Fabrics/Preforms
Withstanding fire without the weight
New composites meet stringent fire requirements while lightweighting ships, rail cars and battery boxes for electric cars and planes.
Read MoreBally Ribbon Mills acheives ISO 13485:2016 certification
Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM, Bally, PA, US), manufacturer of specialized engineered woven fabrics, has received ISO 13485:2016 certification.
Read MoreMETYX USA receives ISO 9001: 2015 certification
The company’s new technical textiles production, sales and distribution facility in Gastonia, NC, US is now ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certified.
Read MoreVELOX named distributor for Porcher Industries
The distribution agreement includes the complete product range of Porcher Industries, such as glass yarn fabrics, woven carbon fabrics and thermoplastics prepregs.
Read MoreComposite radar masts assembled for megayachts
Vabo Composites designs, builds and assembles 10m-tall composite radar masts, improving weight, stability and performance for modern megayachts.
Read MoreEuroFibers expands business to include fabrics
The company offers performance fabrics with special features like cut, slash, abrasion and fire resistance.
Read MoreSAERTEX introduces unidirectional glass fiber fabrics for leaf springs
Processed via resin transfer molding (RTM), Ultra Fatigue UD from SAERTEX is designed for use with epoxy and polyurethane resins and is well suited for high-volume production.
Read MoreAVK presents its 2018 Innovation Awards
The 2018 AVK Innovation Awards were presented at the International Composites Congress (ICC) on Nov 5, chosen from more than 50 submissions.
WatchAutomating composites production for ease of use and affordability
Schmidt & Heinzemann innovates composites workcells with German quality and small-company flexibility — “modules customized per product and program is the key.”
Read MoreCAMX 2018: Second look, more new developments
Curved pultrusion for automotive, Smart Susceptors for primary structure repairs and Huntsman advances leaf springs for trucks, carbon wheels for automotive, “thin-ply” ailerons with Airbus and Nanocomp Technologies.
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