Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Molds/Tools 3 Oct 2022

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Symmetrix Composite Tooling

Symmetrix Composite Tooling highlights its high-quality sub-millimeter-accurate composite tooling services and its ability to undertake a wide variety of projects.

Glass Fibers 3 Oct 2022

Lanxess certifies carbon footprint of base resins, fiber reinforcement

Industry comparison confirms significantly lower CO2 emissions during PA6, PBT and glass fiber production. Carbon footprints of compounds to be available soon.

Electric Vehicles 3 Oct 2022

OSCiAl, Genius graphene nanotubes advance EV battery pack properties

Addition of graphene nanotubes to fiberglass-filled polyphenylene sulfide solution make it possible to preserve high thermal and chemical resistance together with stable electrical conductivity.

CAMX 3 Oct 2022

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: The Fluency Business Group

Fluency demonstrates its various marketing and communications services for the advanced materials and engineering market.

Design/Simulation 30 Sep 2022

Swinburne, Sparc Technologies researchers to create graphene-enabled smart composites

Connected smart structures are being built that can be wirelessly monitored in real time for hard-to-detect defects, enabling safer, more reliable and cheaper air and space travel.

Wind/Energy 30 Sep 2022

Hyosung transforms nylon for use as liner in hydrogen fuel tanks

The company has succeeded in developing and using nylon as a core liner material in hydrogen storage vessels, overcoming metal and HDPE liner alternatives.

Composites 4.0 30 Sep 2022

Ohio Aerospace Institute receives U.S. Air Force award for digital transformation project

Six-year agreement called DRIVE will be executed by OAI and the AFRL to establish and operate an ecosystem for mitigating transformation risks in U.S. Air Force programs and activities.

Aerospace 30 Sep 2022

Eviation’s all-electric Alice makes maiden flight

Comprising composite components and structures, the zero-emissions demonstrator provides Eviation with information that will lead it to commercial production.

Carbon Fibers 30 Sep 2022

Teijin introduces LCA for carbon fiber intermediate materials

Life cycle assessment (LCA) studies calculate the environmental impact of Teijin composites for future emission reduction activities.

Pressure Vessels 29 Sep 2022

Plastic Omnium announces construction of Compiègne hydrogen storage vessel facility

Government-funded future factory will produce 80,000 Type IV storage vessels/year, adds to large contacts for design, production of 700-bar hydrogen vessels.