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Carbon Fibre Preforms (CFP) of Solihull, UK, is to launch two carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) products manufactured using an automated process it claims is rapid and efficient.  

After receiving complaints related to possible higher surgical infection risk when using the 3M Bair Hugger surgical warming blanket, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigated, but fou

­­A polyester (PES) fibre (Seaqual) made from plastic waste recovered from the oceans will be exhibited during Première Vision by the yarn spinner Antex of Anglès, Spain.

Gurit of Zurich, Switzerland, has completed acquisition of PH Windsolutions of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 

DSM Engineering Plastics of Emmen, The Netherlands, has developed a process for the manufacture of composite high-pressure hydrogen storage tanks.

BeoCare Group, a North American manufacturer of knitted medical textiles, and Dusino San Michele, Italy-based FRA Production have entered into a strategic alliance.

Industrial polyamide and polyester filament yarns supplier PHP Fibers of Wuppertal, Germany, has taken over the European Breathair activities of Toyobo Europe GmbH of Düsseldorf, Germany.

New students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA, have received a surprise gift on enrolling in 2017—a backpack that when scanned with a smartphone can display a pr

Porcher Industries of Badinières, France, is expanding in the US automotive market with the acquisition of a plant for the manufacture of parts in Altavista, Virginia. 

Together with a large industrial consortium, VTT Technical Research of Espoo, Finland, has launched a €4.5-million project to speed-up the development of fibre-based products as alternatives to oil

FRX Polymers Inc of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA, has launched a range of non-halogenated polyphosphonates designed as a replacement for antimony (ATO) in brominated flame-retardant (FR) systems.

A consortium of international companies is being formed to drive the development of high-performance sheet moulding compound (HP-SMC), an established and cost-efficient material for the production

3M has added 4076 Extended Wear Medical Tape to its product portfolio.

Diab Americas of Desoto, Texas, USA, has invested in additional stabilization chambers to support the growing need for its Divinycell HT and Divinycell HP foam cores.

A water-based, flame-retardant (FR) acrylic coating is now available that its Japanese co-developers claim is halogen-free, transparent and suitable for application to a range of substrates, includ

A sustainable adhesion system for bonding textile reinforcing materials to rubber based compounds in tyres is being developed by Continental of Hanover, Germany, and Kordsa of İzmit, Turkey. 

Markforged of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, is introducing two three-dimensional (3D) printers for carbon fibre-reinforced parts that it claims are fast and cheap.

Toray Industries of Tokyo, Japan, is to construct a polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) compound production facility at the site of its subsidiary and large-tow carbon fibre manufacturer Zoltek in Nyerges

A work jacket, the ergonomics of which have been adapted for an exoskeleton that supports employees carrying out overhead work, has been developed by researchers at the Hohenstein Institute in Bönn

BASF New Business of Ludwigshafen, Germany, has acquired the filament producer Innofil3D of Emmen, The Netherlands.