Sara Black Senior Technical Editor Emeritus
This is going to be big: Automotive composites forecast
A company by the name of Global Market Insights Inc. contacted me recently, alerting me to the presence of a new forecast report for automotive composites.
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JEC World 2018 preview: 3A Composites
3A Composites (Sins, Switzerland) will introduce its latest innovations in sustainable core materials at this year's JEC World in Paris. 3A Composites will present its new PET-based product trademarked AIREX T10.60 targeted at wind, automotive, construction, and marine applications.
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Fraunhofer and Conbility join forces to commercialize tape layer
Two AZL Aachen GmbH partners have joined forces for commercialization of a tape-placement and tape winding system.
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iSpecc sole distributor for Techni-Modul in UK
Newly formed company iSpecc Ltd. has been appointed the sole UK and Ireland distributor for Techni-Modul Engineering.
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Moldex takes stake in MCT Engineering
Moldex Composites, the advanced composites division of Rockman Industries is taking a strategic stake in composites firm MCT Engineering.
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Stratasys brings 3D printing to the Olympics
Stratasys teams with USA Luge to inject additive manufacturing into its quest for gold in Pyeongchang, South Korea this month.
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New consortium studies energy storage
With a kick-off on January 30, 2018, AZL Aachen GmbH (Aachen, Germany), in cooperation with 19 participating companies as well as RWTH Aachen University and RWTH spinoff company CONBILITY GmbH (Aachen, Germany), has launched an international market and technology study.
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30 years for CGTech
CGTech, the developer of trademarked VERICUT sofware, is proud to celebrate three decades of innovation and growth.
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RTP Company adds facility in Poland
RTP Company, a compounder of custom engineered thermoplastics, has announced its expansion into Poland with a 7,990m2 facility located at Prologis Park V in Wroclaw.
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Sicomin resins earn certified Bio product label
Sicomin (Marseilles, France) has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Bio based Product label for its product, SR GreenPoxy 56/SD GP 505V2, as well as three other products.
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3D printing for a Bonneville run
As a former (amateur vintage) racer myself, I appreciate all things motorsports. CRP USA LLC (Mooresville, NC, US), the maker of Windform SLS 3D printing materials as well as provider of custom additive manufacturing and machining services, sent me a case study of a motorsports team that recently set a new class record at the Bonneville Salt Flats, thanks to the fast part production possible with 3D printing.
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R-TECH testing course upcoming
R-TECH Materials (Port Talbot, UK), a fast-growing polymer and composites laboratory in the UK, has teamed up with Zwick Roell (Ulm, Germany) to run an introductory training course on mechanical testing of composites.
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