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China is rapidly becoming a preeminent new market in the world. With over RMB 1.5 trillion spent in R&D in 2016, a 10.6% annual increase, and of which 77.5% was contributed by businesses, the overall productivity and comprehensive national power of China is strategically being boosted, enhancing the country's influence in technology innovations.
Effective January 2018 ALBIS PLASTIC GmbH will acquire WIPAG Group, specialists inprocessing and production of carbon fiber compounds for injection-moulding, with sites in Neuburg (Donau), and Gardelegen (both in Germany).
Bond-Laminates GmbH is celebrating two birthdays at once: the company was founded 20 years ago and acquired by the specialty chemicals group LANXESS five years ago.
40 per cent share of international visitors from 63 countries.
LANXESS at FAKUMA, October 17 – 21, 2017, will present new high-temperature-stabilized polyamides and flame-retardant thermoplastics for electric mobility.
Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, has introduced a material solution for high-pressure composite tanks for hydrogen storage in its continuing mission to help reduce CO2 emissions.
From 19 to 21 September 2017, the exhibitors at COMPOSITES EUROPE in Stuttgart will be showcasing deployment possibilities for CFRP and other composite materials in the aerospace industry.
Tepex dynalite continuous-fiber-reinforced, semi-finished thermoplastic composites are now finding new applications in vehicle interiors. Tepex is used for backseat load-through of an offroad vehicle
Composites Europe - 12th European Trade Fair and Forum for Composites, Technology and Applications 19 - 21 September 2017, Messe Stuttgart, Germany
Kraiburg TPE at Fakuma 2017: Hall B5, Booth 5303
Henkel has opened a state-of-the-art test facility for composites in Japan.
The “Biocomposites Conference Cologne (BCC)” will take place on 6 and 7 December 2017 in Cologne, Germany.
Fibre-reinforced plastics have great future potential. The International Composites Congress offers an opportunity to gain some impressions of market developments.
Lamborghini collaborates with the Houston Methodist Research Institute, to share knowledge in the study of carbon fibre composite materials for medical devices.
PlastiComp, Inc. announced it has completed installation of an additional pultrusion line dedicated to manufacturing long carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite pellets.
Increasing numbers of automotive manufacturers are using Tepex continuous-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite semi-finished products from Lanxess.
The event is organized by AZL Aachen GmbH in cooperation with Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) of RWTH Aachen University.
Lightweight PP and plastic-metal hybrid solutions among those SABIC featuring at Germany's VDI Congress.
Henkel partnership with Benteler-SGL pays off with composite leaf springs on more Volvo models.
The European market for fibre-reinforced plastics/composites has been growing steadily for a number of years now.
At JEC World in Paris KraussMaffei will present the new iPul pultrusion machine.
At JEC world 2017 Engel Austria will use numerous example products and stage a live demonstration to present pioneering composite applications.
Noel Tessier, a founding director of CMT Materials Inc., has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers' (SPE) Thermoforming Division.
Evonik Resource Efficiency will invest in a capacity expansion of its Performance Foams business at its production site in Darmstadt, Germany.
Lightweight construction, resource efficiency and multi-material design will be centre stage at this year's Composites Europe held in Düsseldorf from 29 November to 1 December.
At Composites Europe 2016 the machine manufacturer will present pre-series production solutions for the automobile, teletronics and technical component sectors.
At K 2016 Lanxess is presenting its latest developments in materials, processes and technologies for premium plastics and high-performance additives for processing.
Cannon will present at Composites Europe 2016 Show their dedicated solutions for composites mass production.
PolyOne Corporation announced the acquisition of two specialty businesses from Gordon Holdings.
The company opens new composite test center in Heidelberg - The Composite Lab.
The modular bus concept developed jointly by the NCC and the Evopro Group from Hungary won the 2016 JEC Innovation Award.
Innovative materials and system solutions enable serial production with cost savings of up to 60 percent.
A next-generation Toyota concept vehicle has been unveiled at the SAE International 2016 World Congress and Exhibition in Detroit.
Together with the International Automotive Components Group (IAC) BASF has developed the worldwide first roof frame for cars that is entirely made of natural fiber.
Italian company Forestali has developed an innovative composite material for the leather goods industry using a special grade of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).
Borealis introduces lightweight materials for composite applications and expands Fibremod capacity at Monza plant.