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13th Mar 2018

Saint-Gobain’s Performance Plastics business has taken over HyComp, an Ohio-based manufacturer of advanced proprietary components for the aerospace and industrial markets. HyComp operates from a single location in the Cleveland area and is a leading supplier of composite components made with proprietary carbon fibres and thermoplastic materials.

12th Mar 2018

The sixteenth edition of the premier trade show for technical textiles and nonwovens, Techtextil North America 2019, will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina. The relocation to Raleigh brings the show back to the heart of the North American textile industry, with drive-in access for many leading companies and near the Raleigh-Durham international...

8th Mar 2018

International Enviroguard has unveiled a new Corporate Branding and Website with a new tagline, Comfortable Confidence. The aim is to portray company’s innovative products, the industries it supports, and its values. The new website makes it easier for safety directors and procurement managers to find the disposable protective garments they need.

7th Mar 2018

Michelman will enter in partnership with AZL Aachen to work in close cooperation with this organisation along with the entire lightweight industry’s value chain to drive innovation in composite production. As part of the partnership strategy, the company will put efforts to further advance and improve composite development throughout the industry.

7th Mar 2018

Asia’s largest biennial event for technical textiles and nonwovens sectors, Cinte Techtextil China, will be held during September 4-6. The fair is significant since the region is showing remarkable growth in these sectors and is expected to continue this trend. Major initiatives by the Chinese government have injected billions of dollars into the...

6th Mar 2018

Oxeon AB, one of the market leading companies within tape weaving technologies and tape woven materials headquartered in Sweden, has announced that the company has received the AS9100D aerospace certification. This designates a high-standard Quality Management System (QMS). In the composites industry, Oxeon materials is sold under the brand name...

6th Mar 2018

Chomarat, the composite reinforcement specialist group, has developed multiaxial glass NCF for thermoplastic composites. The patented stitching yarn can withstand processing temperatures upto 400 degree Celisus, making it an innovative industrial solution for thermoplastic composites and alternative to the woven reinforcements used in the automotive...

5th Mar 2018

SGL Group has developed a new carbon fibre, SIGRAFIL C T50-4.8/280, which is characterised by a high Young’s modulus, making it ideal for aerospace applications. Pressure vessels, drive shafts, profiles, and sheet molding compounds (SMCs) are other applications for the fibre which has good mechanical properties due to high stiffness and strength.

5th Mar 2018

JEC Group, the largest international information and connection network on advanced materials, will open the doors of JEC World, the leading trade show for advanced materials that brings together all the composite industry stakeholders, from material producers to end-users, to be held from March 6 to 8, 2018, in Paris, France, for around 100+ countries.