Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Arkema preps for powder coating resins lab opening in Cary, North Carolina late 2022

The new facility will focus on formulation and application/testing support for Arkema’s Reafree resins, including those made with polyester and PU resins, UV-curable products, additives and more.

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Sustainability

Westlake Chemical completes Hexion epoxy business acquisition

Epoxy business addition reaffirms Westlake’s commitment to sustainability with materials that benefit renewable energy, aerospace and automotive lightweighting.

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Infrastructure

Dura Composites, Anderton Concrete provide single-source access to concrete trenching, GRP lid solutions

U.K. energy and infrastructure customers gain technical engineering support and local supply of durable precast concrete trenches and pultruded GRP trough lid offerings.

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Automation

Global automation solutions business forms Güdel Americas, builds regional support for customers

Güdel’s strategy for growth will provide customers in the U.S. and Mexico with improved responsiveness, access to spare parts and local service and support.

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JEC World reveals 2022 Innovation Awards finalists 

Innovation Awards celebrate successful projects and fostered cooperation between players in the composite industry, with 30 finalists in ten categories.

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Automotive

Carbon ThreeSixty wins funding to explore feasibility of novel hydrogen storage architecture

Under project CHiDEs, researchers are to study carbon fiber 3D woven fabrics for more configurable storage geometries and higher volumetric efficiency.

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Thermoplastics

NIAR-WSU, Victrex begin NCAMP materials and process qualification for AFP

In-depth investigation into AFP machine variability on composite allowables begins on carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) test panels to achieve certification framework.

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Marine

Air-cushion barge serves ice, shallow water operations with infused carbon fiber propellor ducts

Four composite propellor ducts supplied by A C Marine & Composite drive forward the steel-built hybrid hovercraft design to provide essential services year-round in the North Caspian Sea.

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Aerospace

Airbus C295 technology demonstrator makes maiden flight, proves novel design, manufacturing processes

C295 Flight Test Bed 2 (FTB2) tests OOA composite semi-morphing wing, flaps and flap tabs, as well as SatCom antenna for future turboprop aircraft.

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Prepregs

Heraeus Noblelight CAE technology aids NCC composites research project

CAE work to determine the precise positioning of IR modules during prepreg layup results in IR system installation at the NCC.

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Automation

Smart, self-powering composite from DITF uses a "textile power plant" concept

Multilayer fabric-based piezoelectric elements and pyroelectric energy harvesters reinforce the FRP structure, generating electrical energy using vibration, oscillation and temperature fluctuation.

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The Native Lab launches new course on the fundamentals of applied FEA

Seven-week instructor-led course begins Feb. 23, 2022, and has a specific focus on structures built with composites.

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