At this year’s Advanced Engineering trade show at NEC Birmingham, United Kingdom, the Busch Group booth received the Best Stand Award for its design, creativity, and visual impact. The award-winning booth brought together several key divisions of the Busch Group: the two brands Busch Vacuum Solutions and Pfeiffer Vacuum+Fab Solutions, alongside Vacuum Furnace Engineering (VFE) […]
Norco was approached to develop a long-term replacement for the non-metallic anti-climb barrier brackets installed on a fibreglass perimeter fence surrounding an RF-sensitive facility. The original brackets, believed to be hand-laminated GRP, had deteriorated after years of exposure. With no drawings, moulds, or supply source available, maintenance had become increasingly difficult.Norco engineered a 3D-printed, non-conductive, […]
UK REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) regulates the manufacture, import, and use of chemical substances in Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales). It is administered by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Businesses handling chemicals in the composites supply chain including resins, curing agents, catalysts, fibres, and surface treatments must ensure compliance – […]
Science Creates and NCC unite to scale world-class research into globally competitive companies, supporting the ambitions of the UK’s new Industrial Strategy. Two of the UK’s leading innovation organisations — Science Creates, the Deep Tech ecosystem supporting startups with lab space, training and early-stage investment, and NCC, a world-class innovation organisation helping businesses of all […]
Cambium, a pioneer in advanced materials for high-performance sectors, announced the acquisition of Sleaford, U.K.-based SHD Group, a global advanced composites manufacturer with production sites in the U.S., the U.K., and the EU, and a long-standing customer base across high-performance aerospace and industrial markets. The acquisition creates a global advanced-materials leader, combining AI-driven materials innovation […]
Toray Advanced Composites (“Toray”), a global leader in advanced composite materials, today announces its Toray Cetex® TC1225 low-melt PAEK has achieved further National Center for Advanced Materials Performance (NCAMP) qualifications. Toray has successfully qualified its high-performance Toray Cetex® LMPAEK™ TC1225/T300 fabric-based thermoplastic composite material, now available in the NCAMP database. The material is available in […]
Future Materials Group (FMG) is pleased to announce that it acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to SHD Composites, a leading global manufacturer of advanced composite materials, on its sale to Cambium. The combination brings together SHD’s established expertise in advanced composite materials with ambium’s high-performance materials business. Managing Director Steve Doughty comments: “This is […]
Composites UK and the Railway Industry Association (RIA) have announced a new collaborative initiative aimed at helping Network Rail better understand how it can expand the use of composite materials across the UK rail network. The partnership will focus on identifying opportunities, challenges, and information needs that can support wider adoption of composite technologies in […]
The European Composite Bridge Database is a comprehensive collection of data about existing composite bridges across Europe. This initiative, coordinated by the Norwegian Circular Materials Technology cluster (NCMT), aims to strengthen the composite industry’s position in the construction sector. What’s in it (for me)?With the upcoming Composite Eurocode expected to be published in near future, […]
Aerospace engineering leader Airframe Designs has become a key partner on an ambitious project to break the world water speed record. The Longbow jet hydroplane project is a collaboration between more than 60 organisations under the banner Jet Hydroplane UK. The ambitious group is aiming to build a new nine-metre hydroplane in an attempt to […]