Pressure Vessels

Wind/Energy

GWEC reports 51.3 GW of new wind capacity in 2018

The Global Wind Energy Council’s latest data shows that China led both offshore and onshore wind energy installation in 2018.

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Mass Transit

Index sees gradual start to 2019 on slow new orders growth

The Composites Business Index moved lower in the first month of 2019, with slowed growth in new orders.

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Recycling

Building confidence in recycled carbon fiber

Recycled carbon fiber is proving, increasingly, to be a cost-effective, environmentally sustainable composite solution for automotive and other high-volume applications.

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Wind/Energy

IACMI, Abaris host collaborative training workshops

The IACMI/Abaris workshops are aimed at mitigating the critical skills gap in the composites technical industry and growing a skilled composites workforce nation-wide.

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Wind/Energy

Interplastic Corp. launches CIPP resin system

The cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) resin system uses a single liquid initiator to result in a simpler, safer process for initiating CIPP resins.

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U.S. states set gigawatt goals for offshore wind

Three different states plan for gigawatt grids, powered by wind turbines with >90-meter-long composite blades, to help combat climate change.

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Composites 4.0

NCC's new Large Scale Resin Infusion (LSRI) technology designed for aerospace, wind industry R&D

New Large Scale Resin Infusion (LSRI) technology is aimed at widening the applicability of Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) processes to a wider range of components.

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Automotive

Composites manufacturers and legislative leaders met to discuss composites in infrastructure

The meetings were facilitated by ACMA and discussed legislation such as the IMAGINE Act and the former Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program. 

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Pressure Vessels

Michelman invests in Textechno FIMATEST adhesion measurement system

The company seeks to support Textechno in the goal of establishing more standardization for the industry regarding fiber-matrix-adhesion and processing properties.

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Pressure Vessels

Nordex to produce wind blades in Mexico

The company’s Matamoros-based production facility will produce rotor blades for the large turbines of both the AW and the Delta4000 platforms.

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