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‘Evonik Leads Research Into Next-generation Bioresorbable Polymer Implants’

PlasticsToday.com Jun 21 09:51 am 

June 21 2016 Norbert Sparrow Medical Biodegradable high-strength composites show tremendous promise as an alternative to metal-based implantable devices used to repair fractured bones. Metallic devices remain in the body permanently or require a second surgical procedure to remove them. By contrast biodegradable plastics or... Materials

‘Boeing, Tata Announce Joint Indian Facility’

UPI Jun 20 07:37 am 

Geoff Ziezulewicz HYDERABAD India June 20 UPI -- Tata Advanced Systems and Boeing are opening a joint facility in India to co-produce AH-64 Apache helicopter fuselages Tata announced Saturday.

‘Aston Martin, Dow Form Technical Partnership’

PlasticsToday.com Jun 15 09:06 pm 

June 15 2016 Stephen Moore Automotive and Mobility Aston Martin and Dow Automotive Systems Auburn Hills MI have formed a technical partnership that will enable an expansion of their collaborative development efforts and lead to a broader portfolio of Dow solutions being utilized for Aston Martin production models and race cars. Dow adhesives are... Materials

‘Global Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics (GFRP) Composites Market Report 2016-2021 – Analysis, Technologies & Forecasts …’

Business Wire Jun 16 07:42 am 

DUBLIN--BUSINESS WIRE--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the quotGlass Fiber Reinforced Plastics GFRP Composites Market - By Material Glass Fiber Resins Fillers Manufacturing Process Manual Compression Injection Continues Process Industry - Forecast 2016 - 2021.quot report to their offering. Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite materials are characterized by specific ...

‘Body Armor For Cops Now Available To Civilians’

PR Newswire Jun 12 04:53 pm 

CAMARILLO Calif. June 12 2016 PRNewswire -- DFNDR Armor expresses their condolences to the victims and families of today39s senseless act of terror in the city of Orlando Florida. DFNDR manufactures and sells certified body armor to military and law enforcement agencies who...

‘Aerospace Firm Successfully Tests Solar-powered Aircraft’

News West 9 Midland Jun 10 04:14 pm 

A test pilot successfully flew a solar-powered prototype aircraft on Friday for a company that envisions manufacturing a fleet of drones to provide aerial internet service for an estimated 4 billion people worldwide.

‘US$2 Million Investment In Lowering Cost Of Composites’

materialstoday Jun 09 09:45 am 

Amod Ogale inspects some carbon fiber with his team in their Earle Hall lab. A professor at Clemson University in South Carolina USA has received US2 million to develop lower cost composite materials for aircraft and luxury cars.

‘Russia Unveils New Passenger Plane It Says Will Rival Boeing, Airbus’

Reuters via Yahoo UK & Ireland News Jun 09 04:17 am 

Russia on Wednesday presented a new medium-range passenger plane which state media said was superior to its Western-made counterparts in many respects and would be snapped up by both Russian and foreign carriers. In a glitzy ceremony at a factory in Siberia attended by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Irkut Corporation rolled out its new MC-21 passenger plane which is still undergoing testing but...