SABIC and Nottingham Spirk partner to accelerate innovation development
With this move SABIC hopes to accelerate the development of disruptive solutions across multiple industries.
SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) announced on Aug. 14 that it is working with Nottingham Spirk, a business innovation and product design firm based in Cleveland, OH, US. The partnership is part of a move by SABIC to invest in new applications and methods of collaboration to innovate across the industry value chain. The company hopes to accelerate the development of disruptive solutions to create end-user market pull by pairing its propietary thermoplastics portfolio with Nottingham Spirk’s capabilities to design and commercialize breakthrough products across multiple industrial verticals.
Related Content
-
Daher CARAC TP project advances thermoplastic composites certification approach
New tests, analysis enable databases, models, design guidelines and methodologies, combining materials science with production processes to predict and optimize part performance at temperatures above Tg (≈150-180°C) for wing and engine structures.
-
Plant tour: Daher Shap’in TechCenter and composites production plant, Saint-Aignan-de-Grandlieu, France
Co-located R&D and production advance OOA thermosets, thermoplastics, welding, recycling and digital technologies for faster processing and certification of lighter, more sustainable composites.
-
Eaton developing carbon-reinforced PEKK to replace aluminum in aircraft air ducts
3D printable material will meet ESD, flammability and other requirements to allow for flexible manufacturing of ducts, without tooling needed today.