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13th Feb 2020

Solvay has developed the material and technology to help automotive and aerospace industries to increase production of composite parts. Its fast-cure prepregs and Double Diaphragm Forming (DDF) are a way to automation. The group has put up a fully automated composite production line at its facility in Heanor, England to demonstrate the process.

13th Feb 2020

Biesterfeld has been granted distribution rights in Norway and Sweden for Airex foams and Baltek balsa products from 3A Composites Core Materials. After successfully handling the distribution in Poland, the partnership has now been extended to Biesterfeld's subsidiaries Lindberg & Lund and ABIC Kemi to include the distribution rights for Norway and...

12th Feb 2020

Additive Composite Uppsala together with the Swedish filament developer Add North 3D has introduced a new high-technology polymer composite for radiation shielding applications. The product is based on research carried out by Uppsala University. The new product provides an alternative to other materials such as cadmium metal in many applications.

12th Feb 2020

Neenah technical materials, a subsidiary of Neenah has announced an investment to increase production capacity for Cranemat to support continued strong growth in water filtration. The Cranemat business, based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was acquired by the leading company involved in filtration business, in 2014 and has steadily grown since that time.

11th Feb 2020

Supreme Nonwovens Group, India's largest nonwovens group, through its majority owned Thailand subsidiary Supreme Feltol Thailand, has taken over automotive interior trims and NVH business of Futuris Automotive. Futuris is a subsidiary of Adient, US. Post-acquisition of Futuris' business, Supreme Feltol will have a second plant in Eastern Seaboard.

11th Feb 2020

Axiom Materials has set up a new 3500-square-metres facility for the development, analysis, and production of ceramic matrix composite materials. The new centre enhances Axiom Materials' ceramic matrix composites (CMC) production capabilities in order to support increasing demand for high-temperature composites in aerospace and industrial applications.

11th Feb 2020

Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory/Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) in partnership with industry are developing the capability to accelerate certification of advanced manufactured composite structures. They are setting up a new materials characterisation subfacility, known as the Materials Solutions Network for the purpose.

11th Feb 2020

Cevotec has given Fuji Industries the license to exclusively represent Cevotec in Japan and Thailand and sell the entire range of Cevotec products. The two have signed an exclusive representation and reseller agreement in this connection. Munich-based automation specialist Cevotec helps manufacturers build complex composites in high volume and quality.

10th Feb 2020

India has lifted the ban on the export of personal protection equipment, including masks. With this move, critical items like surgical masks, disposable masks and all kinds of gloves except those made of nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR), which China urgently needs, can be exported by Indian manufacturers to help China fight the coronavirus epidemic.