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Toray South Korea carbon fiber plant started production

Toray advanced materials Korea Co., Ltd has began commercial production of carbon fiber products.

First Chinese assembled A320 with Sharklets goes to China Eastern

China’s largest operator of Airbus aircraft, China Eastern Airlines, has taken delivery of its first A320 aircraft equipped with Sharklet fuel saving wing-tip devices, becoming China’s first carrier to do so. The aircraft is also the first Sharklets equipped A320 assembled and delivered in Tianjin.

Teledyne CML receives Nadcap composite manufacturing accreditation

Teledyne CML Group (CML), a division of Teledyne Brown Engineering, announces that it has received Nadcap composite manufacturing accreditation AC7118 PAR Rev C.

China national aramid fiber center established in Yantai

China national aramid fiber engineering & technology research center has recently settled in Tayho Advanced Materials in Yantai city, Shandong province.

3B-the fibreglass company announces appointment of new Chief Executive Officer

3B-the fibreglass company announces the appointment of Marc Hubert to the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr Hubert has taken on his new responsibilities on 1 May 2013 and joined 3B-the fibreglass company, the fibreglass division of the international industrial Braj Binani Group.

Trützschler Nonwovens & Man-Made Fibers continues the well-established Bastian brand

One year ago, Trützschler Nonwovens & Man-Made Fibers took on board the employees and expertise of Bastian Wickeltechnik. The fully automatic unwinders, winders and short roll winders, as well as rewinding and cutting systems, lives on in the portfolio of the Trützschler Group through the Bastian product brand.

Eurocopter ouvre un nouveau centre de développement hélicoptère sur le site de Donauwörth

Eurocopter va concevoir et produire ses hélicoptères sous un même toit à Donauwörth en Allemagne. Le Groupe a inauguré aujourd’hui Systemhaus, son nouveau centre de développement, en présence de Horst Seehofer, Ministre-président de Bavière.

Coperion builds compounding line in Shanghai for Hexpol

New assembly facility for modular systems further strengthens Coperion’s position in asian market.

Gurit announces new partnership with composite kit manufacturer Mahogany Company

Gurit, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of composite materials, engineering, tooling, parts and systems, announces a new tolling arrangement with composite kit manufacturer Mahogany Company of Mays Landing (New Jersey), for the fabrication of Gurit’s B³ SmartPac solution.

GKN Aerospace creates complex composite wing structure using OOA processes

GKN Aerospace has successfully concluded a composite manufacturing and assembly research programme using of out of autoclave (OOA) processes and materials and PI shaped woven preforms.