Month: July 2016
The National Composites Centre in Bristol has signed a collaborative innovation agreement with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST). The agreement sets out to advance the innovation capability and capacity across the two organisations. Luxembourg’s aspirations to strengthen ...
PolyOne has announced the acquisition of two specialty businesses from Gordon Holdings. The acquired businesses design and produce lightweight, high-performance solutions, using advanced composite technology. Bolstering PolyOne’s existing portfolio of thermoset composite solutions is the acquisition of Gordon Composites, which ...
Over 300 people and about 20 Indiana composite materials companies celebrated the opening of the $50 million Indiana Manufacturing Institute, based in the Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette. The institute will house the Centre for Composites Manufacturing and Simulation ...
Facebook has announced that its Aquila carbon fibre drone, which has been created to beam internet from the sky to the ground has recently completed it’s first full-scale test flight. The aim of the solar-powered drone is to fly for ...
The Solar Impulse 2 plane has completed its trip around the world by landing back on the runway it took off from just over a year ago.
The use of composite materials in the structure of a vehicles chassis can reduce weight by up to 40% according to new research from Scania and Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology.