19 July 2010, London - IntertechPira has announced its agenda
for its leading conference dedicated to the carbon fibre industry,
GOCarbonFibre2010, which will feature featuring Airbus, Boeing, Opel / General
Motors and carbon fibre manufacturer Zoltek, amongst others. The 13th annual
Global ...
28 May 2010, Warun Ponds - A new research facility for
carbon fibre innovation is to be established at Deakin University’s Geelong
Campus at Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia. The carbon fibre pilot plant will
be part of the research facilities to be built at the Campus from a $37 millio ...
12 May 2010, Tokyo - Toray Industries, Inc. has announced
that it has signed a long-term basic supply agreement with the aerospace and
defence company EADS to supply carbon fibre prepreg for aircraft application
primarily for Airbus S.A.S. over 15 years through to 2025.
EADS is Europe’ ...
3 March 2010, Essen - The fifth edition of Composites Europe
is to return to Essen, Germany in 2010 where it will be held parallel to the Aluminium
World Fair from 14 to 16 September. 70% of exhibition space has already been
sold and with more than 1000 exhibitors, jointly the events will ...
New 60 gsm fabric is just 0.06mm thick
26 February 2010, Osaka – Teijin’s Toho Tenax Co. is to
start selling a carbon fibre fabric from March this year that is says is less
than half the weight of conventional lightweight carbon fibre fabrics.
The company claims the new fab ...
9 December 2009, Toledo, Ohio – Glass fibre reinforcement fabrics
specialist Owens Corning has announced the further expansion of its glass fibre
knitting plant at its facility in Rio Claro, northwest of Sao Paulo in Brazil,
doubling its capacity for making fibreglass technical fab ...
4 December 2009, Osaka - Toho Tenax, Teijin Group’s core
company of the in its carbon fibre business, announced today that its carbon fibre-reinforced
plastic (CFRP) has been adopted for use in the cabin and various components of
the Lexus LFA, a new Lexus ‘F’ premium s ...
‘Grand Challenge’ will stimulate development of innovative
manufacturing techniques for the rapid, cost effective production of
composites.
Winning project to receive £5 million prize from government
to develop and demonstrate technology.
Opportunity for British compa ...
Steve Kay reports
from Hamburg
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November 2009 - The first ever Carbon Fibre Recycling and Reuse Conference, organised
by Intertech Pira, was held in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg in early November.
Over 50 delegates from all over the world attended the one and a half day
confere ...
5 November 2009, Stuttgart – Composites Europe the European
trade fair for the composites industry has once again registered noticeable
gains at this year’s event which was held in Stuttgart from 27 to 29 October. With
a 15% increase in exhibitor numbers and a 48% increase in ...
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