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New SAERTEX products offer fire protection
The company has released two new products in the area of fire protection for composites, SAERTEX LEO Coated Fabric and SAERcore LEO.
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CG Rail unveils world's first CFRP rail vehicle
The car body consists of 70 percent carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) and is 30 percent lighter than a conventional aluminum construction.
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Bodo Möller Chemie establishes Adhesive Competence Center
New Adhesive Competence Center offers lab testing, education, design and audit support for the use of adhesives.
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Agility launches new bus and truck systems for India featuring composite cylinders
Agility’s Type 4 cylinders are manufactured using carbon fiber composite and are 70% lighter than steel cylinders.
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Virgin Hyperloop One to open development and testing center in Spain
New center will develop, test, and certify components and subsystems to continually improve safety and reliability of hyperloop systems.
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Q&A: Michael Del Pero, managing director, FocalPoint Partners
Editor’s note: The highly dynamic nature of the composites industry makes it a strong target for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity from a variety of companies and investors eager to be a part of the industry’s growth.
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Composites Index trends lower yet still in growth mode
The GBI: Composites Fabricating Index registered 56.6 in July, indicating that he US composites industry was experiencing modestly slower growth as compared to the first quarter of 2018.
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Composites Index trending lower but still in growth mode
The GBI: Composites Fabricating Index for June registered 56.5, indicating that the US composites industry was experiencing modestly slower growth compared to the preceding three months.
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U.S. styrene-reduction mandates: Go or no-go?
Legislative changes are slow in coming, but technology forges ahead.
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