Processes

SABIC launches new filaments for fused deposition modeling

The new filaments add to the company’s fast-growing additive manufacturing materials portfolio.

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Infusion

NMMA reports US boating industry sales at 10-year high

Boat manufacturers are expanding capacity to meet demand — building new plants and increasing production.

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Made In Space to propose Phase II of Archinaut technology to NASA

The core technology of Archinaut is the Extended Structure Additive Manufacturing Machine, an additive manufacturing capability that enables manufacturing of large structures in space.

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Consumer

SGL and Automotive Management Consulting announce cooperation to develop "xFK in 3D" technology

SGL Sigrapreg TowPreg used in patented 3D winding process to produce lightweight, optimized composite structures with efficiency, speed and reduced waste.

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Thermoplastics

M. Holland Co. to distribute Owens Corning filaments for 3D printing

M. Holland will manage a network of sub-distributors and directly distribute XSTRAND filaments to M. Holland clients in the thermoplastic resin industry

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People on the Move: May 2018

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

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ATL/AFP

Access Atlas still in production

Legacy two-stage ATL technology from the 1980s continues to produce 787 wing skins for Mitsubishi and continues to be adopted by composites industry manufacturers. 

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Pultrusion

Pultruded composites market growing, says EPTA

The European Pultrusion Technology Association (EPTA, Frankfurt, Germany) has published an in-depth report on its highly successful 2018 conference, held in Vienna on March 1-2, 2018. The 12-page document, World Pultrusion Conference 2018: Attractive Long-Term Prospects for Pultruded Composites, is available to download from the EPTA website.

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OMAX hosts demo center in Shanghai

OMAX Corp. is featuring its GlobalMAX 1530 and ProtoMAX abrasive waterjets at the AMT Shanghai Technology and Service Center.

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RTM

AMRC's high-pressure RTM and composite press facility open for R&D collaboration

The University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre says its high-pressure RTM and composite press facility is now ready to host collaborative R&D projects with composites industry manufacturers.

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ELFOAM rigid foam products
Toray Advanced Composites hi-temperature materials
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U.S. Polychemical Acrastrip
Airtech
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