The early bird rates for Composites UK’s annual awards dinner are now live. The event, which takes place on 2nd November 2022, returns to the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham for its 10th year, coinciding with the Advanced Engineering Show. Attracting 300+ people, the evening is a black-tie celebration of the UK composites industry. Diane […]
The Advanced Materials Show provides a free-to-attend exhibition and conference that brings together a highly focused audience, all involved in the research, production, purchasing or integration of advanced materials technology including Graphene & 2D Materials, Composites, Polymers, Coatings, and Ceramics. Taking place on 29 – 30th June, the Advanced Materials Show is co-located with Ceramics […]
Dura Composites has installed two life-saving defibrillators at its HQ and Operations Centre premises in Clacton on Sea. The defibrillators, also known as AEDs (Automated External defibrillators), are used to shock the heart back into a normal rhythm when a person is in cardiac arrest. Research has shown that deploying a defibrillator within three to […]
Fluency Managing Director, Gemma Smith, along with R-Tech Materials Director of Composites Testing, Geraint Havard, will be taking up the challenge to cycle from London to Paris in time for JEC World this May. Co-hosts of the Material Evolution podcast, Gemma and Geraint are preparing to cycle the 550km distance in support and raising funds […]
Leybold UK, the leading vacuum technology specialist, today opened its newly extended service facility in Chessington, Surrey, offering a comprehensive in-house service for the SCREWLINE dry screw pump range, along with the capability for the larger portfolio of dry pumps. This expansion means customers will no longer need to ship pumps overseas for service and […]
The European Investment Bank today confirmed EUR 16 million of new financing to support research and development investment by Airborne International. The new financing will be used to further develop automated and digital manufacturing of composites and development of advanced products for new space and big science applications. Arno van Mourik, CEO of Airborne, says: […]
Fluency Marketing, events and marketing specialist for the advanced engineering and advanced materials sectors, announced today that it has changed its name to The Fluency Business Group. Since its formation, the business has expanded and evolved across global markets, making the name change a necessary step forward to reflect its progression. The change comes into […]
At JEC World 2022 in Paris, Zünd presents the latest developments in modular cutting solutions for composites. Known for its expertise in digital cutting and workflow integration, the Swiss cutting system manufacturer and total solutions provider secures its market-leading position in the composites industry. At JEC World 2022, May 3 – 5, Zünd will be […]
The latest development project between CompoTech PLUS and Bilsing Automation (Attendorn, Germany) has produced a new carbon fibre (CF) composite End Of Arm Tooling (EOAT) for an automotive tandem press line using suction cup tooling. This type of EOAT is typically called a gondola beam due to its geometry, having two symmetrical square beams attached […]
Far-UK Ltd has been working with Nobe Cars USA to produce an innovative lightweight electric vehicle in carbon fibre composite. The design of the vehicle was inspired by combining the growing environmental need for more sustainable mobility with the beauty of a classic car. The two models being developed are the 100GT and the Van […]