Composite Braiding Ltd (CBL), a leader in advanced automated composite manufacturing, is proud to announce it has been honoured as the “Railway Vehicles & Infrastructure” category winner at the JEC World 2026 Innovation Awards. The award, presented at a gala ceremony in Paris, highlights the company’s breakthrough development of a lightweight thermoplastic composite twin track […]
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Base Materials Develops Proprietary Life Cycle Assessment Tool To Strengthen Product Carbon Transparency
Base Materials has developed a new proprietary Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool to calculate the carbon footprint of its full product portfolio, supporting customers with robust, transparent environmental data as part of their own sustainability and supply chain reporting. Commissioned through third-party carbon accounting specialists MyCarbon, the bespoke dynamic tool enables Base Materials to generate […]
Kadant UK Expands Composite Manufacturing Board Pressing Services
Kadant UK Limited, a subsidiary of Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI), has expanded its composite manufacturing services to include high-pressure pressing and laminating of long-length thermoset and thermoplastic composite boards across a broad range of materials and specifications. Kadant UK’s enhanced capabilities enable the fast, reliable production of decorative bonded boards, structural composites, and specialty flat […]
Toray Advanced Composites And Partners Win JEC Innovation Award For Circularity & Recycling
Toray Advanced Composites, a global leader in advanced composite materials, together with project partners Airbus, Daher, and Tarmac Aerosave, has been named the winner of the JEC Innovation Award for Circularity and Recycling for its End-of-Life recycling program. The award was presented during JEC World Premier, held in Paris on January 12 2026, ahead of […]
Hyperloop – Traveling Through A Vacuum At 1,000 Kilometers Per Hour
Leybold supports the EuroTube Foundation with expertise and technology Admittedly, the EuroTube Foundation’s vision sounds particularly appealing in times of delayed trains and congested roads: Swiss researchers want nothing less than to transport people and goods from A to B safely, environmentally friendly, and, above all, extremely quickly with the Hyperloop. The technology is currently […]
Shimadzu Launches ALTRACE EDXRF Spectrometer For Efficient Elemental Analysis
Shimadzu’s ALTRACE EDXRF spectrometer offers lab managers high-sensitivity, low-prep elemental analysis with automated throughput and sub-ppm detection. Shimadzu has introduced its latest energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) solution, the ALTRACE spectrometer. Built for high-throughput environments, the ALTRACE provides accurate trace element detection from sodium to uranium using a high-energy 65 kV X-ray tube and proprietary […]
Designing Vacuum Processes for Greater Efficiency: Four Key Considerations
Improving the efficiency of a vacuum system does not just rely on choosing the right vacuum pump. Much of the long-term performance is influenced by how the vacuum process is designed. This includes factors such as energy consumption, productivity, and operating costs. Typically, efficiency is defined not only as the reduction of resource consumption, but […]
TRIVAC L – The New Air-Cooled 2-Stage Rotary Vane Pump From Leybold
Innovative concept, proven pumping principle, low operating costs For around 90 years, vacuum manufacturer Leybold has been offering the TRIVAC, a universally applicable rotary vane pump. The robust, oil-sealed vacuum pump combines many advantages and is used in industrial and research applications – for generating pressures in the rough and fine vacuum range and as […]
PRO-SET Formulated Resin Systems Acquires European Licensing Partner Wessex Resins and Adhesives Ltd
PRO-SET Formulated Resin Systems, LLC, an Iron Path Capital holding company, today announced the acquisition of European-based Wessex Resins and Adhesives Ltd. (Wessex), a prominent player in the formulation and manufacturing of high-performance epoxy resins and adhesives. This marks the second acquisition for PRO-SET Formulated Resin Systems, following its acquisition of Gougeon Brothers, Inc. in […]
Cristex Showcases Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Capabilities at BAE Systems Supply Chain Event
Cristex, a leading UK supplier of composite reinforcements and precision manufacturing services, participated in Day 1 of the BAE Systems Supply Chain Event, presenting its latest developments across Cristex Advanced Materials (CAM) and CCK Aerospace. The event brought together engineering, procurement, and manufacturing specialists from across the aerospace sector, providing a strong platform for Cristex […]