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8th Jan 2019

Park Electrochemical is expanding its aerospace manufacturing, development and design operations at the Newton City-County Airport in Newton, Kansas. The project includes construction of a redundant manufacturing facility next to Park’s existing Newton facilities, in part to support an aerospace customer. This doubles the size of Park’s existing...

8th Jan 2019

A commercial multi-million pillow programme with a major North American big-box retailer, Pegasus Home Furnishings, in which Alexium International Group’s Alexicool products are the key phase change materials (PCM) ingredient has begun. These products have been selected as the key cooling technology for innovative pillows to be developed in the...

7th Jan 2019

The startup company, Smartmedic, together with scientists at the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania have produced a smart life-collar prototype which inflates in contact with water, thus keeping the head of its wearer above the surface. Buddy, the Life-Collar can save lives and may be vital for parents of young children, not confident in...

7th Jan 2019

Scientists from the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications have devised a simple, scalable and low-cost capillary-driven self-assembly method to prepare silver nanowires (Ag NWs) coated flexible and stretchable conductive fibres that have applications in wearable electronics and smart fabrics. The paper is to be published in Nano.

4th Jan 2019

The global technology group Freudenberg is strengthening its position in China’s rapidly growing market for filtration solutions. The Freudenberg Filtration Technologies Business Group has signed a contract in China to purchase the majority shares of Apollo Air-cleaner, which is a leading supplier of air and water filtration solutions in China.

4th Jan 2019

PolyOne Corporation, a premier global provider of specialised polymer materials, services and solutions, has acquired Fiber-Line, a global leader in customised engineered fibres and composite materials for $120 million. Fiber-Line’s leading technologies will complement PolyOne’s existing specialty composite solutions and wire and cable applications.

3rd Jan 2019

GrapheneCA has become part of IntelliFLEX, the Canadian group which aims to unite companies and research and academic organisations into supply chains for flexible, 3D printable electronics, 2D large area printable electronics, wearable electronics, smart textiles and hybrid electronics, including related semiconductors, integrated circuits and...

3rd Jan 2019

JEC World 2019, to be held during March 12-14 in Paris, will have on its agenda creating business, sourcing innovation and sharing knowledge through different programmes such as business meetings, technical conferences, innovation awards, composites exchange, startup booster competition, innovation planets, composites in action, and composite challenge.

2nd Jan 2019

Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) Cottbus has got a, AFP system from Mikrosam. The 8-axes robotic AFP machine is capable of automated and precise placement of thermoplastic fibres, thermoset prepregs, and dry-fibre material. This gives the university research and development capabilities to make complex 3D parts made of composite materials.