Scott Francis Editor-In-Chief

27 Jul 2018

Interplastic announces winners of 2018 Scholars Award

Interplastic Corp. has announced the 2018 recipients of the Scholars Award sponsored by Interplastic Corporation in affiliation with the ACMA and the ICPA.

Aerospace 27 Jul 2018

Kordsa completes acquisition of FDI and TPI

Kordsa has announced the completed acquisition of Fabric Development Inc. and Textile Products Inc., which provide advanced composite materials to the commercial aviation industry.

Aerospace 27 Jul 2018

GA-ASI and GKN Aerospace expand partnership

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and GKN Aerospace to collaborate on composite tails for GA-ASI’s Predator B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) series.

Carbon Fibers 27 Jul 2018

Cygnet Texkimp and University of Manchester develop 3D winding technology

The machine is based on a 9-Axis robotic winding concept and winds carbon fiber into lightweight parts for automotive and aerospace markets.

Composites 4.0 26 Jul 2018

People on the Move: July 2018

CW’s monthly roundup of people on the move in the composites industry.

Out of Autoclave 26 Jul 2018

Solvay expands with new Texas-based aerospace composites manufacturing facility

The company recently broke ground on a Greenville, TX, US manufacturing footprint expansion that increases the site’s resin mixing capacity.

Glass Fibers 26 Jul 2018

OPTIPLAN to present composite material for commercial vehicles

OPTIPLAN’s POLYDET PowerStar Plus is designed to help to achieve a reduced vehicle weight and thus higher payload as well as lower fuel consumption and pollutant emission.

Additive Manufacturing 26 Jul 2018

Victrex launches PAEK polymer solutions for additive manufacturing

Polymer based solutions company unveils high strength material for laser sintering (LS) and filament for filament fusion (FF) with improved Z-strength.