New £37m research project to develop lightweight vehicles A new research project, Tucana, will focus on lighweighting technology, delivering stiffer and lighter vehicle structures with the help of experts from WMG, at the University of Warwick. The research…
Composites Europe: Joining and connecting composites Joining composites is truly a challenge since these materials are considered hard to join. Since thermal processes have so far not been applicable, researchers have predominantly focused on mechanical joining…
Solvay raises structural adhesives capacity with new UK plant Solvay has inaugurated its state-of-the-art manufacturing centre for aerospace structural adhesives and surfacing films in Wrexham, United Kingdom. Together with the existing plant in Havre De Grace, United States, this…
Mirka invests in training centre of the future Mirka UK is opening a new state‐of‐the‐art national training centre in Milton Keynes in September 2018. The investment is part of the company’s ongoing commitment to providing its customers with…
Granta unveils guest speakers in live materials-focused webinars Granta Design has announced guest speakers and topics for a wide-ranging series of web seminars related to materials information for engineering enterprises. Over the next few months, these live, no-cost…
Mirka to exhibit sanding solutions at Advanced Engineering 2018 Focusing on innovation at Advanced Engineering 2018, Mirka UK will be showcasing a wide range of tools, which have been designed and developed to offer increased productivity, efficiency and a…
AirBench celebrates 25 years in business AirBench is celebrating 25 years in business this month. Since beginning operations as WorkPoint Environments, the company has supplied in excess of 10,000 dust and fume extraction units to customers…
Cleanrooms under the microscope Joe Govier, founder and managing director of industry leading cleanroom manufacturer, Connect 2 Cleanrooms examines the art of creating a repeatable composite production environment. Today’s composite parts need to be…
Ever onwards, ever upwards Mike Richardson met with Pentaxia’s production director, Adam Norris during the recent Farnborough Airshow to hear about the company’s move to a new facility and its use of CMS Industries’…
Composites by comparison Can composites replace steel as the back-bone of the oil and gas industry? Thibault Villette, material modelling team leader at Saudi Aramco, offers his thoughts. The oil & gas industry…
Keeping the upper hand ACE Technology reveals how Measurement Solutions’ latest portable handheld 3D scanning solutions are keeping it on a path of growth and expansion. Employing fifty skilled personnel across two factories in…
The safety is in your hands Composites in Manufacturing hears about the good work Mirka is doing to combat Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS), a medical term for symptoms caused by vibration damages that may occur in…
The marine meeting place This year’s newly-expanded Construction Material Pavilion will showcase state-of-the-art applications during METSTRADE 2018. This year’s METSTRADE Show, said to be the world’s largest B2B trade exhibition for leisure marine equipment,…
Electric vehicle on fast track to the next generation Mike Richardson hears more from Williams Advanced Engineering’s chief technology specialist - lightweight structures, Iain Bomphray, about the company’s next generation FW-EVX electric vehicle (EV) platform concept. Williams Advanced Engineering…
Innovations offer style with functionality The latest developments by TRB Lightweight Structures (TRB) are said to offer innovative new material solutions that not only make passenger trains lighter, faster and more efficient, but also offer…
AMRC prepares to go ultrasonic with arrival of new composite machine tool Said to be the world's largest ultrasonic assisted machine tool, the DMU 340 G linear machine tool is coming to the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. The £1.8 million…
Zünd helps Italian customer increase routing capability Italy-based Masserdotti Group, a European visual communications specialist, says it has substantially increased its routing capability with the installation of a second Zünd G3 digital cutting system. Fitted with the…
New study on the circular economy of FRPs in the UK Composites UK, Scott Bader and Renuables, with funding support from the National Composites Centre and Innovate UK, have collaborated on a new report detailing the best way forward for disposal/recycling…
Growing up together In this issue of Composites in Manufacturing, we bring you our largest ever Composites UK’s Members’ Directory – a clear indication that the industry’s membership to the Association is growing.…
3A Composites launches new brand name and visual identity 3A Composites Core Materials Division is strengthening its branding – the division's name, which previously operated as AirexBaltekBanova, introduces a new visual identity under the Core Materials new brand name:…
Williams and Unipart to form new EV battery manufacturer in Coventry A new vehicle battery manufacturer will open in early 2019 in Coventry, creating around ninety new jobs. The new multi-million pound facility that will produce batteries for future hybrid and…
International Applications appointed as UK distributor for Helios International Applications (IAL), through its Japanese stakeholder Eguchi Iwao, has recently been appointed as the UK distributor for Helios industrial paint and coatings. Relatively unknown in the UK market until…
