Resins

CAMX 2018 preview: Porcher Industries

Porcher Industries and BGF Industries, specialists in high-performance technical textiles and composites, are presenting dry fibers for aerospace and automotive and the STELIA thermoplastic fuselage demonstrator. 

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Thermoplastics

Airtech launches high temperature vacuum bagging materials for thermoplastic molding

The company has released a new high performance release film, a new sealant tape for high temperature applications and non-woven blended, fiberglass breathers.

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Automotive

IRG CosiMo thermoplastic composites consortium unveils new facilities

IRG CosiMo combines companies along the whole thermoplastic composites process chain from materials to processing machinery to applications in automotive and aerospace.

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Epoxies

CAMX 2018 preview: Henkel

Henkel (Rocky Point, CT, US) is emphasizing in booth T13 its line of composite processing solutions for the entire manufacturing and bonding process, including mold releases, liquid shims, lightning strike protection and surfacing films, paste adhesives, machinable syntactic pastes and films, machinable adhesive films and low-viscosity composite resins.

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Thermoplastics

Covestro launches Maezio continuous fiber thermoplastics

Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany) has trademarked its continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) composite materials as Maezio.

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Thermoplastic composites: Scenic view

First use of thermoplastic composite guide rails to replace aluminum brings many benefits to fixed-glass, roller-blind sunroof modules.

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Natural Fibers

Green Science Alliance Co. Ltd. manufactures new nano cellulose composites

The company has established a manufacturing process for mixing nano cellulose with various thermoplastic plastics.

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Aerospace

Making prepreg tape more accessible

Cygnet Texkimp’s new slitter-spooler offers economical production of high-quality tapes and vertical integration for manufacturers to access a much wider market.

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Thermoplastics

Sustainable, inline recycling of carbon fiber

Shocker Composites and R&M International are developing a supply chain for recycled CF with zero knockdown vs. virgin fiber, lower cost and, eventually, lengths delivering structural properties close to continuous fiber.

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Thermoplastics

New Dutch research center focuses on thermoplastic composites

The goal of the TPAC is to reduce processing costs to broaden the use of thermoplastic composites for more sectors.

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