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11th Jul 2020

A partnership between industry, academia and government - Sustainable Composites - has been launched in the UK to harness the research and technology development capabilities to address the limitations in composites use and accelerate development of new recycling technologies while simultaneously creating new sustainable composites from bio-based...

11th Jul 2020

Fiberline has concluded a major deal for the supply of carbon fibre profiles to the Nordex Group, which has a 35-year history in the wind industry. With a supply volume to serve more than 6.000 MW of clean renewable energy over the next three years, the deal indicates a substantial share of the global market for carbon fibre profiles in the wind...

10th Jul 2020

Scientists at Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have developed a flame-retardant carbon-fibre-reinforced composite material using plant-originated tannic acid. The team has also come out with a process for eco-friendly recycling of the material, which is widely used in aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding, and sports equipment industries.

10th Jul 2020

Tohoku University Graduate School of Engineering, Graduate School of Information Sciences, and NEC Corporation are developing a materials integration system utilising NEC's vector supercomputer SX-Aurora Tsubasa to speed up the production of carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) for aircraft. The R and D is taking place under a Japanese government...

10th Jul 2020

Carrington Textiles has earned NFPA 2112 certification for its re-engineered flame-retardant fabrics, signifying high protection against fire. This will assure customers who want to offer garments that not only provide comfort, but also excellent performance against flash fire, electrostatic discharge, ultraviolet radiation, electric arc and chemical...

9th Jul 2020

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess aims to increase use of recycled raw materials in producing its thermoplastic compounds and composites. It has introduced three new polyamide 6 compounds utilising recycled fibres manufactured from waste glass. Recycled fibres make up 30 per cent, 35 per cent and 60 per cent by weight of these new compounds.

9th Jul 2020

Saertex is supporting the BMWi-funded research project HyFiVE - Hybrid joining technologies for connections in maritime use - in which five companies and three scientific institutions have come together to develop new technologies for maritime use. These will evaluate new and efficient adhesive-free joining technologies for applications in shipbuilding.

9th Jul 2020

Scientists at the North Carolina State University have found that film made of tiny carbon nanotubes (CNT) has a combination of thermal, electrical and physical properties because of which it may be used in next-generation smart fabrics. This film may turn out to be a key material in developing clothing that can heat or cool the wearer on demand.

9th Jul 2020

PFNonwovens has appointed Cedric Ballay as the PFN group's new chief executive officer. The appointment is the result of a long-planned succession process at the helm of the Prague-headquartered group. PFNonwovens is the global producer of polypropylene and polyethylene-based nonwovens textiles used for personal hygiene and medical purposes.