Mass Transit

Consumer

Composites Index Expands into Rarely Seen Territory

The GBI: Composites Fabricating Index expanded to a 58.4 reading in September.

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Infrastructure

Composites UK releases FRP bridge design guide

New document from Composites UK aims to help bridge engineers to understand fiber-reinforced polymer materials and how to use them in modern bridge construction.

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Automotive

CAMX Show Daily available for download

All three issues of the 2018 CAMX Show Daily are available to read online or for download.

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Carbon Fibers

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies unveils passenger capsule

HyperloopTT’s Quintero One, constructed of a smart composite comprised of carbon fiber with embedded sensors, is the world’s first full-scale Hyperloop capsule.

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Construction

Composites Index breaks out of slowing growth trend

The GBI: Composites Fabricating index broke out of its three-month trend of slowing growth, increasing to 57.7 in August.

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Sustainability

A clean technology for clean, zero-emissions buses

Monocoque composite body designed to support all bus loads.

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Mass Transit

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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Braiding

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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Automotive

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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Automotive

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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