Hypetex Raises £1.25 Million Equity Investment for Coloured Carbon Fibre

UK advanced materials and technology firm Hypetex, the world’s first manufacturer of coloured carbon fibre, has attracted £1.25 million in new equity investment and welcomes two experienced business leaders as both investors and advisers to the company. The investment is the latest round of Hypetex’s seed funding, led by 24Haymarket, which will support ambitious growth […]


What is Intelligent Manufacturing with Tebis CAD/CAM?

Tebis is well known as a premium CAD/CAM and MES software company who offers advanced solutions for model, pattern, die and mould making as well as mechanical component manufacturing. Tebis also helps customers to optimise CNC machining processes and to automate CAM work with Intelligent Manufacturing technologies. Tebis Intelligent Manufacturing software and associated services help […]


Taking on the Sustainability Challenge at ICS

The organisers of the International Composites Summit (ICS), Composites UK and The Fluency Business Group (Fluency) are pleased to announce that the programme for its free-to-attend forum sessions, taking place on the show floor during the exhibition on 21-22 September 2022, London, is now live. The forums will tie in with the overarching theme for […]


Economic Impact and Influence: Why the AMRC Matters to UK Manufacturing

Some of the biggest private sector investments into UK advanced manufacturing over the last 15 years ‘would not have happened without the AMRC’, according to a new report confirming it as a ‘signature asset’ having brought more than £260m and 600 jobs to South Yorkshire. The Economic Impact Analysis report by Lichfields sets out how […]


Scott Bader Enhances its Commitment to India and Acquires Satyen Polymers

Scott Bader is pleased to announce that Scott Bader Pvt Ltd (India) has acquired the commercial business of Satyen Polymers Pvt Ltd. The expanded partnership will see Scott Bader Pvt Ltd (SBPL) assume responsibilities for direct sales and marketing for all resin and gelcoat products, whilst Satyen Polymers Pvt Ltd (SPPL) will manufacture forScott Bader […]


Far-UK to Run Free Composite Machining Workshop

Far-UK Ltd is leading a Eureka Network project entitled “Automated TeraherTz Imaging of Composites and tooling profiling” (ATTIC). The ATTIC consortium has organised a free-of-charge online workshop on Wednesday 6th July at 9.15am (UTC+01:00). The ATTIC project has focused on the development of a fully automated drilling, monitoring and inspection solution for glass fibre composites. […]


MSP Brings Automation to Advanced Composite Manufacturer, Pentaxia

Leading composite tooling and component manufacturer, Pentaxia, has enhanced its capabilities by investing in automated technology from 5-axis CNC metrology specialist, MSP. Following an increase in demand for more complex composite components that had longer manual setup processes and more off-machine inspection requirements than their previous work, Pentaxia recognised now was the time to introduce […]


Composites UK Releases 2022 Hub Report

Composites UK has released its 2022 Hub Report, which analyses the UK composites industry over the past year in comparison to previous years. The Hub, which is the UK composites capabilities database, contains the details of almost 1,400 companies in from within the UK composites supply chain. The database is publicly searchable and open to […]


TFP & TFP Hydrogen Exhibit at Advanced Materials Show

TFP and TFP Hydrogen will be presenting their material capabilities for hydrogen technologies, automotive applications and batteries at the Advanced Materials Show in Birmingham on 29th-30th June 2022. TFP’s nonwovens have a proven track record in the automotive market. They have been used effectively to fulfil a wide range of functions, including delivering class A […]


The 2022 Tebis Open House – Two days, Three Floors, Full Power

This year’s Tebis open house took place on the 1st and 2nd of June 2022 at Tebis’ headquarters in Martinsried. The 2022 Tebis Open House was once again held under the motto “We bring it all together.” More than 400 visitors had an opportunity to learn more about new and familiar CAD/CAM process solutions and […]