CW Blog

Consumer 3 Oct 2018

A new lightweighting material on the scene?

Magnesium alloy company introduces products to cycling industry with an eye on other lightweighting markets.

Fabrics/Preforms 1 Oct 2018

CAMX 2018 preview: Henkel

Henkel (Rocky Point, CT, US) is emphasizing in booth T13 its line of composite processing solutions for the entire manufacturing and bonding process, including mold releases, liquid shims, lightning strike protection and surfacing films, paste adhesives, machinable syntactic pastes and films, machinable adhesive films and low-viscosity composite resins.

Glass Fibers 1 Oct 2018

Entertainment complex creates glass-fiber reinforced concrete panel illusion

MVRDV has constructed two abstract buildings in an South Korean entertainment complex that use glass-fiber reinforced concrete to mirror facades of surrounding buildings.

Space 1 Oct 2018

Composite container protects satellites — on the ground

Cored composites add the strength, smoothness and portability needed for a container built to ship satellites over air, land and water.

Pultrusion 1 Oct 2018

High-precision carbon fiber pultrusions for CERN

Tight-tolerance composite structures enable one of the world’s leading laboratories for particle physics.

Construction 1 Oct 2018

Bio-based composite bridge in The Netherlands

This summer, FiberCore Europe joined forces with TU Delft and Schiphol Logistics Park, and other firms and local agencies, on the design and construction of an ecologically sustainable composite footbridge made with bio-based materials.

Thermoplastics 1 Oct 2018

Covestro launches Maezio continuous fiber thermoplastics

Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany) has trademarked its continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) composite materials as Maezio.

Thermoplastics 1 Oct 2018

Thermoplastic composites: Scenic view

First use of thermoplastic composite guide rails to replace aluminum brings many benefits to fixed-glass, roller-blind sunroof modules.

Carbon Fibers 1 Oct 2018

Personal aircraft and composites at EAA AirVenture 2018

Many of the aircraft at the AirVenture 2018 show in July 2018 were composites-intensive and represent innovative designs and concepts.

Feature 1 Jun 2020

Advancing composites through virtual and augmented reality

A review of technologies that are bridging the technical divide between the virtual world of design and simulation, and the real-world of composites manufacturing and repair.