Lanxess (Cologne, Germany) introduces its latest product, Durethan BLUEBKV60H2.0EF, a glass fiber-reinforced compound that uses 92% sustainable raw materials, more than other prime quality glass-fiber-reinforced plastic the company notes. The new easy-flowing plastic gr

Vision Composite Products (Decatur, Ala., U.S.), a developer and manufacturer of off-road, racing and after-market automotive wheels, has selected IDI Composites International’s (Noblesville, Ind., U.S) Ultrium U660 for its carbon fiber forged wheels. Seeking a better material solution

    Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) announced on Oct. 19 that its carbon fiber subsidiary Renegade Materials Corp. (Miamisburg, Ohio, U.S.), a U.S.-based supplier of highly heat-resistant thermoset prepregs, resins and adhesives for the aerospace industry, will expand its

Anisoprint (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, U.K.), a manufacturer of continuous fiber 3D printing systems, has used its continuous fiber co-extrusion technology to produce lightweight parts for a lunar rover designed by student team Kepler, winners of ActInSpace 2020, said to be the largest

The pilot plant will be completed in 1Q 2022, says Gallo, with a goal to start production by 2Q and having carbon fiber samples ready for testing and other R&D activities by the end of 2022. Production line capacity will be in the range of 120 kilograms/day for PAN precursor and 5

Managing Composites (Madrid, Spain) is an engineering consultancy for composites materials and processes. Founded in 2013 by CEO Lluc Martí, by 2019, the company included business partners Pol Suriñach (chief engineer), Alejandro Batán (chief programs officer), Eneko Angul

Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber Co. Ltd. (Jiangsu Province, China) announced on Sept. 8 that it has put its Xining-based 10,000-MT carbon fiber manufacturing facility into operation. According to CNBM, Zhongfu Shenying’s parent company, the production line is designed to produce

It was announced on Oct. 6 that the second composites-intensive European Service Module (ESM-2), built by Airbus (Toulouse, France) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I and II moon missions, is ready for delivery from the Airbus site in Bremen, Germany. An Antonov carg

Photo Credit: HT Aero HT Aero (Guangzhou, China), an urban air mobility (UAM) company in which XPeng Inc. (Guangzhou, China) is an investor, unveiled future urban usage scenarios for its fifth-generation composite flying vehicle XPeng X2 (X2), including autonomous flight takeoff and landing for s

Venetian middle-distance runner Miro Buroni has created and developed Pleko, a customized athletic track shoe (or spike shoe) with the support of Italian sportswear and footwear manufacturing Diadora (Veneto, Italy) for historical analysis and CRP Technology (Modena, I

Photo Credit, all images: Aura Aura, an all-electric, two-seater concept sports car made with natural fiber composites, was unveiled on Sept. 22 at the CENEX-LCV show at Millbrook Proving Ground.  Funded by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) through the Niche Vehicle Network (NVN)

The Augsburg AI (artificial intelligence) Production Network — founded in January 2021 and based in Augsburg, Germany — brings together the University of Augsburg, the Fraunhofer Institute for Foundry, Composites and Processing Technology (Fraunhofer IGCV)

Lanxess (Cologne, Germany) is expanding its range of halogen-free, flame-retardant, glass-fiber-reinforced polyamide 6 (PA6) compounds to include Durethan BKV30FN01 — which is reinforced with 30% glass fiber — and Durethan BKV30FN04 DUS064. Both products are designed for use i

Photo Credit: Permali Permali (Gloucester, U.K.) designs and manufactures high-strength, glass fiber-reinforced (GRP) composite stanchions, guardrails, deck safety net frames and ladder systems for naval warships and support vessels. To meet the latest U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) regulat

Norplex (Postville, Iowa, U.S.) celebrates the launch of Norplex Advanced Composites with the opening of a state-of-the-art manufacturing center based in Manhattan, Mon., U.S. This facility will expand its capabilities to offer advanced prepregs that provide cost-effective

Photo Credit: Carbon Mobile Carbon Mobile (Berlin, Germany) has relocated its production of sustainable composite smartphones to Germany. In partnership with commerce and lifecycle service provider Ingram Micro (Irvine, Calif., U.S.), the company's future devices will be produced in the form

Photo Credit: Galexa Homes Residential and commercial building systems manufacturer Galexa Homes (Naples, Fla., U.S.) recently announced that it has launched a new funding round via crowdfunding site Start Engine. In 2018, the company Galexa was founded to build affordable, local housing. First,

A&P Technology (Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.) converts Toray Composite Materials America’s (TCMA, Tacoma, Wash., U.S.) T1100G 71E 12k carbon fiber into TX-45 — 197 GSM 45° fabric — which the company says provides performance improvements and significant cost savin

Photo Credit: Saudi Aramco Saudi Aramco’s (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) senior vice president of technical services, Ahmad Al-Sa’adi, recently inaugurated the first fiberglass rebar facility in Saudi Arabia, IKK Mateenbar. The facility was established under a memorandum of understanding sig

Photo Credit: INCA Renewtech Natural fiber composites manufacturer INCA Renewable Technologies (Kelowna, Canada) reports that its lead product, INCA BioPanels, will reduce carbon emissions by 76%, waste production by 89% and water consumption by 82% compared to the lauan rainforest