Composites
SGL Carbon reports best operating result in more than ten years - transformation successfully completed
SGL Carbon demonstrated the resilience of its business model in a challenging market environment and was again able to improve sales and earnings in fiscal year 2022 following 2021. All four business units contributed to this success.
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Sampe Europe and JEC expand their cooperation partnership about events and mutual community activation
Bringing together the global community of composites and advanced material, the Paris Composites Week, combining the SAMPE Summit and JEC WORLD, the leading event about composite materials, their technologies, and applications in various industries, will take place each year in Paris until at least 2026, pursuing the success of the previous editions. Both SAMPE Europe and JEC organizations have also committed to develop together new initiatives to connect young talents and students with academics and scientists.
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Covestro drives circular economy forward with high-performance PU composites
Polyurethane (PU) composites are strong, lightweight, and efficient in production, making them ideal for various industrial applications. These technologies also offer many benefits for a sustainable circular economy, such as reducing carbon dioxide emissions and increasing product lifespans. Materials manufacturer Covestro, the inventor of PU technology, is committed to innovative and sustainable development in polyurethane composites.
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Toyota Industries Corporation wins JEC Composites Innovation Awards for CFRP recycling technology and recycling system
On March 2, 2023, Toyota Industries Corporation (President: Akira Onishi; "Toyota Industries") won an award at the JEC Composites Innovation Awards (Circularity & Recycling category) for its carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) recycling technology and the comprehensive CFRP recycling system that Toyota Industries aims to build.
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Freudenberg Performance Materials (Freudenberg) will present surfacing veils and core materials for lightweight fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) parts at JEC in Paris, France. Freudenberg will also be showcasing Enka® Solutions flow media and spacers for efficient vacuum infusion, resin transfer and foam injection molding processes for applications in the composites industry, etc. at the international composites show. The leading global supplier of innovative technical textiles looks forward to welcoming visitors at the Baden-Württemberg International booth (booth Q71) in Hall 6 from April 25-27, 2023.
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Each year, the JEC Composites Innovation Awards celebrate successful projects and cooperation between players of the composites industry. Over the last 25 years, the JEC Composites Innovation Awards program has involved more than 1,900 companies worldwide. 214 companies and 527 partners have been rewarded for the excellence of their composites’ innovations and fruitful collaboration. These composites champions are awarded based on multiple criteria such as partner involvement in the value chain, complexity, or commercial potential of the project.
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The JEC Composites Innovation Awards winners revealed!
Each year, the JEC Composites Innovation Awards celebrate successful projects and cooperation between players of the composites industry. Over the last 25 years, the JEC Composites Innovation Awards program has involved more than 1,900 companies worldwide. 214 companies and 527 partners have been rewarded for the excellence of their composites’ innovations and fruitful collaboration. These composites champions are awarded based on multiple criteria such as partner involvement in the value chain, complexity, or commercial potential of the project.
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SGL Carbon sold its business activities at the Gardena site (USA)
As part of the realignment of SGL Carbon, strategic options were developed for all Business Units. In this context, the site network of the Business Unit Composite Solutions was also reviewed. The Composite Solutions Business Unit offers customer-oriented and tailor-made solutions based on carbon and glass fibers for high-tech applications in the automotive, aerospace, energy and other industrial sectors.
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Toray develops high-speed thermal welding technology for carbon fiber reinforced plastics
Toray Industries, Inc., announced today that it has developed a technology that thermally welds carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) at high speed. This technology will enable high-rate production and weight savings of CFRP airframes. The company will push ahead with demonstrations with a view to commercializing airframes after 2030 while further expanding CFRP applications.
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Production volumes in the automotive industry increased significantly in fiscal year 2022 for the first time since 2020, but did not quite reach the level of 2019. Autoneum’s revenue in local currencies increased by 8.5%. In Swiss francs, Group revenue increased by 6.1% year-on-year to CHF 1 804.5 million. A slight decline was recorded in production volumes. The increase in revenue resulted from inflation-related compensation.
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Fibres, fabrics, epoxy resins and adhesives from Sicomin have been used by Grand Largue Composites (GLC) to construct the first Class40 racing yacht to feature a significant quantity of flax-fibre reinforcements.
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Composites
D-90 before the unmissable world’s leading composites show JEC World 2023
After the exceptional 2022 edition, JEC World, the leading international trade show dedicated to composite materials, their manufacturing technologies and application markets, will take place in Paris from April 25-27, 2023. As frontiers reopen, key players from the four corners of the world return to this unmissable event, and with all application sectors seeking sustainable technologies, JEC World 2023 is expected to be the biggest event ever, welcoming the entire community in a spirit of innovation, business and networking.
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Toray becomes joint winner in Japan’s Sixth Infrastructure Maintenance Awards
Toray Industries, Inc., announced today that it was one of three joint recipients of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award in the Electricity category of the Sixth Infrastructure Maintenance Awards. This is in recognition of the development of a carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRP) technique employing in-situ vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VaRTM) technology. Toray, Tokyo Electric Power Grid, Inc., and Yasuda Seisakusho Co., Ltd. deployed that technique to repair steel pipe corrosion on transmission towers.
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DORNIER's focal points at K 2022: Longer line service life and recycling management
The increased hygienic requirements during the Corona pandemic have also fuelled the demand for packaging. At Lindauer DORNIER GmbH this has led to an unprecedented level of incoming orders for film stretching lines. At the K (19 - 26 October in Düsseldorf), the technology leader will therefore focus on spare parts supply and additional services for the newly sold lines.
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ExxonMobil showcases model baby diaper incorporating its portfolio of products for innovative hygiene solutions at INDEX™23
ExxonMobil will demonstrate its industry leadership by presenting its broad portfolio of products that enable innovative solutions with sustainability benefits for hygiene and personal care applications at INDEX™23 (booth 2115). This extensive portfolio includes ExxonMobil™ PP, Achieve™ Advanced PP (polypropylene) and Vistamaxx™ performance polymers that can be used to create differentiated hygiene and personal care products.
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BRÜCKNER presents new trends of the machinery technology on INDEX Geneva
On the occasion of this year's nonwovens exhibition INDEX in Geneva from 18 to 21 April 2023, the world's leading manufacturer of textile machinery BRÜCKNER will not only inform about its well-known delivery program which includes almost all types of dryers, thermofusion and heat-setting ovens with mainly convective heat transfer, but also about the latest trends in machinery technology and the related process technology.
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Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas spotlight education, training and innovation for the 2023 edition
As a leading business platform, Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas aim to bring decision makers from all of the major industries that touch technical textiles, nonwovens, sewn products, equipment and technology together in one place to experience the latest innovations.
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