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Boeing and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have agreed efforts to reduce the costs involved in MHI's production of wings for the 787 Dreamliner. 

Cobra International Co Ltd of Chonburi, Thailand, has established a business unit dedicated to the manufacture of large composite structures for the architectural and mass transport markets.

A major German car manufacturer is equipping the first vehicles of various model series that are delivered to countries with poor road infrastructure with an engine undertray made of a particularly

Continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic inserts from Lanxess are being used to reinforce the injection-moulded front ends of Volkswagen’s Atlas and Teramont sports utility vehicles (SUVs), which

Toray Industries Inc of Tokyo, Japan, is to open its Automotive Center Europe (AMCEU) near Munich, Germany, in August 2018.

Research funded by The Woolmark Co of Australia has demonstrated that wearing superfine merino wool next to the skin is therapeutic for those suffering from eczema.

Continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTP) and a highly efficient production method for the manufacture of housings for electronic devices has been developed by Covestro of Leverkusen, Germ

Hexcel Corp of Stamford, Connecticut, USA, has expanded its existing supply agreement with Vestas Wind Systems A/S of Aarhus, Denmark, to provide composite materials for wind turbine blades.

Gurit of Zurich, Switzerland, has won a contract for the production and supply of carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) exterior car body panels from an Italian premium carmaker. 

Solvay of Brussels, Belgium, is launching a grade of polyarylamide (PARA) reinforced at 55% by weight with a hybrid of glass and carbon fibres. 

A way to investigate the properties high-performance fibres used in modern body armour has been developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of Gaithersburg

AnalySwift LLC ‘s VABS software has been licensed by North Thin Ply Technologies (NTPT) for the simulation of high-end composite golf club shafts and other tubes for use in aerospace, industrial an

A flexible nonwoven supercapacitor that could power wearable devices has been developed by researchers in the USA and South Korea using a simple layer-by-layer nanocoating technique.

Microphones small enough to be almost invisible to the naked eye are being knitted into the fabric covering army helmets to reduce the risk of soldiers developing hearing injuries.

A technique for creating electrically heated fabrics based on a vapour deposition nanocoating process is being developed at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in he USA.

A range of reactive inks that are said to deliver outstanding light- and weather-fastness has been launched by Huntsman Textile Effects of Singapore for the digital printing of polyester fibres. 

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the USA have developed nanofibre fabrics that are non-toxic and can be used in medical, environmental, personal care and food packaging app

Tools that enable the measurement and monitoring of the raw materials (fabrics and rovings) and epoxy resin coatings (prepregs) for composites, while also determining the height of topological mate

A lyocell filament that imparts good aesthetics, performance and comfort to fabrics has been launched by Lenzing of Lenzing, Austria. 

An electrospun nonwoven electrode that could help make energy storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors faster and less susceptible to leaks or disastrous meltdowns has been developed a