Source | GKN Aerospace   GKN Aerospace (Redditch, U.K.) has been selected as a key supplier on the new Gulfstream G700 business jet, which was unveiled at the 2019 NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition on Oct. 21. GKN Aerospace will use its design and manufactur

  The 3D hybrid A-pillar extends upward from the vehicle rocker panel, accommodates the door hinges and holds the windshield in place at the side. Source | LANXESS AG The Porsche (Stuttgart, Germany) 911 Cabriolet that rolled out this year is the first vehicle manufact

    Solvay (Brussels, Belgium) has signed an agreement with Baker Hughes (Houston, Texas, U.S.) on the implementation of thermoplastic composite materials in offshore flexible pipes and risers for the oil and gas industry. Solvay says that its expertise in composite materials a

  Source | Hexion   Hexion Inc.’s (Columbus, Ohio, U.S.) Bakelite FoamSet materials are injection and compression moldable foam materials for lightweight construction applications. They are said to provide heat stability with low thermal expansion, strength for screw connectio

COBRA manufactures the 3.66m Skeeta hull using a molded EPS foam core blank, assembled with a mixture of woven and biaxial glass fibre fabrics, localized carbon fibre reinforcements and G-10 inserts.  Source | COBRA International OEM manufacturer of composite products COBRA Inter

Source | PolyOne   PolyOne (Avon Lake, Ohio, U.S.) has launched its reSound OM (overmolding) thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), the latest addition to its sustainable solutions portfolio. These new formulations, which comprise between 40-50% content derived from sugarcane &md

  Source | Toray Advanced Composites   Toray Advanced Composites (Morgan Hill, Calif., U.S.) has announced the release of Toray TC346, a new prepreg resin system engineered for the high-end automotive and motorsport market. Toray Advanced Composites has provided high-performan

  Source | RS Technologies Inc.   RS Technologies Inc. (RS; Tilbury, Ontario, Canada) recently announced that an RS utility pole, protected with an RS Fire Shield made from fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP), has survived forest fire conditions in Canada's Northwest T

Solvay (Alpharetta, Ga., U.S.) has joined the ThermoPlastic Composites Research Center (TPRC, Enschede, Netherlands) as a Tier 1 member, which grants Solvay access to the TPRC’s thermoplastic composites research as well as the ability to steer fundamental development activit

Covestro and BÜFA Thermoplastic Composites cooperate in the distribution of Maezio UD tapes. Source | Covestro Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany) has entered into a distribution agreement with BÜFA Thermoplastic Composites (Oldenburg, Germany), a supplier of raw materials and semi-f

Source | Hexion Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio, U.S.) has announced the completed construction of its new Application Development Center (ADC) in Shanghai as part of its global efforts to further strengthen its research and development and technical services capabilities. The new 4,800 square

A recent partnership combines Continuous Composites’ patented continuous fiber 3D printing technology (CF3D) with Sartomer’s N3xtDimension UV-curable resin solutions.  Source | Arkema   Arkema (Colombes Cedex, France) is working to expand the use of its high-per

  Source | Airborne Airborne (The Hague, Netherlands) has delivered the last 4 out of 10 XL substrate panels to Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands (Leiden, Netherlands) for use in the solar array of European Space Agency’s (ESA) JUICE mission to Jupiter.  The

    Composite Technology Center GmbH (CTC, Stade, Germany), a pioneer and trailblazer for new manufacturing technologies in the aerospace industry and Plataine, a leading provider of Industrial IoT and AI-based optimization solutions for advanced manufac

    CirComp manufactures customized components from composite materials using CNC controlled filament winding, thermoplastic pultrusion or resin transfer molding (RTM). Source | CirComp LinkedIn   Albany International Corp. (Rochester, NH, U.S.) announced that it has

    Anisoprint (Moscow, Russia) has launched the ProM IS 500, which it claims is the first industrial 3D printer specifically designed to print high-temperature thermoplastics with continuous fiber reinforcement. The ProM IS 500 reportedly provides precise, repea

    Glass and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP and CFRP) composites have been used to build marine vessels for decades, including numerous 40- to 60-meter minehunters and even larger vessels, including the Swedish Navy’s 72-meter-long Visby Class Corvette and

SAERTEX worked with shipbuilder Neptun Werft to build a composite superstructure to cut weight 45% vs. steel in a river cruiser. SOURCE | SAERTEX This blog is a sidebar to my Dec 2019 feature article, “Removing barriers to lightweighting ships with composites”. Composite

Source | Mikrosam   Mikrosam (Prilep, Macedonia) announced on Dec. 3 that it will deliver advanced equipment to GKN Fokker (Redditch, U.K.) for development of thermoplastic composite (TPC) aircraft parts. The suite of equipment includes Mikrosam’s latest automated f

    “Our main goal is to produce structural continuous fiber composites for industry,” says 9T Labs (Zurich, Switzerland) co-founder Giovanni Cavolina. “If you talk to people who manufacture CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced polymer) parts, most don’t believe