March 10th, 2020: Neenah, Inc. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Vectorply Corporation, a portfolio company of MSouth Equity Partners, for $155 million in cash. Closing is expected to occur on April 1, and is subject to customary conditions.
New UK-USA collaboration to develop composite materials
March 10th, 2020: Seven new research and innovation projects that will develop new composite materials that can advance component manufacture in a number of global industries, such as aerospace, automotive and renewable energy generation, have been announced.
Blade Recycling now a top Priority for the Wind Industry
Feb. 15th, 2020: Wind turbine recycling is an important task for the wind industry – and it is making significant progress in the right direction, according to WindEurope.
U.S. Air Force and Wright Brothers Institute Select Continuous Composites for T3 Transition Accelerator
COEUR D'ALENE, ID / ACCESSWIRE / February 14, 2020 / Continuous Composites, a premier composites manufacturing company, is pleased to announce its acceptance and participation in the T3 Transition Accelerator program led by the Wright Brothers Institute, in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Air Force Small Business Innovative Research Program Office (AF SBIR/STTR), and The Entrepreneurs Center (TEC) of Dayton.
This company has a solution to perishable carbon composites
Feb.14, 2020: A Bothell firm says its machines can manufacture carbon composites on site and reduce waste.
How to Choose Composite Core Materials for Your Application
Feb. 14th, 2020: The function of engineered structures is completed by using composite core materials to make up for performance requirements or a specific type of design. The requirements may be reducing weight, adding stiffness, offering energy absorption, or providing impact resistance.
Soft polymers reinforce a new, bioinspired composite
Feb 14, 2020: Composites combine the desirable properties of several materials to exhibit enhanced physical, chemical, and mechanical properties that are different from their individual constituents. Some high-performance materials have been developed using this method.
Researchers Develop Self-Assembling Materials They Can Better Control
Feb. 4th, 2020: A template for controlling the structure of materials called eutetics is eyed for the design of new, high-performance materials with myriad uses.
Arevo’s new design-print-go additive manufacturing system speeds parts-building
Feb. 4th, 2020: Arevo, Milpitas, Calif., seeks to use its patented software algorithm, carbon-fiber materials, and robotic 3D printing technology to enable manufacturing-as-a-service for the production of composite parts....
Air Force Research Lab aims to speed up certification of composite structures
Feb. 4th 2020: AFRL and CHESS leverage beamline technology to analyze AM parts..
Chomarat shortlisted for JEC Innovation Award
Feb. 4th, 2020: Composite reinforcement company Chomarat Group has been named as a finalist in the JEC Innovation Awards in the Maritime Transportation and Shipbuilding category...
Shape-morphing living composites
Feb. 4th, 2020: In a recent study published on Science Advances, L. K. Rivera-Tarazona and a research team in the departments of bioengineering and biological sciences at the University of Texas, Dallas, U.S., established a new method to explore genetic networks in the lab. They created living synthetic composites ...
Materials Sciences Expands Facility in Greenville County, South Carolina
Feb. 4th, 2020: Materials Sciences, an engineering services and manufacturing company, plans to expand operations in Greenville County, South Carolina. The $4.2 million investment is expected to create 34 new jobs...
A New Solution for Difficult-to-Bond Materials: Introducing the 3M VHB Tape LSE Series
Feb. 4th, 2020: The new 3M VHB Tape LSE Series eliminates design challenges associated with difficult-to-stick-to composites and low surface energy plastics with the strong, durable, fast and easy assembly of 3M VHB Tape.
Axiom opens High-Temperature Composites Center
Feb. 4th, 2020: Axiom Materials continues to strengthen its leadership in the field of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) and related high-temperature composite products. The company has recently invested in a new 3500 square metre facility for the development, analysis, and production of ceramic matrix composite materials.
AIMPLAS takes part in project to help replace metal railway parts with lighter composite materials
Jan. 24th, 2020: AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, successfully participated in the recently completed European MAT4RAIL project, which involved developing new materials and components to design the railway of the future....
NASA to help fund AnalySwift, Purdue technology shown to speed design of composite deployable structures
Jan. 24th, 2020: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – An innovation that helps speed the design of fishing rods, skis and cell phone electronics soon will help NASA do its work in space.
Mitsubishi Chemical to Acquire European Carbon Fiber Prepreg Manufacturer
Jan. 24th, 2020: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC; Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Masayuki Waga) announced that it will acquire a German Carbon Fiber Prepreg Manufacturer, c-m-p GmbH (c-m-p; Head Office: Heinsberg, Germany) through its subsidiary, Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Material...
New-found method could simplify aerospace-grade composite manufacturing
Jan. 24th, 2020: A new method using carbon nanotubes to create aerospace-grade composites without an autoclave has been developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Composites research paves the way for aerospace weaving
Jan. 24, 2020: The pioneering application of X-ray imaging technology could lead to the wider adoption of high-specification composite materials, in particular woven textile composites, according to a research group at Manchester University.
Researchers gain control over internal structure of self-assembled composite materials
Jan. 24, 2020: Composites made from self-assembling inorganic materials are valued for their unique strength and thermal, optical and magnetic properties. However, because self-assembly can be difficult to control, the structures formed can be highly disordered, leading to defects during large-scale production. Researchers have now developed a templating technique