2nd Aug 2019
Kaman Composites-Vermont (KCV), a division of Kaman Aerospace, has announced that it has been recognised by Rolls-Royce as the 'Best New Supplier 2018'. KCV was selected by Rolls-Royce out of its entire global supply base in recognition of the outstanding performance of its support of Rolls-Royce on various compressor components and composite...
2nd Aug 2019
Lukoil, one of the largest publicly traded, vertically integrated oil and gas companies in the world, has made an investment decision to set up a polypropylene (PP) plant at the Nizhny Novgorod Refinery. The Russian company accounts for more than 2 per cent of the world's oil production and around 1 per cent of the proved hydrocarbon reserves.
1st Aug 2019
SGL Carbon and Elbe Flugzeugwerke, a German aircraft manufacturer, have extended their contract to supply prepregs (impregnated carbon fibre textiles) for use in the Airbus A350 cabin's floor panels by another year, to the end of 2020. SGL Carbon has been supplying Elbe Flugzeugwerke with carbon fibre prepregs for floor panels since the A350 was...
1st Aug 2019
Covestro, among the largest polymer companies, is improving its offerings and capabilities in continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) composites keeping in mind the market trends and growing demand. A new tape line has now been commissioned in its Leverkusen laboratory to develop new products with different fibre and resin combinations.
31st Jul 2019
The Robert C Byrd Institute has given Carbon Fibre Composites $10,000 to develop a new aircraft concept for the general aviation market. RCBI's Early Stage Funding assistance is meant to enhance business development and innovation among West Virginia companies. Carbon Fibre Composites is the first general aviation company in the state to receive this...
31st Jul 2019
Huesker has introduced the world's first geogrid - ecoLine - made from 100 per cent recycled PET. The natural resources of the earth are limited. Therefore, it is all the more important to develop solutions that sustainably reduce consumption for example, in the form of waste and close material cycles. This is where the ecoLine concept comes in.
31st Jul 2019
Kordsa, a global player of construction reinforcement and composites technologies market, has started second phase of ‘Inspired from Life, We Reinforce Life’ campaign that it had kicked off in January. In this phase, emphasising on how the company inspires from happy, safe and peaceful moments of life, Kordsa employees told their own source of...
30th Jul 2019
Organic Initiative (Oi) has announced its expansion to more than 11,000 stores in the US. The company is focused on removing plastic, synthetics, and chemicals from hygiene products. Oi's range delivers premium, organic, healthy, and yet affordable women's sanitary products, certified organic by BioGro and the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS).
30th Jul 2019
Strata has been awarded the Geosynthetic Accreditation Institute - Laboratory Accreditation Programme (GAI-LAP) certification for manufacturing of StrataGrid (flexible PET geogrids) and StrataWeb (geocell) at its new manufacturing facility in Daheli, India, which opened in early 2019. The company produces geosynthetic products and engineering solutions.