Automotive
Mouldbox rebrands as Plyable, uses AI to automate composite tooling
By uploading CAD data into the Plyable app, businesses access a pre-qualified manufacturing network offering superior quality, plus time and cost savings.
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Solvay introduces high-temperature PEEK polymer
KetaSpire PEEK XT promises the chemical resistance of standard PEEK plus significantly higher strength and stiffness at elevated temperatures.
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Shape Machining unveils carbon fiber suspension links
The company has designed, manufactured and successfully tested a carbon fiber suspension link for a high-end automotive OEM.
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Epoxy hardener designed for SMCs in e-mobility applications
Evonik has launched VESTALITE S, an epoxy hardener designed for sheet molding compounds (SMCs) in electric vehicles and other automotive applications.
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Covestro uses Maezio thermoplastic composites for prototype future mobility interiors
Recently unveiled premium concept focuses on multifunctional design, comfort and lightweight.
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Composites industry events focus on recycled carbon fiber, filament winding
CETMA and Suez present a workshop on recycled carbon fiber, MF Tech announces global filament winding convention, and SAMPE 2020 abstracts are due Nov. 15.
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Dymag to increase carbon fiber wheel production
Dymag plans to increase its production capacity to drive down the costs of wheels and structural composite components.
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Porsche, Boeing to partner for premium urban air mobility
The companies plan to study urban air mobility potential and to develop an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle concept.
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Composites 4.0: digital assistants, edge computing and the future of smart factories
Plataine reviews developments and discusses where composites manufacturing is headed.
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Continental Structural Plastics breaks ground on facility in Seguin, Texas
The 200,000 square-foot composite automotive component manufacturing facility is expected to open by 2021.
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