Construction
AZL establishes new workgroup on composites in buildings and infrastructure
The meeting in January is open to interested companies from the composite industry as well as the building and infrastructure markets.
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Scott & Fyfe reinforcements reorganized, expanded
Technical fabrics specialist Scott & Fyfe (Tayport, Scotland) has reorganized its line of Alphashield CIPP (cured-in-place products) has been expanded and refined into four new product groups.
Read MoreVELOX, Ilium Composites now partners
VELOX GmbH a European distributor of raw material specialties for the composites industry, has formed a new distribution partnership with Ilium Composites, a manufacturer of glass reinforcements.
Read MoreUK's EPSRC forms alliance with ICMAC event
the UK’s EPSRC recently announced that The Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub (The Hub) has formed a strategic partnership with ICMAC 2018: The International Conference on Manufacturing of Advanced Composites, to be held in Nottingham over two days on July 11-12, 2018.
Read MoreSika offers polymer fibers for concrete
Sika Deutschland GmbH has started producing high-performance polypropylene fibers for reinforcing concrete, for clients in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region at its manufacturing facility in Troisdorf, Germany.
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Higher performance in precast concrete with CFRP
C-GRID trusses in CarbonCast wall system cut construction time, cost, complexity and carbon footprint in energy-efficient urban student housing.
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CW Talks: How carbon fiber beat out steel in elevator cabling
CW Talks: The Composites Podcast learns from KONE’s Steve Gonzalez how pultruded carbon fiber UltraRope was developed to help move elevators up and down in the world’s tallest buildings.
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New architectural composite hits the market
NewBrick by Dryvit (West Warwick, RI, US) is a new composite brick product, meant to substitute for venerable fired clay bricks and, the company says, revolutionize the installation of brick veneer façades and exteriors.
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Episode 11: Steve Gonzalez, KONE
Steve Gonzalez, director of the major projects unit, Americas, at elevator manufacturer KONE, details the development of UltraRope, a pultruded carbon fiber cabling system for elevators. If you want to learn more, Gonzalez is giving a presentation about UltraRope at ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ’s 2017 Carbon Fiber conference, Nov. 28-30 in Charleston, SC, US.
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Apple Store in Chicago features massive carbon fiber roof
The 111-by-98-ft carbon fiber composite roof is one of the largest single architectural structures in the world.
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