nylon news

4th Oct 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has granted $1.5 million to an Ohio University professor to develop engineered composite decking boards from coal. Industry partners are providing an additional $500,000 in funding. Manufacturing coal-based composites requires less energy, and results in lower costs and emissions than manufacturing wood plastic...

4th Oct 2019

Toniq Composites, a company in St Austell, Cornwall which designs and manufactures bespoke and standard products using advanced composite materials, is working on marine craft racing seats with support from Marine-i. Part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i is designed to help the marine tech sector in Cornwall and Isles of...

4th Oct 2019

Gurit is in process of implementing a multi-year plant renewal, manufacturing capacity expansion and technology enhancement programme over a single-digit million amount in CHF at its aerospace site in Kassel. This will enable it to offer aerospace customers required quantities of current and future products at competitive terms made with latest...

3rd Oct 2019

Vision Systems is participating in Clean Sky 2 European research programme with Airbus Helicopters, to develop RACER (Rapid and Cost-Effective Rotorcraft). Vision Systems is developing two composite jettisonable window frames for the cockpit, and one for the cabin, all three windows equipped with its X-Lite composite glass, and a composite electric...

3rd Oct 2019

UTComp, a leader in composite materials inspection and engineering, has launched QCAnalytix, the world's first fully automated in-line inspection solution for composite fabrication and manufacturing. QCAnalytix ensures the strength and reliability of composite materials and products used in sectors as oil and gas, chemical processing, mining, pulp and...

3rd Oct 2019

The ThermoPlastic composites Research Centre (TPRC) in Enschede will celebrate its tenth anniversary on October 8, 2019 at the University of Twente with a conference on 'The Future of Thermoplastic Composites'. The conference will reflect on the most important milestones of the consortium, the future, and the applications of thermoplastic composites.

3rd Oct 2019

Shape Machining Ltd has promoted Ryan Muller to the position of managing director. Shape provides engineering, design, tooling and manufacturing services in a wide range of industries sectors that use carbon fibre with extensive in-house manufacturing and R&D facilities that allow a wide range of projects to be delivered right first time and on time.

3rd Oct 2019

Upcoming edition of JEC Asia 2019 to be held from November 13-15 in Seoul, South Korea, will feature a conference programme with experts from the composites industry giving their insights on latest developments in high-performance composite technologies and applications, and challenges different application industries will face in future.

3rd Oct 2019

Kordsa received the 'Best Supplier Award' from Pirelli which assesses its suppliers in terms of quality of products and services, speed, sustainability, innovative approach, global presence and service level criteria. Kordsa CEO Ali Çalışkan received the award from Andrea Casaluci, general manager operations at Pirelli, at an award ceremony held...