Automotive

Automotive

Toray develops flexible PPS resin

The company has developed a new polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin that reportedly has the world’s highest flexibility level while maintaining heat resistance and chemical resistance.

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Aerospace

JEC World 2019: Hexcel

Hexcel held its annual press conference at JEC World 2019 and reported promising numbers, as well as several new products and technologies.

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JEC World 2019: Hexion

Hexion featured several new products at JEC World 2019 designed to meet stringent electric vehicle application requirements.

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Automotive

ThermHex unveils new Organosandwich material

The thermoplastic sandwich material is said to offer a range of possible applications in the automotive sector, offering weight savings of over 80% compared to a monolithic design.

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Infrastructure

Hexcel molding compound enables high-volume, zero-waste process

The company’s HexMC-i 2000 high-performance molding compound has been used to produce a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) transmission crossmember using a zero-waste process well-suited for high-volume manufacture. 

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Automotive

McLaren Composites Technology Centre delivers its first carbon fiber chassis prototype

The first carbon fiber MonoCell, the tub that forms the main structure of McLaren’s cars, has been shipped from the innovation center to the McLaren Production Centre where it will undergo crash testing.

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Automotive

JEC World 2019: Evonik

Curing agents and cores specialist Evonik introduced two new products at JEC World 2019.

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Pressure Vessels

Arkema Inc. builds U.S. PEKK production plant

The plant, located near Mobile, Alabama, will produce Kepstan PEKK materials targeted for carbon fiber-reinforced parts in next-generation aircraft.

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Thermoplastics

Markforged raises $82 million to expand product line

The continuous fiber composite 3D printing pioneer will use capital to accelerate mass production printers, global expansion and new materials, such as FR aerocomposites.

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Autoclave

KCTECH, KIA Motors seek to accelerate carbon fiber use in Asian automotive industry

KIA Motors has opened a composite material technical center in KCTECH in South Korea as part of a new collaboration to advance carbon composite parts application in the automotive industry.

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