One of the issues faced by engineers developing electric vehicles (EVs) is the mass of the batteries necessary to provide power to the motors. The batteries are heavy. This means that in order to get range—one of most required features for an EV—there needs to be sufficient battery

Mikrosam (Prilep, Macedonia), a company that offers automated solutions for manufacturing advanced composites, in collaboration with Composite Automation (Cape Coral, Fla., U.S.), have completed the installation of its latest custom-made prepreg tape slitting and tow-rewinding machi

In this Digital Demo, Trevor Gundberg, vice president of composites engineering at Vectorply Corp. (Phenix City, Ala., U.S.), demonstrates the company’s capabilities as a formatter of fiber reinforcements for a variety of composites manufacturing processes. Gundberg reviews the company&rsquo

The European BASAJAUN project, led by Tecnalia (Gipuzkoa, Spain), aims to construct two full-scale demo buildings in Finland and France over a period of 48 months using as few forest resources as possible, as well as digitizing the entire construction industry value chain. The goals are to boo

Borflex (Rouen, France), specializing in the design and development of elastomeric products, has developed Fiberroll, a range of compacting rollers that meet automated fiber placement (AFP) requirements. The rollers are applicable to thermoset or thermoplastic prepregs and

Solico (Oosterhout, Netherlands), a composite engineering specialist for the marine, architectural, defense and industrial sectors launches its Amphora software for the design, calculation and optimization of composite storage tanks and silos.  Composite materials are

Professor Kuang-Ting Hsiao's group at the University of South Alabama (Atlanta) have recently developed ZT-CFRP, an innovative plastic composite enriched with nanoparticles and reinforced with carbon fibers which was originally supported by NASA. Funded by the U.S. Natio

Partners in the Realisation and Demonstration of Advanced Material Solutions for Sustainable and Efficient Ships (RAMSSES) project are working to demonstrate a composite ship that weighs 40% less than a steel equivalent, offering considerable reduction in fuel consumption and em

Hypetex (London, U.K.), a company that manufactures and supplies colored advanced materials, is partnering with Composite Envisions (Wausau, Wis., U.S.), a global distributor of composite materials and supplies. Hypetex says this partnership will give the U.S. market a

Hopium (France), a 100% hydrogen automotive manufacturer, reveals the design of its new technological platform for hydrogen vehicles, which the company says has been designed to achieve unparalleled performance for a high-end vehicle.  The Hopium Māchina, the brand's first m

On Feb. 24, President Biden signed an Executive Order to help create more resilient and secure supply chains for critical and essential goods in the U.S. According to the announcement, the Order will launch an immediate 100-day review across federal agencies to address vulnerabil

Arris (Berkeley, Calif., U.S.) developer of Additive Molding technology for the production of high-performance composites in mass-market products, announced on March 3 that it has has won the GOOD DESIGN Award for its carbon fiber-optimized truss structure. A

Mansory (Brand, Germany) presents a completed conversion of the two-door Mansory Stallone GTS (MY21) to meet the demands of open-top driving. The complete vehicle conversion follows the company’s three-generation refinement of the Ferrari Gran Turismo based on the 599 GTB

On Feb. 26 Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) launches its novel Tenax PW (power series) and Tenax BM (beam series) brands of carbon fiber intermediate materials for sports applications. Tenax PW, made of high-tenacity, high tensile modulus resin, is an advanced aircraft-quality material th

Manna Laminates (Misgav, Israel) introduces its new organosheet FEATURE (Flame retardant, Electro-magnetic shielding, Appearance and acoustics, Thermal conductivity, Underweight, Robustness and Economical) FML (fiber-metal laminate) semi-raw material, a laminate with integr

Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (Kiyosu, Japan) has received the Technology & Development Award from Toyota Motor Corp. (Toyota, Japan) for the development of composite high pressure hydrogen tanks used on the new 2021 Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle (FCV), launched by

Refitech (Waalwijk, Netherlands) has expanded its range of RefiFLEX carbon fiber square tube construction solutions, which now include a 40 x 40-millimeter high-precision tube with a standard length of 1,600 millimeters, as well as the corresponding connectors, RefiFL

Analyswift (West Jordan, Utah, U.S.), a Purdue University-affiliated software company that provides efficient high-fidelity modeling software for composites, in conjunction with the University of Southern Florida as the primary research institution, has received a NASA Small Bu

The National Composites Centre (NCC, Bristol, U.K.) has recently proposed the use of biobased flax fibers as a more sustainable, cost-effective reinforcement material for the development of Magway’s (Wembley, U.K.) subterranean tubes as a high-capacity delivery sy

Compositadour (Bayonne, France) has acquired an XCell robotic automated fiber placement (AFP) solution from Carbon Axis (La Rochelle, France). In use since December 2020, the XCell machine allows for the automation of 2D and 3D composites preforms (). Housed within an en