Sustainability

Carbon Fibers 19 Sep 2016

ELG Carbon Fibre’s new nonwoven line manufactures 2.7m wide recycled carbon mats

The company believes the materials will appeal to OEMs in the transportation sector seeking cost effective alternatives to virgin carbon fiber for vehicle lightweighting.

Construction 13 Sep 2016

Covestro is working on housing for refugees in Germany

The model house in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany is made of self-supporting prefabricated elements with Covestro’s polyurethane core.

RTM 13 Sep 2016

BMW 7 Series Plant: Dingolfing, Germany

Via four different manufacturing methods, CFRP goes mainstream in automated multi-material BIW and assembly operations at BMW’s busiest plant.

Carbon Fibers 13 Sep 2016

Teijin Ltd. to acquire Continental Structural Plastics

Teijin, as part of its efforts to become a Tier 1 automotive composites supplier, pays US$825 million for automotive composites specialist Continental Structural Plastics.

Autoclave 8 Sep 2016

CAMX 2016 Exhibitor Previews: Part 2

CAMX, in its third year, is growing and expanding, and the quantity and quality of new products and technologies being introduced at the show is impressive. CAMX Connection asked exhibitors to tell us about the products they will feature, and the response has been tremendous. This week features Part 2 of 2 of the CAMX 2016 Exhibitor Previews.

Compression Molding 23 Aug 2016

Natural fiber composites gaining traction in automotive

New water-borne, wet-application acrylic resin enables new opportunities in car interiors.

Sustainability 17 Aug 2016

Faster, cheaper nanomaterial safety screening

UCLA develops new test to assess hazardousness of engineered nanomaterials.

Sustainability 10 Aug 2016

The steadily growing list of IACMI resources

IACMI, the public-private composites consortium, is a little more than a year old and already has developed a strong collection of partnerships, facilities, equipment, software and material designed to help accelerate new technology development for the composites industry.

Infrastructure 10 Aug 2016

Vartega shows positive results of recycled carbon fiber testing

US-based Vartega Carbon Fiber Recycling has begun characterization of its material, and has received a letter of support from Janicki Industries, which will start to assess the fiber as well.

Sustainability 1 Aug 2016

Clemson researchers developing composite materials from trees

Researchers want to use the composite materials to make bumpers and fenders that will be less likely to distort or break on impact.