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7th Dec 2018

Hexcel Corporation, a leading advanced composites company, has appointed Colleen Pritchett as president – aerospace, Americas. Pritchett joins Hexcel from EI du Pont de Nemours and company where she served for more than 20 years most recently as global business director and president of the electronics & imaging advanced printing business in Taiwan.

6th Dec 2018

BeBop Sensors, leader in smart fabric sensor technology, has got the Time Magazine’s Best Inventions 2018 Award for the Forte Wireless Data Glove. The first fully featured affordable wireless data glove to incorporate haptics and super accurate rapid sensing is perfect for industrial, medical, human factors, virtual reality, gaming, and design sectors.

6th Dec 2018

Covestro, a leading supplier of high-performance resins, has accelerated the expansion of its Thermoplastic Polyurethanes business (TPU) by raising its stake in the joint venture DIC Covestro Polymer Ltd (DCP) from 50 to 80 per cent. The investment is part of its expansion of global TPU business. Closing of the deal is planned for early second quarter...

5th Dec 2018

University of Manchester researchers have added graphene to jute to create graphene-strengthened natural jute fibre composites. This may lead to production of high-performance, environment-friendly natural fibre composites that could replace synthetic composites in the automotive industry, ship building, durable wind turbine blades and low-cost housing.

5th Dec 2018

A seminar on ‘Geosynthetics’, organised jointly by the Department of Handlooms and Textiles, Government of Tamilnadu and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International School of Textiles and Management (SVPITM), will be held on December 19, 2018 at Chennai . The seminar will be part of the Phase-II workshops to be held during December 2018-March 2019.

5th Dec 2018

Composites Evolution has developed a new tooling prepreg system (Evopreg EPT), based on a hybrid combination of carbon and flax reinforcements in partnership with moulders KS Composites. In the new hybrid tooling system, several of the carbon bulking plies are replaced with more cost-effective flax to reduce the cost of carbon-epoxy mould tools.

4th Dec 2018

Lenzing Group, a company producing high-quality fibres and filaments from renewable raw material wood, has applied for 25 patents for its new Lenzing Web Technology with World Intellectual Property Organisation.The applications will focus on product, process and application inventions as part of Lenzing’s intellectual property protection strategy.

4th Dec 2018

Hexcel has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ARC Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of custom RF / EMI and microwave absorbing composite materials. The acquisition will strengthen Hexcel’s existing advanced materials portfolio in structural composites and thermoplastics, providing new opportunities for growth and market penetration.

3rd Dec 2018

4M Carbon Fibre Corp has become part of the Composite Applications Group (CAG), a consortium of companies that produce carbon fibre, use fibre in composite parts, deploy advanced CFRP technologies, and utilise composite reinforced plastic (CFRP) parts. Composites are being increasingly used in transportation, marine markets, and aerospace sectors.