Bremen, Germany, was a success.
27 June 2016
Over 150 students, academics, technicians, and business owners from 27 states attended the two-day Composites in Wind workshop.
27 June 2016
SKF has signed contracts worth over SEK 1 billion with Rolls-Royce.
27 June 2016
New copper nanoparticle/graphene catalyst can transform carbon dioxide into useful hydrocarbons with high temperatures and pressures.
27 June 2016Cordelia Sealy
Two-dimensional sheets of boron one atom thick have unique electronic properties.
27 June 2016Cordelia Sealy
TFP's Nigel Walker has been awarded the status of Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).
24 June 2016
North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT) has officially opened its new production facility in Zory, Poland.
24 June 2016
Anglia Ruskin University in the UK has created the UK’s only dedicated master’s degree in additive manufacturing (AM).
24 June 2016
GE Aviation has invested more than US$200 million in two factories to mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC) materials.
24 June 2016
Scientists have made ultra-thin solar cells from gallium arsenide that are flexible enough to wrap around the average pencil.
24 June 2016
Novel combinatorial libraries of nanoparticles can allow the rapid screening of millions of different nanoparticles for specific properties.
24 June 2016
Charge density waves induced at the interfaces between layers of ferromagnetic and superconducting materials extend deeply into superconducting regions.
24 June 2016
Hexcel Corp and Oxford Performance Materials have formed a partnership.
23 June 2016
US-based M2S Bikes has set up a Kickstarter to fund the development of the All-Go lightweight electric bike made with carbon fiber.
23 June 2016
Alpha Sintered Metals has acquired metal injection molding specialist Precision Made Products, headquartered in Ohio, USA.
23 June 2016
Researchers have discovered previously unknown features of titanium dioxide that could reveal why it is such an effective photocatalyst.
23 June 2016
Sicomin has appointed two new distributors in the UAE and Turkey.
22 June 2016
Using a supercomputer, scientists have managed to produce an accurate model showing how superconductivity develops in cuprates.
22 June 2016
Scientists have uncovered a unifying connection between seemingly unrelated materials that exhibit extreme magnetoresistance.
22 June 2016
By using novel branched ligands, scientists have produced perovskite nanocrystals with greatly improved stability and uniform particle size.
22 June 2016
Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, is opening a new additive manufacturing (AM) center in Pune, India.
22 June 2016
Powder metallurgy (PM) industry leader P Ulf Gummeson has written a book the history of American PM.
22 June 2016
A violin with acoustics that can be customized is made from a novel composite material that incorporates spider's silk.
22 June 2016
Composites UK has announced the program for its next recycling event.
21 June 2016
The UK’s Composites Innovation Cluster (CiC) has funded two additional composites projects in its third year.
21 June 2016
Evonik has developed the SpeedFoiler, an ultra-lightweight, foiling catamaran made using carbon fiber.
21 June 2016
Isamu Kikuchi has been appointed the new president of the Japanese Powder Metallurgy Association (JPMA).
21 June 2016
Researchers have discovered that a gold nanocluster can exist in two different atomic arrangements, or polymorphs.
21 June 2016
When layered perovskites are stretched or compressed, their electrical polarization does not increase as expected but instead goes away completely.
21 June 2016
Gurit plans to open a wind blade mold production facility in Szczecin, Poland.
20 June 2016
EHA Composite Machinery has developed filament winding plants to make FRP rotor blade components for wind turbines.
20 June 2016
HIP supplier Quintus Technologies has supplied a press to AM specialist Sintavia, LLC.
20 June 2016
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) says that staying in the EU is best for its business.
20 June 2016
Scientists have developed a novel tri-layer metasurface solar absorber comprising a layer of amorphous carbon sandwiched between thin gold films.
20 June 2016
Scientists have created complex 2D and 3D structures, including a cube and a prism, made from DNA and nanoparticles.
20 June 2016
Scientists have discovered a unique copper-silver nanoparticle with a structure that resembles a traditional Japanese glass fishing float.
