Sara Black Senior Technical Editor Emeritus
Gougeon funds Winona composites scholarship
A new scholarship benefiting Winona State University (Winona, MN, US) students majoring in Composites Materials Engineering has been endowed by the Gougeon Employees Foundation.
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Victrex opens new Polymer Innovation Center
Proactive investment in the development of next-generation thermoplastic solutions has now resulted in the completion of the company´s new approximately $13 million (£10 million) Polymer Innovation Center.
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Simplifying the solar panel with composites
Replacing glass and aluminum with a polymer/cored polymer composite laminate ups panel durability at reduced weight.
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Velox to distribute Enka materials in Europe
Composites and plastics materials distributor VELOX GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) has announced the expansion of its distribution partnership with Low & Bonar (London, UK) to distribute Low & Bonar’s trademarked Enka-Channel and Enka-Fusion resin infusion consumables throughout Europe.
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Covestro composite material wins award
Covestro CFRTP (Pittsburgh, PA, US) has developed a sophisticated composite technology that opens the door to a sustainable future for lightweight products, based on continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTP) in combination with a highly-efficient production method.
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Boeing HorizonX invests in Gamma Alloys
The Boeing Co. (Chicago, IL, US) announced its investment in Gamma Alloys (Valencia, CA, US), a leader in aluminum alloys focused on developing advanced metal-matrix composites for use in aerospace.
Read MoreSiemens Gamesa to supply Nordlicht wind project
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (Zamudio, Spain) has received an order for the supply and installation of 67 units of its recently upgraded OptimaFlex wind turbine type SWT-DD-130 for the Norwegian onshore wind power project “Nordlicht.”
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Boeing begins 777X production
The Boeing company (Everett, WA, US) kicked off production of the 777X aircraft with a company ceremony on October 23. The “reveal” included a video of the composite wing spars.
Read MoreBlue Origin's BE-4 engine successfully fired
Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine has reported that Blue Origin (Kent, WA, US) has completed its first successful hotfire test of a full-scale methane-fueled BE-4 rocket engine.
Read MoreUS wind power booming
The roster of U.S. wind projects under construction and in advanced development as of the end of the third quarter of 2017 has reached 29,634 megawatts (MW), the highest level since this statistic was first measured at the beginning of 2016, according to a new report from the American Wind Energy Association.
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Airborne introduces automated kitting solutions
At AIRTEC 2017, the aerospace supply chain trade show held October 24-26 in Munich, Germany, composites specialist Airborne (The Hague, Netherlands) presented the latest developments on its Automated Kitting Solutions.
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Composite chef’s knife a chef d’oeuvre
A while back I blogged about a luxurious version of a champagne flute, via carbon fiber and gold. The designer, Ragnar Friberg, is at it again, this time with a composite take on the chef’s knife.
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