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Tag Archives: composites
Owens Corning Sticks To Its Core DNA–Glass Composites
Owens Corning, the Ohio-based producer of glass fiber, is a giant in the plastics industry, having virtually invented the composites business. One example was its involvement in the [..]
Nylon Composite Replaces Steel In Solar Support System
Load-bearing elements of a new flat-roof solar panel are made of injection-molded glass-reinforced polyamide (nylon), reducing weight and also cutting the number of pieces needed in the assembly. [..]
Silica Nano Wires Make Composites Stronger, Lighter
British researchers say they have developed nano reinforcing fibers made of silica that could create composites that are stronger and lighter than those made with traditional glass reinforcements. [..]
TenCate, BASF Join Forces To Advance Moldable Composites
Interest in developing high-volume composite production systems for automotive applications continues to grow. Plasan’s development of an out-of-autoclave system was an attention getter. Now comes a strategic alliance [..]
Toyota & BMW Eye Gains In Carbon Composites, Fuel Cells
The top officers of Toyota and BMW this morning announced a long-term collaboration in four technical areas, including materials lightweighting, to improve the efficiency of cars. The other [..]
Wood-Plastic Composite Cuts Weight 20% On BMW Parts
Johnson Controls is using natural fiber composites to reduce the weight of door panels, seat structures and instrument clusters for the new BMW 3 Series by 20%. [..]
IKV Molds High-Fiber Composite Quickly
A project in Germany is creating high fiber content parts in a relatively fast process that combines the spray process with compression molding. Fast, that is, for thermoset [..]
Faurecia Hikes Recycled Content, Injection Molds Hemp Composite
Buoyed by two years of robust growth, global automotive supplier Faurecia is the midst of an interesting environmental program. According to a just-released French financial report, recycled plastics [..]
Does Lignin Have Legs as a Future Plastics Feedstock?
Four Canadian researchers make a case that lignin could become an important feedstock for bioplastics. “Considering the current production of lignin from pulp and paper industries as well [..]
Conductive Composites Get A Big Asian Boost
The marriage of plastics and electricity is a big emerging story. One of the companies of interest is little-known Integral Technologies of Bellingham, WA, a research company that’s [..]