26th Jun 2019
KLM and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have joined hands to work towards making aviation more sustainable. KLM will contribute to TU Delft's research into an innovative flight concept known as the "Flying-V", which is based on a different approach to aircraft design that anticipates and supports sustainable long-distance flight in the future.
26th Jun 2019
Scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) have developed a process to fabricate superelastic and fatigue resistant hard carbon aerogels with nanofibrous network structure by using resorcinol-formaldehyde resin as a hard carbon source. The research has been inspired by the flexibility and rigidity of natural spider silks...
25th Jun 2019
A meeting of people's representatives and senior revenue department officials in Kerala's Fort Kochi recently decided to immediately set up geotextile tube walls at Companyppady, Bazaar and Velankanni North in Chellanam panchayat to stop further erosion of the shores and prevent flooding of homes. Those are stretches in the panchayat worst hit by...
25th Jun 2019
Aviation industry supplier Premium Aerotec is making progress in developing world’s first thermoplastic pressure bulkhead through work by a multidisciplinary research and development team. The aim is to prepare the thermoplastic joining technology of resistance welding for use in serial production. The demonstrator was recently exhibited in Paris Air...
25th Jun 2019
Representatives of ZAL Center for Applied Aeronautical Research and National Research Council of Canada (NRC) signed a framework agreement at the Paris Air Show (June 17-23, 2019). In 2017, the institutions launched two joint research projects regarding acoustics in aircraft cabin and composite fibre materials. Now, the cooperation is being expanded...
25th Jun 2019
Medline’s Micro-Kill Bleach Germicidal Bleach Wipes have become the first infection control product to be cleared by EPA to kill Candida auris (C. auris), a multidrug resistant fungus, found in hospitals. The announcement solidifies Micro-Kill Bleach Germicidal Bleach Wipes’ place in Medline’s industry-leading portfolio of infection prevention products.
24th Jun 2019
ASTM International’s committee on geosynthetics presented its annual award – the Award of Merit – to Kent P von Maubeuge, director of corporate identity and corporate communication & senior product manager with Naue GmbH & Co KG. The award which includes the title of fellow, is ASTM’s highest recognition for individual contributions to developing...
24th Jun 2019
Exel Composites has decided to expand its operations in Kapfenberg, Austria, by investing in a new manufacturing facility. Special profiles like the electrical, mechanical, railway and paper machine industries are currently manufactured in the Kapfenberg facility. The construction of the new facility is expected to be completed in second half of 2020.
24th Jun 2019
Foster Corporation, a leader in polymer material solutions for medical and pharmaceutical markets, has broken ground on a new state-of-the-art 5,182 sq m manufacturing facility that is adjacent to its headquarters in Putnam, CT, US. The new expansion comes only a few years after Foster opened a new pharmaceutical building for its ‘Delivery Science’...