Automotive

Automotive

Sigmatex wins Jaguar Land Rover Innovation Award

Sigmatex just received the JLR Innovation Award, presented on behalf of the Northern Automotive Alliance at their annual awards dinner on November 12, for its sigmaRF thermoplastic/carbon fiber hybrid material that can be press-formed into a finished product.

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Automotive

Automotive innovation challenge issued

ALLIANCE (Affordable Lightweight Automobiles Alliance) is a research and innovation project on automotive lightweighting, co-funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program and supported by EUCAR, the European Council for Automotive R&D. The group has issued a challenge for new innovations to help create lighter vehicles.

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Large, Class A parts every 60-150 seconds

Romeo RIM advances long fiber injection process efficiency for lighter, lower-cost composite parts.

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Adhesives

Reversible multi-material adhesive bonds

Ferromagnetic nanoparticles in thermoplastic adhesives make it possible to debond and rebond adhesive joints, using electromagnetic energy.

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Automotive

SGL Group buys out all of BENTELER-SGL joint venture

Germany-based SGL Carbon SE becomes the sole owner of the company, which focuses on high-rate manufacturing of composite parts and structures for automotive and other end markets.

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Automotive

DSM, Toyota Motorsport sign technology partnership

TMG will develop and pilot new engineering solutions using DSM high performance materials and products for potential application in the automotive industry.

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Automotive

Penso building new automated composites manufacturing plant

 Penso Group Ltd.  is currently building a new facility to manufacture automotive composites, as part of the company’s participation in the UK-funded Flexible Lightweight Architecture for Volume Applications (FLAVA).

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Audi R8 seat wall: A prelude to production

Audi takes it upon itself to design and develop carbon fiber composite structures that, the company hopes, will enter high-rate production.

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Carbon Fibers

Toyota fuel cell bus features carbon fiber composite roof

Toho Tenax carbon fiber and aluminum are combined in fabrication of roof for Toyota hydrogen-powered bus. 

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Aerospace

Chomarat invests in a carbon multiaxial technology

This new multiaxial machine is reportedly 10 times more productive than the previous generation of machines. 

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