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SGL Group develops new high-performance carbon fiber
High stiffness and strength makes SGL Group’s new material of interest for aerospace applications.
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So, you want to make automotive composites . . .
Materials and manufacturing processes for autocomposites are evolving rapidly, and ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ wants to help you sort it out. A free, March 29 webinar is designed to help bring you up to speed on the manufacturing technologies best suited for autocomposites.
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Motorcycle part demonstrates hybrid molding process
Strategy forms FRP parts once too complex for cost-effective, high-rate production.
Read MoreCore Molding acquires HPI
Core Molding Technologies, a compounder of custom sheet molding compound and molder of fiberglass-reinforced plastics, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Canada-based Horizon Plastics International Inc.
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Composites bucking the market trend in M&A
During 2015 and 2016, the composites industry saw such impressive activity in mergers and acquisitions, it was perhaps to be expected that, in 2017, we would see a dip in transaction levels, especially given the global regulatory uncertainty and the impact that might have on larger, more complex deals.
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New Lorenz BMC, SMC pass Euro rail fire standards
A new fire protection standard for German rail transport, DIN EN 45545-2, put forth by DIN (Berlin, Germany) now will regulate and standardize the fire protection requirements on a European level. To meet the new requirement, Lorenz Kunststofftechnik developed two new thermoset molding compounds, BMC 0204 and SMC 0208.
Read MoreComposites Germany invites papers
The trade association Composites Germany (Frankfurt, Germany) invites presentations for the upcoming 4th International Composites Congress (ICC), which will take place in Stuttgart November 5-6, 2018, just before Composites Europe.
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ELG's new CARBISO product on display in Japan
ELG Carbon Fibre Ltd (Coseley, West Midlands, UK) will be exhibiting for the first time at the Automotive World Show in Tokyo from January 17-19, 2018. The company will introduce its trademarked CARBISO range of recycled carbon fiber products for high volume, automotive applications.
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CAMX 2017: Award winners, notable technologies
Awards for Composites Excellence and CAMX Awards winners from CAMX 2017, the SAMPE Lubin Award winner, and a smattering of other technologies from the show.
Read MoreTooling: 3D printing’s “killer app”
If 3D printing can be scaled to make tools for composite auto body panels ... it will be transformative
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