Automotive

Aerospace

ACMA launches online composites education resource

New online resource educates end users about the possibilities of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials.

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Biomaterials

Additive manufacturing: Big and going commercial

A demonstration of large-format 3D printing delivers parts for an excavator cab, from CAD data to ready for assembly, in only five hours.

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Automotive

SGL Group and Hyundai extend fuel-cell component partnership

SGL Group will deliver SIGRACET gas diffusion layers for the fuel cell to Hyundai for its new NEXO model.

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Zoltek to provide carbon fiber for Uniti electric cars

The two companies have signed a partnership agreement in which Zoltek will be the preferred supplier of carbon fiber for Uniti’s line of electric cars.

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Carbon Fibers

SPE ACCE 2018 keynote to highlight carbon fiber pickup box

Mark Voss, engineering group manager at General Motors Co. will discuss the creation of the new “CarbonPro Box” on the 2019 MY GMC Sierra Denali. 

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An SMC machinery provider adds automation

About the time that I started writing about the composites industry, I was introduced to the concept of SMC – sheet molding compound. I was intrigued this year at the JEC World in Paris to meet with a German company, Schmidt & Heinzmann (S&H, Bruchsal, Germany).

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Automotive

Magna and GACC partner to produce composite liftgates

Joint venture enables mass production of composite liftgates for fast-growing market.

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Construction

Environmentally friendly composites project sparks competition

AIMPLAS joins project ECOXY, an program to develop repairable, reprocessable and recyclable composites for the contruction and automotive sectors.

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Automotive

Hexion partners with KDC for high-volume automotive composites

Hexion Inc. has signed an agreement with Kangde Composites Co. Ltd. to collaborate on high volume carbon fiber production methods for use in the automotive market.

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Out of Autoclave

JEC World 2018: The highlights

JEC World is the composites industry’s largest trade show and did not disappoint this year.

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Airtech
American Elements
Alpha’s Premier ESR®
Industrial CNC Routers
Real Time Resin Degassing Measurement
Large Scale Additive Manufacturing
Webinar UV Powder Coatings for Composite & AM
HEATCON Composite Systems
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