Bayer MaterialScience has inaugurated a regional innovation hub for Asia-Pacific in Shanghai, China.
Business News
Interplastic Increase Vinyl Ester Prices
Interplastic Corporation’s Thermoset Resins Division is raising the price of CoREZYN brand of vinyl ester resins by $0.06 per pound.
Aerospace
First Airbus A350 XWB Gets New Paint Job
Painting of the first A350 XWB has been completed as it emerged in its Airbus livery out from the paintshop in Toulouse.
Automotive
Prodrive Introduce New Coloured Carbon Composite Process
Prodrive have developed advanced carbon composite components in a range of colours that can be produced to the highest quality standards required for luxury products across a wide range of industries
Marine
Administrators Issue Redundancy Notices to 234 Staff At Sealine
Sealine, the UK-based luxury boat manufacturers entered administration on the 30th of April and today it has been announced that administrators have issued redundancy notices to more than 230 employees.
Military
European Special Forces & Tencate Develop Ultra Light Weight Shields
TenCate Advanced Armour in collaboration with European Special Forces has developed a new generation of ultra lightweight portable anti-ballistic shields
New Materials
3B Fibreglass Introduce New Roving
3B fibreglass company have introduced a new E-CR glass roving specifically designed and formulated for acrylic resins allowing for the manufacture and production of glass reinforced polymethyl methacrylate thermoplastic composites.
Innovations
Researchers Create Spray-on Composite Coating
Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Kansas State University have demonstrated a spray-on mixture of carbon nanotubes and ceramic that has unprecedented ability to resist damage while absorbing laser light.