16th Dec 2019
America Makes, the national additive manufacturing innovation Institute, has entered into a seven-year cooperative agreement (CA) with the Department of Air Force, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The CA is a cost-reimbursement/cost share agreement with a total funding up to a combined $322 million of government cost and America Makes cost share.
16th Dec 2019
Simavita, a developer of smart, wearable and disposable platform technologies for the global diaper industry, has got CE Mark approval for Smartz. This means Smartz, a low- cost sensing technology, meets the required standards and can be sold throughout the European Economic Area. The technology used in diapers provides accurate, real-time data.
16th Dec 2019
SGL Carbon manufactures and supplies longitudinal leaf springs made of glass fibre-based composite for Ford Transit rear axles in series. The springs are used in combination with the Transit Skeleton chassis. They are applied where high payloads play an important role, for example in caravanning models or specific commercial vehicle variants of the...
16th Dec 2019
Global leader in reusable healthcare textile industry, MIP Inc, was launched in India, by Tor Lund, president and CEO of MIP Inc and Bollywood actor Ameesha Patel amid an august gathering of top doctors, healthcare professionals and policy makers. MIP Inc has come to India after being in the business of reusable healthcare textiles for the last 40...
16th Dec 2019
Oerlikon Nonwoven made a convincing appearance at Shanghai International Nonwoven Exhibition (SINCE) recently, with its tailor-made solutions for hygiene, medical, filtration and extensive product & process know-how. Almost all well-known nonwoven fabric producers visited its stand to find out about advantages of spunbond, meltblown and airlaid...
13th Dec 2019
Norske Skog Saugbrugs and Borregaard are producing a new type of biocomposite that may be used in furniture, packaging and car interiors. Norske Skog and Borregaard will develop sustainable solutions related to plastic raw materials, fibre blending, technology development and testing of biocomposites. The effort is being supported by Innovation Norway.
13th Dec 2019
A consortium including British company ELG Carbon Fibre and the University of Huddersfield's Institute for Railway Research, is developing the world’s first carbon fibre bogie (CAFIBO). The new bogie is lighter than conventional bogies and optimises vertical and transverse stiffness. This bogie will reduce track wear and infrastructure maintenance...
13th Dec 2019
Lanxess' endless fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite material Tepex dynalite has been used extensively in the FuPro project under the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The material has made a major contribution to its success. The project meant to achieve process, structural and functional integration for reducing weight of vehicle...
13th Dec 2019
Kaman Composites - Vermont (KCV), a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation, has expanded its medical imaging customer base. It will manufacture complex composite assemblies for Carestream Health for their DRX product line. All composite detail parts and assemblies will be manufactured at the KCV facility in Bennington. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2020.