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Axion International to Install Recycled Plastic Railroad Ties in South America

Axion International has received a purchase order for its patented Recycled Structural Composite (RSC) railroad ties from a railway line operator in South America. This is the first order for the company in South America.

22 Jul 2011

Granta Design to Integrate Data from Firehole Composites into Upcoming Issues of CES Selector and Granta MI

Granta Design and Firehole Composites have announced a collaboration that will help product designers to make better decisions about composite materials. Granta will integrate an extensive collection of material data fro...

From Granta Design 20 Jul 2011

Scion Signs Licensing Deal to Commercialize Wood Plastic Pellet Technology in Europe

Scion has offered an exclusive license to Sonae Indústria Group, one of the world’s wood technology leaders, to manufacture and sell the wood plastic pellet technology.

20 Jul 2011

Axion International to Supply Building Materials for Plastic Bridge Construction in Scotland

Axion International has been awarded a $170,000 worth purchase order to supply Recycled Structural Composite (RSC) material for the plastic bridge construction in Scotland. The order has been placed by Vertech through Sicut, a business partner of Axion International.

20 Jul 2011

New Modular Hosokawa Downflow Booth Features Composite Construction

Hosokawa Micron Ltd can now offer customers a further option in Downflow Booth design and construction in addition to their existing range of clean air workstation variants. The new modular design Downflow Booth can be constructed using a new composite material.

17 Jul 2011

Advanced Composites Group Uses Prepregs and Films in Audi MedCup Racing Yachts

Lloyds Register approved VTM®264 prepreg and complementary VTA®260 adhesive film from Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG) have been used by leading Spanish boat builder Longitud Cero Composites S.L. to build two striking TP 52 yachts currently competing in the 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit.

12 Jul 2011

Axion, Sicut to Establish JV for RSC Railroad Ties and Sleepers

Axion International and Sicut have signed a Letter of Intent to form a new Joint Venture (JV) to manufacture and distribute Recycled Structural Composite (RSC) ties and sleepers to the global railroad tie market.

11 Jul 2011

Augrid’s Subsidiary to Introduce Patented Carbon Nano Textile Fabric

Augrid Global Holdings announced that its subsidiary, Carbon Composite Technologies (CCT), will launch a patented fabric, which combines the cost efficiency of fiberglass with the lightweight and strength of carbon nano fibers.

8 Jul 2011

NIST-UMD Scientists Demonstrate Potential Nanocomposite Fire Retardants

A team of materials scientists from the University of Maryland (UMD) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shown that a nanocomposite material provides more fire protection when nanoscale plates of clay are more uniformly and widely dispersed in a polymer.

8 Jul 2011

STRATA Ships First Batch of Carbon Fibre Composite Aileron Panels to Airbus

STRATA announced that it has started the first shipment of advanced carbon fibre aileron panels to Airbus for use in the long-range aircraft.

4 Jul 2011

Editorial Highlights

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

Composites News

Axion International to Install Recycled Plastic Railroad Ties in South America

Granta Design to Integrate Data from Firehole Composites into Upcoming Issues of CES Selector and Granta MI

Scion Signs Licensing Deal to Commercialize Wood Plastic Pellet Technology in Europe

Axion International to Supply Building Materials for Plastic Bridge Construction in Scotland

New Modular Hosokawa Downflow Booth Features Composite Construction

Advanced Composites Group Uses Prepregs and Films in Audi MedCup Racing Yachts

Axion, Sicut to Establish JV for RSC Railroad Ties and Sleepers

Augrid’s Subsidiary to Introduce Patented Carbon Nano Textile Fabric

NIST-UMD Scientists Demonstrate Potential Nanocomposite Fire Retardants

STRATA Ships First Batch of Carbon Fibre Composite Aileron Panels to Airbus

Driving Efficiency and Sustainability: Tofwerk at Semicon Europa

Combining Particle Size, Zeta Potential and Shelf-life for Cutting Edge Research

Can we Decarbonize the Aerospace Industry?

High-Throughput Configurable Raman Probes for Versatile Applications

Using the LFA 717 HyperFlash for Light Flash Analysis

GranuDrum HT: High-Temperature Powder Flow Analyzer

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Editorial Highlights

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

Composites News

Driving Efficiency and Sustainability: Tofwerk at Semicon Europa

Combining Particle Size, Zeta Potential and Shelf-life for Cutting Edge Research

Can we Decarbonize the Aerospace Industry?

1A New Catalyst for Efficient CO2 Conversion

2Transforming E-Waste: Gold Recovery through CO2 Upcycling

3Machine Learning-Optimized Graphene Metamaterial Solar Absorber Using Al-TiN-Fe

4Solid-Phase Recycling and Alloying of High-Strength Aluminum Scrap

5Peatland Plants: A New Source for Packaging

6New Membrane Technology Captures 99 % of Waste Aluminum

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