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27th Sep 2019

The National Composites Centre (NCC), UK, which focuses on accelerating the adoption of high-value, sustainable engineering solutions in composites to stimulate growth and enhance capability for the benefit of the UK, and Airborne UK have joined hands for creating a system to collect and store data from an Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) machine.

27th Sep 2019

The National Composites Centre (NCC), based in the UK, has named Alan Banks, innovation supervisor – lightweight technology engineering at Ford Motor, as the final keynote speaker for Composites Overmoulding 2019, to be held on November 6, 2019 at the NCC in Bristol. The event will bring together international composite businesses across all sectors.

26th Sep 2019

Kimberly-Clark has announced that Mark T. Smucker has been elected to its board of directors, effective immediately. Kimberly-Clark is an American multinational personal care corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. The company and its trusted brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175 countries.

26th Sep 2019

GE Additive has set up its new campus in Lichtenfels, Germany. Officially known as GE Additive Lichtenfels, the 40,000 sqm site will become the home for GE Additive Concept Laser teams. The facility is part of continued investment in Lean manufacturing sites, in view of growing customer demand for its technology and the shift to additive serial...

26th Sep 2019

Ashland has unveiled new Solvester laminating adhesives portfolio comprising Solvester 2130-65, Solvester 2500-65RT and Solvester 5000, which has excellent bond performance, aggressive ingredient resistance, low migration performance and ideal cure times of three days or less at ambient conditions. Each laminating adhesive gives ultimate end-use...

26th Sep 2019

Hyosung, a South Korean industrial conglomerate founded in 1966, is all set to make its mark in the global market. It launched its carbon fibre brand Tansome at the China Composites Expo in Shanghai. The company unveiled products made of Tansome, such as wire core materials and high-pressure vessels for hydrogen cars at the show to raise awareness on...

26th Sep 2019

Airborne has unveiled a portal to design and print composite parts, produced by industrial and qualified automated manufacturing systems. It has created a web-based platform where anyone can design composite parts and get direct feedback on performance and price. With this, users can optimise the design for their specific use-case and order the part.

26th Sep 2019

Composites Europe, the leading trade fair in the DACH region (the German-speaking countries) for fibre-reinforced plastics, saw a fall in the number of exhibitors and visitors this year, by seven per cent in comparison to last year. There were 310 exhibitors and 7,581 visitors from 64 countries. Last year, there were 354 exhibitors and 8,148 visitors.

25th Sep 2019

Composite Integration has shifted to a new state of the art facility in view of its enormous growth, which has led to increase in workforce and capabilities. The new premises, which offer a 300 per cent increase in floor space, will enable the company become more efficient and allow it to experience continued growth, particularly in the aerospace...