20 June 2016
Read about the event at IMDEA Materials Institute, Madrid, Spain, which will honor Professor Subra Suresh.
17 June 2016
Researchers have discovered a metal-organic framework that can capture xenon and krypton as part of nuclear fuel recycling.
17 June 2016
By electroplating a nanofiber polymer mat, scientists have produced an ultrathin film that is both transparent and highly conductive.
17 June 2016
Metal coating specialist PPG has reached a definitive agreement to acquire MetoKote Corporation.
17 June 2016
Saint-Gobain has acquired the assets of JTT Composites.
17 June 2016
Additive Industries has sold its fifth MetalFAB1 system to GKN Powder Metallurgy.
17 June 2016
The TPRC and TenCate have won a JEC 2016 Innovation award with a door panel, made using recycled thermoplastic composites.
17 June 2016
America Makes and Michigan Technological University have developed a new open-source, web-based 3D controller.
16 June 2016
BASF is accelerating and focusing its R&D activities.
15 June 2016
Dark Matter Composites is running a health and safety seminar to address the problems of carbon fiber dust in the workplace.
15 June 2016
Additive Orthopaedics LLC says that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its 3D printed titanium digital fusion implant.
15 June 2016
Graphene 3D Labs Inc has appointed A Paul Gill to join the board of directors.
15 June 2016
A method for embedding light-emitting nanoparticles into glass without losing any of their unique properties could lead to the development of smart glass.
15 June 2016
Neutron and X-ray studies have revealed that an elusive massless particle known as a Weyl fermion could exist in an osmium-based material.
15 June 2016
Kegelmann and Concept Laser have formed a partnership to improve series-production quality in 3D printing.
14 June 2016
Chemtrix BV and DSM Chemical Technology have signed an agreement to develop 3D printed metal continuous flow reactors.
14 June 2016
The JEC Asia International Composites event will have end user markets as a key topic.
14 June 2016
SAMPE has given the George Lubin Memorial Award to Dr John J Tracy, CTO of Boeing.
14 June 2016
Graphene-based wearable patch provides noninvasive blood glucose monitoring for diabetic patients.
14 June 2016Cordelia Sealy
Nanoparticles deliver anticancer drugs to tumors in the body more effectively than current medicines.
14 June 2016Cordelia Sealy
Windows that change transparency could be powered by photovoltaic solar cells, say Irish researchers.
14 June 2016Laurie Winkless
Scientists have unexpectedly found that pulling a multi-layered fiber causes the core material to break into many equal-sized pieces.
13 June 2016
By incorporating tiny clusters of silver atoms into zeolite pores, scientists have produced a novel and efficient phosphorescent material.
13 June 2016
A collaboration between US and Chinese researchers has investigated the use of titanate nanotubes in removing CO2 from flue gas.
13 June 2016Laurie Winkless
SKF has announced the consolidation of its manufacturing facilities in North America.
13 June 2016
America Makes has appointed Roger Narayan PhD as its new Fellow.
13 June 2016
North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT) has appointed Technology Marketing Inc (TMI) as its distributor for the USA.
13 June 2016
Register for the workshop here.
13 June 2016
RMX Technologies and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have joined forces to help reduce carbon fiber production time and energy.
10 June 2016
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with Italian yacht builder Benetti to deliver a lightweight steerable thruster using carbon fiber material.
10 June 2016
Global production of molybdenum slowed in 2015, according to figures from the International Molybdenum Association (IMOA).
10 June 2016
GKN Aerospace has won contracts from Airbus Safran Launchers to develop and manufacture rocket engine sub-systems.
10 June 2016
A highly flexible OLED with excellent efficiency uses graphene as a transparent electrode between layers of titanium dioxide and a conducting polymer.
10 June 2016
New aluminum-cerium alloys are not just easy to work with and heat tolerant, but could also boost US production of rare earth elements.
