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Automotive

Covestro and EconCore collaborate on FST-optimized honeycomb core and panels

The collaboration aims to optimize the FST performance of honeycomb panels for public transportation applications, including railway and aerospace.

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Mass Transit

Tecnofire adds fire resistance to transportation and infrastructure applications

Intumescent nonwoven veils improve the fire performance of composites in bridge, bus, building, marine and aircraft structures.

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Glass Fibers

Composite radar masts assembled for megayachts

Vabo Composites designs, builds and assembles 10m-tall composite radar masts, improving weight, stability and performance for modern megayachts.

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Core

Gurit divests PVC production site

The company has decided to focus the core materials manufacturing in the Asia-Pacific region on SAN, PET and balsa wood at its existing production facility in Tianjin, China.

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Core

Van Horn receives STC certifications for composite rotor blades

The VHA 206L main rotor blade features corrosion and damage-resistant carbon fiber skin and a foam core.

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Mass Transit

AVK presents its 2018 Innovation Awards

The 2018 AVK Innovation Awards were presented at the International Composites Congress (ICC) on Nov 5, chosen from more than 50 submissions.

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Racing catamaran still performing

Gougeon Brothers Inc. created a composite racing catamaran in 1990 that is still setting speed records decades later.

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Adhesives

Aston Martin and TenCate partner on Valkyrie hypercar

TenCate to supply advanced composite materials for a broad range of end-use applications throughout the car, including structural, cosmetic and high-temperature components.

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Core

CAMX 2018: Exhibit previews

If you are headed to CAMX 2018 Oct. 15-18 in Dallas, TX, you can catch a glimpse of some of the products and technologies you are likely to find on the exhibit hall floor. 

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Out of Autoclave

New SAERTEX products offer fire protection

The company has released two new products in the area of fire protection for composites, SAERTEX LEO Coated Fabric and SAERcore LEO.

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ELFOAM rigid foam products
Wabash
Kent Pultrusion
U.S. Polychemical Acrastrip
Carbon Fiber 2024
re-engineered the ORPC foil and strut
Chem Trend
Harper International Carbon Fiber
Advanced Nonwovens for AAM Composites - TFP