The Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI) has issued a call for donors to its charitable foundation.
31 August 2020
AIMPLAS says that its workshop entitled The Art of Mixing, Reinforcing and Incorporating Additives to Plastics will be streamed from 1 to 2 December 2020.
31 August 2020
Supercapacitor made from the fiber electrodes
31 August 2020Laurie Donaldson
Titanium oxide nanowire mask with antibacterial and antiviral properties
31 August 2020Laurie Donaldson
The Rhode Island Marine Trades Association (RIMTA) Foundation has received a US$105,000 grant to expand the state’s glass fiber boat recycling program.
28 August 2020
Trelleborg plans to present a paper on its TC760X dust-free epoxy tooling board at the Composites UK Tooling and Design Manufacture webinar.
28 August 2020
PostProcess Technologies plans to discuss the findings of its post 3D printing survey in a live webinar on 3 September.
28 August 2020
The MPIF reports that the MIM2021 International Conference on Injection Molding of Metals, Ceramics and Carbides will be held online.
28 August 2020
28 August 2020Christopher A. Schuh
Researchers have identified why 'nickel-rich' battery materials become fatigued and can no longer be fully charged after prolonged use.
28 August 2020
Ultrashort laser bursts etch metal for solar panels
28 August 2020Laurie Donaldson
Chemicals company the Cornelius Group reports that its group CEO, Darren Spiby, is retiring after 17 years at the company.
27 August 2020
Blachford UK, which makes composite laminates, says that it has created more than 20 new full-time roles at its site in Holmewood, Derbyshire.
27 August 2020
The Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group (MTDG) has appointed Stephan Biller as the CEO of its new subsidiary.
27 August 2020
The SMMT reports that UK engine production declined 10.6% in July to 176,377 units.
27 August 2020
By utilizing a mixture of alcohol, researchers have developed functional inks based on 2D materials that don't suffer from the coffee ring effect.
27 August 2020
Researchers have found that cooling graphene while it is attached to a flat surface will cause it to buckle, altering its electronic properties.
27 August 2020
Composites UK reports that Ford Motor Company’s UK Innovations Team has become one of its member companies.
26 August 2020
The Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI) has named this year’s scholarship recipients.
26 August 2020
America Makes has set a challenge to increase the amount of open-source computer codes and algorithms for 3D printing design.
26 August 2020
Nanostructure surface displays improved anti-icing performance
26 August 2020Laurie Donaldson
Engineered camelid nanobodies sheath coronavirus spikes
26 August 2020David Bradley
Owens Corning says that it has partnered with cartoon icon The Pink Panther for 40 years.
25 August 2020
Covestro has reportedly supplied an infusion machine for processing polyurethane resin to Chinese wind turbine blade manufacturer Goldwind.
25 August 2020
A researcher at AIMPLAS is reportedly the only Spanish auditor participating in the development of a new certification system for recycled plastics.
25 August 2020
Brazilian composite specialist Tecniplas says that new sanitation regulations in Brazil could increase the take up of composite tanks.
25 August 2020
A new report from market analyst Fact.MR suggests that the global market for automotive lightweight material could reach US$400 billion by 2030.
25 August 2020
The EPMA reports that registration is now open for Euro PM2020 which will take place online for the first time from 5-7 October 2020.
25 August 2020
According to market analysts IDTechEx, the market for 3D electronics could reach US$3 billion by 2030.
25 August 2020
Platinum Tooling Technologies, a US importer of metal tools, has appointed Chris Blaine as its new sales manager.
25 August 2020
The MPIF is hosting a new webinar entitled ‘Thriving out of Crisis’ for its members.
25 August 2020
Franklin Bronze Precision Components reports that it has upgraded its automated parts in its shell room.
25 August 2020
Scintillating sintering improved
25 August 2020David Bradley
Novel composites of nanocellulose and metal nanoparticles could prove of use for various optical, catalytic, electrical and biomedical applications.
25 August 2020
Researchers have developed a method for predicting the interaction between layers of 2D materials such as graphene in a stack.
25 August 2020
Reducing dyes without the noble metals
25 August 2020David Bradley
Researchers have developed a way to induce large zeolite catalyst particles to behave like nanoparticles by growing fins on their surfaces.
24 August 2020
Through surface functionalization, researchers have managed to make a crystalline metal-organic framework behave like a porous liquid.
