13th Aug 2020
H B Fuller has unveiled a new elastic attachment adhesive - Full-Care 8220, an all-in-one elastic attachment adhesive with best-in-class creep and sheer strength performance across all key adult and baby diaper applications. Manufacturers of absorbent hygiene products do not need to use multiple adhesives across various elastic and high stress...
13th Aug 2020
Teijin Aramid's Technora high-performance fibre has been used in NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover's landing parachute. The Rover has been successfully launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The landing parachute, developed by Airborne Systems and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will be deployed during the Rover's descent to Mars in February 2021.
11th Aug 2020
Scott Bader has become one of 14 partners in the CHAMPION project - a research and innovation initiative focused on replacing conventional polymers with novel bio-based polymers for coatings, textiles, home care and structural adhesive applications. The project has been awarded Horizon 2020 BBI JU funding. Fourteen partners are from six European...
11th Aug 2020
Teijin Carbon Europe, the Teijin Group's carbon fibre business in Europe, is strengthening partnership with the National Composites Centre (NCC) in Bristol, UK with a view to support next generation aerospace manufacturing projects. It has upgraded to Tier 2 membership of NCC. Teijin will support NCC to advance its materials and manufacturing...
11th Aug 2020
Quickstep has initiated a joint project with Spirit Aerosystems, one of the largest commercial aerospace suppliers, to validate its proprietary manufacturing process technology, AeroQure, for use in an aircraft structural component. The two will work to establish AeroQure as a commercial aerospace production solution, meeting aerospace quality...
11th Aug 2020
South Korea recently allowed non-woven fabric, a key material used in filter masks, to be exported as the supply in the country has stabilised. The ministry of trade, industry and energy, however, capped exports at 15 per cent of February production levels. It will also be temporary, with the lifting of the ban to end on January 5 next year.
10th Aug 2020
IACMI - the Composite Institute - is working on a technology that will reduce the cost of producing high-performance carbon fibre by 25 per cent to make composite natural gas or hydrogen fuel tanks to power cars and trucks. It will receive $2.7 million from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for the project. Composite fuel tanks are relatively expensive.
10th Aug 2020
Arkema, leader in high-performance materials for composites and photocurable liquid resins for additive manufacturing, has invested in American start-up Continuous Composites, strengthening collaboration. The goal is to speed up the development of 3D composite manufacturing. Continuous Composites created Continuous Fibre 3D Printing technology (CF3D).
10th Aug 2020
Karam Industries, India's leading personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacturer, today launched its disposable face masks range to offer protection against viruses, bacterial microorganisms, dust, pollen and smoke. It has unveiled first-of-its-kind RF 01 – RFH 02+ disposable face masks range to offer advanced protection to frontline industrial...