Hannah Mason

Hannah Mason Technical Editor

Automotive

Gurit to close its automotive production site in Hungary mid-2020

Gurit says it was unsuccessful locating a buyer for the company, and will work with customers and affected staff during the process of closing the plant.

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Wind/Energy

People in Composites: October 2019

AOC Aliancys, Boeing, Composites UK, Hexcel, Michelman, TPI Composites and UTComp announce new faces in the composites industry and honors awarded to top contributors.

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Carbon Fibers

Composites-intensive helicopter makes commercial debut

The newest model from Safari Helicopters includes an all-composite freestanding tail boom and other composite parts built by Carbon Fiber Composites Inc.

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Out of Autoclave

Composites One to present advanced composites workshop

In partnership with the Closed Mold Alliance and IACMI, Composites One will present an advanced composites workshop on Nov. 6 in Clearfield, Utah, U.S.

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University study reports expected useful life of wind projects has increased

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recently published research finds that wind project developers now expect wind projects to last about 30 years.

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Pressure Vessels

Siemens Gamesa to acquire selected assets of Senvion

The acquisition, to close in the first half of 2020, will include wind turbine service and operations assets and an onshore blade manufacturing facility.

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Mass Transit

Hexagon awarded fuel systems order for hydrogen buses

The Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses will reportedly have a driving range of up to 350 kilometers on one fill, with weight savings of 20% compared to previous models.

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Epoxies

Notus Composites celebrates manufacturing milestone

The company has produced the one millionth square meter of its glass fiber-reinforced prepreg, for use in Dubai’s Museum of the Future.

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Out of Autoclave

GKN Aerospace delivers RTM demonstrator tool for Wing of Tomorrow

The 4-meter mid-scale tool enables large-scale use of resin transfer molding to manufacture a composite wing spar with reduced costs and weight.

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Pressure Vessels

Solvay introduces high-temperature PEEK polymer

KetaSpire PEEK XT promises the chemical resistance of standard PEEK plus significantly higher strength and stiffness at elevated temperatures.

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Consumer

Stajvelo e-bike built with Solvay long-fiber thermoplastic material

An injection-molded composite e-bike features thermoplastic composites.

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Hi-Temp Resins

Hennecke Group announces company reorganization plans

Under the Hennecke 2.0 name and new CEO Thomas Wildt, the polyurethane group has reorganized its companies into four “centers of excellence.”

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