Scott Francis

Scott Francis Editor-In-Chief

Composites UK reveals 2018 composites industry award winners

300 people from around the world gathered to celebrate the innovations of the UK composites industry and the people behind them.

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Automotive

Rail passenger seating support created from fire resistant bio-based prepreg

Composite Evolution’s Evopreg bio-derived prepreg used to created composite cantilever for lightweight train seating support.

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Automotive

BGF Industries to relocate to Virginia

The Porcher Industries subsidiary plans to relocate its headquarters and R&D activities from Greensboro, NC, US to Danville, VA, US.

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Aerospace

Leonardo and Kangde Investment Group of China partner on composite structures for COMAC long range airliner

Joint venture will be responsible for the development, production and assembly of composite materials components for the CR929 aircraft.

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Glass Fibers

Strongwell and Litchtgitter sign European distribution agreement for pultruded fiberglass gratings

Lichtgitter to distribute Strongwell’s DURADEK and DURAGRID pultruded fiberglass gratings in Europe.

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Aerospace

HEATCON to partner with Solvay, expand composite material offerings

The partnership focuses on a variety of consumable products used during the repair process of aircraft composite parts.

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Electronics

LANXESS expands production capacity for continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites

The company’s Tepex continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites are used in series applications in the automotive, consumer electronics and sports industries.

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Automotive

Composites UK releases FRP bridge design guide

New document from Composites UK aims to help bridge engineers to understand fiber-reinforced polymer materials and how to use them in modern bridge construction.

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Carbon Fibers

Ramaco Carbon's innovation campus green-lighted

The iCAM research center will host researchers from national laboratories, universities, research groups and manufacturing organizations with the goal of using coal to create advanced carbon based manufactured products.

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Aerospace

Alltec expands in North American market

The Brazillian company is investing in increased production capacity for structural parts in thermoplastic composite.

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Autoclave

State-of-the-art tooling board improves accuracy of carbon fiber helicopter components

DUNA-USA’s BLACK CORINTHO 800 is a high-temperature tooling board, designed for use up to 400°F, offering low CTE, high dimensional stability, and high thermal conductivity.

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Bye Aerospace explores using Sun Flyer 4 for on-demand charter services

The company is having discussions with charter services about using its Sun Flyer 4 aircraft to provide on-demand air taxi service.

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