24 August 2020
Antibodies attached to the surface of red blood cells could boost the body’s ability to fight disease
21 August 2020Russell, A. J
Adding a small amount of manganese to 2D molybdenum disulfide improves its sensitivity as a dopamine detector by many orders of magnitude.
21 August 2020
Nanotech for improved wound healing
21 August 2020David Bradley
Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems has recently supplied a continuous vacuum furnace to an aerospace manufacturer in North America.
20 August 2020
Renishaw and UK start-up business Additive Automations have partnered to research automate metal additive manufacturing (AM) post-processing.
20 August 2020
Teijin says that it is a platinum sponsor for the Advanced Materials for Motorsport Conference (MotorsportAM).
20 August 2020
Cobalt-iron catalyst for zinc-air battery application
20 August 2020Laurie Donaldson
By studying shaving with a scanning electron microscope, engineers have determined how a razor blade can be damaged as it cuts human hair.
20 August 2020
As a first step to programmable materials, researchers have used atom probe tomography to read the arrangement of metal ions in metal-organic frameworks.
20 August 2020
The NCDMM says that three of its projects have been recognized in the US Manufacturing Leadership Awards.
19 August 2020
The ASM International Board of Trustees has named two metal spray expects as its award program recipients for 2020.
19 August 2020
Jeremy Whittingham, Head of Community and Content at Advanced Engineering UK, discusses the resurgence of carbon offsetting.
19 August 2020Jeremy Whittingham
Researchers have developed a new spray-on method for producing clear coatings made from tin oxide that can block heat and conduct electricity.
19 August 2020
By formulating fluorescent dyes into a novel class of crystalline lattice, researchers have created the brightest ever fluorescent materials.
19 August 2020
The Verder Group has acquired German company Porotec GmbH, a company which develops and sells particle and porosity measurement instruments.
18 August 2020
The MPIF has released its 2020 edition of its Standard 35 entitled Materials Standards for PM Structural Parts.
18 August 2020
Bitrez Ltd, a UK manufacturer of specialist polymers and chemicals, has launched an online database of resins.
18 August 2020
GOM, a provider of optical 3D metrology systems, has consolidated its software into a new platform, called GOM Inspect Suite.
18 August 2020
German scientists demonstrate a world-first – engineered spider silks that inhibit microbial growth
18 August 2020Laurie Winkless
Elementum 3D has published a whitepaper entitled Powder Recycling in Laser Powder Bed Fusion: Improving Processing, Maintaining Quality.
17 August 2020
The organizers of the Industrial Automation Fair and Asiamold say that the concurrent fairs have opened successfully in Guangzhou, China.
17 August 2020
Sumitomo Corporation reportedly plans to increase its investment in additive manufacturing (AM) company Sintavia.
17 August 2020
ExOne has launched an app which it says can provide real-time machine monitoring and analysis of 3D printers.
17 August 2020
Exel Composites has posted its half year and Q2 results for 2020.
17 August 2020
Solvay reports that sales in its Composite Materials business were down 32.2% in Q2 2020.
17 August 2020
Scheurer Swiss GmbH, an engineering and recruitment company focused on fiber composite technologies has opened its first branch outside Switzerland.
17 August 2020
DSM has launched a glass-filled polypropylene (PP) pellet material designed for fused granulate fabrication (FGF) 3D printing.
17 August 2020
A newly developed sulfur-containing polymer film boasts a high refractive index while being fully transparent over the entire visible range.
17 August 2020
15 August 2020Wang Guanghui and Tian Zhengbin
new highly absorbent, breathable polymer fabric protects wearers against harmful aerosols and chemical warfare agents
14 August 2020Cordelia Sealy
new 'micro' approach to electronic waste recycling could create valuable renewable resources
14 August 2020Cordelia Sealy
Thermo Fisher Scientific has released two electron microscopes suitable for materials and life science research.
13 August 2020
ExOne says that it has third party qualified nickel-based alloy Inconel 718 for its metal 3D printers.
13 August 2020
A novel nano-structuring method allows certain layers of a material to be perforated extremely precisely while leaving other layers completely untouched.
13 August 2020
3D printing company VELO3D and Lam Research Corporation have partnered to develop new metal AM materials and designs for the semiconductor industry.
12 August 2020
Researchers have determined exactly how some sorbent materials capture and release carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
12 August 2020
Scientists have developed a novel method for synthesizing manganese dioxide with a specific crystalline structure that makes it an effective catalyst.
