JEC Composites E-letter N. 409: Metyx Composites, DSM, BASF, revolution in space transportation

 

Business and Market

Metyx Composites expands with a new manufacturing center and a new business unit

Metyx Composites expands with a new manufacturing center and a new business unit

Citing strong global demand for its products and services along with a strategic decision to create a new business unit, Metyx Composites recently announced it is building a new 12,500 square meter ( (...)

Wilfrid Gambade appointed as Business Unit Director of DSM Composite Resins

Changes in the board of executive directors of BASF

Scott & Fyfe Ltd announce new French distribution partnership with Fournier Matériaux Composites

Top of Mind of the Brazilian composites industry gathered 300 people in São Paulo

Virtek Vision celebrates 25 years

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Technology and Innovation

High-speed fiber placement on large complex structures

High-speed fiber placement on large complex structures

Electroimpact has developed a solution offering a 2000 inch per minute (50-meter per minute) automated fiber placement speed. This means a very sophisticated control system and very stable and (...)

Metal replacement providing a lightweight, longer-lasting harvesting tool for produce

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Feature Building & Construction

Building & Construction

This sector represented 26% in volume and 15% in value of the entire global composite market in 2010*: about 2.05 Mt and 10.2 Bn€. Its volume should represent 2.2 Mt in 2015*. Building (...)

DIAB doubles capacity in Kunshan, Greater China

3A Composites Core Materials launches new light PET core material

Owens Corning introduces guide for glass fiber reinforcements in corrosive environments

Vinyl ester protects Indonesian power plant structure

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Application

Paul G. Allen announces revolution in space transportation

Paul G. Allen announces revolution in space transportation

The co-founder of Microsoft announced on the 13th of December that he and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan have reunited to develop the next generation of space travel. Allen and Rutan, whose (...)

Flexible seal rings made of PEEK deliver exceptional ductility

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Agenda

SPE Thermoset Topcon 2012

24 Jan 2012 - 25 Jan 2012

SPE Thermoset Topcon 2012

The ever increasing quest for affordable sources of energy, combined with the thrust to use contemporary supplies more effectively, has changed global discourse as we know it. The opportunities (...)

07 Feb 2012 - 08 Feb 2012

EUCOMAS 2012

08 Feb 2012 - 10 Feb 2012

Seatec 2012

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