10 June 2016
Scientists have used a terahertz laser to induce permanent changes in the conformation of a polymer, giving it an increased pattern of crystallization.
10 June 2016
The SME has announced the winners of awards presented at the RAPID additive manufacturing (AM) Conference & Exposition.
9 June 2016
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Cincinnati Inc have signed a nonexclusive licensing agreement on ORNL patents related to large-scale AM.
9 June 2016
A professor at Clemson University has received US$2 million to develop lower cost composite materials for aircraft and luxury cars.
9 June 2016
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has developed a new laser method of joining carbon fiber composites and aluminum.
9 June 2016
Innovate UK has funded a three year ATI project aimed at advancing 3D textiles in the UK for the aerospace industry.
8 June 2016
Teijin Limited has developed a new masterbatch flame retardant.
8 June 2016
The iron powder market in North America is expected to reach 563,000 metric tons in volume by 2020, boosted by automakers.
8 June 2016
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have discovered the reason for the porosity found in parts produced by AM.
8 June 2016
The orbital movement of electrons, rather than electron spin, is the driving force behind the strong magnetism of a metallic material.
8 June 2016
Engineers from North Carolina State University, have developed a simple route to fabricating metallic wires at room temperature
8 June 2016Laurie Winkless
NetComposites has announced that Andrew Mafeld of Connectra Global will be the keynote speaker at Composites Innovation 2016.
7 June 2016
Smithers Rapra, specialists in composites testing, has added new rubber and polymer material flammability testing capabilities.
7 June 2016
The US IHEA will run the 47th Combustion Seminar, its Safety Standards Seminar, and the revised Induction Seminar, in Covington, KY, this autumn.
7 June 2016
Scientists have developed two different types of nanofibers that can sort themselves into organized structures under artificial conditions.
7 June 2016
The Powder Coating Institute in the US reports that its next summit takes place from 4-5 October 2016, in Columbus, Ohio.
6 June 2016
Composites company Hexcel Corporation has invested in Oxford Performance Materials (OPM).
6 June 2016
By investigating the structure of the dactyl club used by mantis shrimp to bash prey, scientists have been able to develop new super-strong composites.
6 June 2016
Boeing has opened a new center at its campus in Everett, WA, USA to build composite wings for the 777X aircraft.
3 June 2016
A novel ionic liquid can transform into a solid polymer when exposed to light and then return to liquid form when heated.
3 June 2016
Investigating connections between the structure and mechanical properties of bones and shells can improve the performance and longevity of concrete.
3 June 2016
A new material comprising alternating layers of molybdenum boride and aluminum can form its own corrosion-resistant coating.
2 June 2016
SKF has signed an agreement to divest its Kaydon velocity control business to Stabilus, a global supplier to the automotive and industrial markets.
2 June 2016
CarbonOne Technologies Inc has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the TekModo group of companies.
2 June 2016
Haydale and Flowtite have formed a new joint development agreement (JDA) to develop GRP pipeline products.
2 June 2016
Umicore reports that its revenues increased by 1% in the first quarter of 2016.
2 June 2016
Concept Laser says that its Mlab Cusing R 3D printer was used to 3D print a titanium replacement beak for a wild macaw.
2 June 2016
Discover the first issue of Materials Discovery.
2 June 2016
Hexagon Composites has formed a joint venture with India-based Siddha Gas Technik Pvt Ltd to pursue opportunities in the country’s natural gas market.
1 June 2016
An EN fire rated, modern new building exterior has been put in plase using Scott Bader’s Crestapol 1212 resin.
1 June 2016
Dr Hans J Langer, founder and CEO of EOS GmbH, has received the SME Additive Manufacturing Industry Achievement Award.
1 June 2016
Umicore plans to increase its capacity for NMC (nickel manganese cobalt) cathode materials.
1 June 2016
A high-entropy steel alloy that can switch between two crystal structures is both strong and ductile.
1 June 2016