12 August 2020
We are excited to announce that Elsevier in collaboration with SPIE, titled Photonic Materials and Applications.
11 August 2020
The US government reports that Sudarsanam Suresh Babu is one of the new members appointed to the National Science Board (NSB).
11 August 2020
Fraunhofer Institute says that it has formed a new working group to research soft magnetic materials for renewable energy and electromobility applications.
11 August 2020
Umicore reports that its revenues for the first six months of 2020 were €1.6 billion, a reduction of 4% year on year.
10 August 2020
The MPIF has set the date for a four-part online tutorial covering powder injection molding.
10 August 2020
Dr Richard Collins, principal analyst at IDTechEx, offers his predictions for the next few years in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry.
10 August 2020Richard Collins
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reports that UK engine production fell 38.8% in the first half of 2020.
10 August 2020
The organizers of CAMX 2020 have launched four webinars open to all members of the compo-sites industry.
10 August 2020
Using standard semiconductor fabrication processes, engineers have found a way to fabricate perovskites as single-crystal thin films.
10 August 2020
Researchers have electrically transformed the low-cost non-magnetic material iron sulfide, also known as ‘fool's gold’, into a magnetic material.
10 August 2020
By applying a low voltage to reduce the surface tension, researchers have been able to produce streams of liquid metal at room temperature.
7 August 2020
Adding layers of the 2D material molybdenum sulfide to molybdenum carbide allows superconductivity to occur at 50% higher temperatures.
7 August 2020
The MPIF has issued a call for papers for the 10th International Conference on Tungsten, Refractory & Hardmaterials (Tungsten2021).
6 August 2020
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) suggests that, by 2022, almost four million industrial robots could be working in factories worldwide.
6 August 2020
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have investigated the use of moth larvae to eat and digest polyethylene (PE) material.
6 August 2020
IDTechEx is hosting a new webinar focusing on the effect of Covid-19 on the metal 3D printing.
6 August 2020
Inspired by work on snowflakes, researchers are mapping the shapes of the 2D crystals produced by chemical vapor deposition under specific conditions.
6 August 2020
By measuring temperature during 3D printing, researchers have been able to predict the formation of sub-surface defects in 3D-printed components.
6 August 2020
A self-healing material patterned after squid ring teeth protein could be used to repair materials that are under continual repetitive movement.
6 August 2020
America Makes has made four new project calls with the aim of promoting additive manufacturing (AM).
5 August 2020
The MPIF has announced the winners of its 2020 powder metallurgy design excellence awards competition in the Consumer Goods segment.
5 August 2020
Researchers have uncovered a new class of topological magnet exhibiting novel quantum effects that extend to room temperature.
5 August 2020
Researchers have discovered that the magnetic properties of a chromium halide can be tuned by manipulating the non-magnetic atoms in the material.
5 August 2020
Scott Bader has joined a research project which aims to replace conventional polymers with bio-based polymers.
4 August 2020
The MPIF has set the date for a webinar covering finite element analysis (FEA) modeling and simulation.
4 August 2020
Copper against Covid
4 August 2020David Bradley
By modifying thermoset plastics with a chemical linker, chemists have made them much easier to break down while retaining their mechanical strength.
4 August 2020
Nadine Crauwels has been appointed as a member of the Sandvik’s executive management board.
3 August 2020
Aerojet Rocketdyne says that it has supplied a range of components for the Perseverance Rover.
3 August 2020
America Makes says that its TRX show will take place online from 4–5 August 2020.
3 August 2020
Gurit has appointed Dr Ernst Lutz as the general manager of its Wind Materials business.
3 August 2020
BASF reports sales of €12.7 billion in Q2 2020, a decrease of 12% from the previous year mainly due to lower sales volumes resulting from lockdowns.
3 August 2020
Hexcel and Arkema plan to host a webinar covering the use of thermoplastic polymers as matrices for continuous fiber reinforced composites.
3 August 2020
HEATCON Composite Systems has entered into an agreement with Cornerstone Research Group (CRG) to license the latter’s repair protection products .
3 August 2020
systematic approach to growing 2D crystals using CVD based on large-scale databases and machine learning
3 August 2020Cordelia Sealy
Bio-inspiration for making polyenes
3 August 2020David Bradley