Solvay Derbyshire has triumphed at this year’s Risk Reduction Through Design Awards for its innovative solution that helps protect workers from developing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). The chemical engineering and manufacturing specialists won the prestigious award after overcoming stiff competition from innovators across a wide range of sectors. The Risk Reduction Through Design Award 2021/22, sponsored […]
Scott Bader ATC, based in Drummondville, Canada, has begun manufacturing and supplying Crestabond structural adhesives to its North American customers. After months of installation and testing, the first batch of Crestabond M1 structural adhesive has beensuccessfully produced and delivered to customers. This is a historic moment for Scott Bader as it marks the first production […]
Composite-based additive manufacturing appears to be on the verge of breaking through as a ‘mainstream’ method of production, according to a new report on disruptive 3D printing technologies.While composites have been used in traditional FDM 3D printing applications for a number of years, questions over speed, cost and maximum build volume have acted as barriers […]
Summer 2022 continued to see pricing and supply issues within the Composites sector and further afield into most other markets. Although there are indications that the European supply situation is starting to improve, and freight costs are starting to reduce, material costs are still high. Traditionally the trend of sales prices is linked almost exclusively […]
Ten years ago, Far-UK Ltd was founded to make a difference by developing better technology through its innovation in lightweight design and manufacturing. Since its inception, Far has solved a large number of engineering challenges, many of which have been in the transport and mobility sectors. Lighter components and structures have been developed that bring […]
MATRIX Composite Materials Company will again be exhibiting at the Advanced Engineering show in November, but this year they will be celebrating 25 years as a materials supplier. The company was started in 1993 as Matrix Mouldings by Wiz Deas and Pete Finch, but by October 1997 they had focussed purely on supplying materials, whilst […]
Frewer Engineering says its engineers are well-versed in the assessment of composite and metallic structures subjected to dynamic loading, including shock and vibration. Frewer’s experienced staff can use a breadth of analytical techniques, from the use of relatively straightforward pseudo-static equivalent shock loads, up to explicit dynamic analysis of applied shock pulses and the use […]
Dura Composites has announced that its d2 product range of performance-improving composite walkway products is now available in Australia and New Zealand for the first time. Following the successful deployment of the company’s award-winning Dura Platform train station platform overlay solution at Victoria Street station in NSW in 2018, Dura Composites has continued to innovate, […]
AGC Chemicals Europe, specialist suppliers in fluoropolymer and fluorochemical products, will be attending this year’s K Show; the world’s leading trade fair for plastics and rubber. Attendees can visit AGC at Hall 7a, Stand C12 during the event between 19 – 26 October 2022, in Düsseldorf, Germany. AGC Chemicals Europe will market its services as […]
The International Composites Summit (ICS), co-organised by Composites UK and The Fluency Business Group (Fluency), hosted its second successful exhibition in London on 21st and 22nd September. The event, which focussed on reinventing the global supply chain for composites, welcomed insightful discussion from companies concentrating on worldwide opportunities for sales and growth. The second iteration […]