On November 2 and 3, Advanced Engineering will return to the NEC, Birmingham for its 13th edition. With 80 per cent of exhibitor space already sold, engineering and manufacturing businesses should act fast if they want to secure a stand. Last year, over 7,000 people attended across the two days, including representatives from Airbus, Jaguar […]
To celebrate Earth Day, a ground-breaking project sees the launch of an alliance of International Federations, leading sports manufacturers, composite specialists, and academics collaborating to support a demonstration project to reuse and realign carbon fibres. The Carbon Fibre Circular Demonstration Project is being run by the World Sailing Trust, the charitable organisation affiliated to World […]
Lineat Composites Ltd, a spin out of the University of Bristol, has successfully raised significant funds through their initial seed round of investment. This brings the total investment to date in Lineat to over £1m. Investors led by UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), together with SFC Capital and the corporate venture capital arm […]
Hankuk Carbon has finished the first stage of life cycle assessment (LCA) for its carbon fibre prepreg, in order to quantify the CO₂ emissions of its materials and find solutions for a more sustainable future. In various applications composite materials contribute to sustainability and reduce through-life carbon impact by enabling the manufacture of complex lightweight […]
The Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Conor Burns MP visited Newry based testing company, Resonate Testing on Wednesday 20th April 2022 to engage and gain a detailed understanding of the company’s work, the sectors it services and the ongoing challenges it faces, as well as its future plans for growth. Established in 2016, Resonate […]
Scott Bader, a global manufacturer with headquarters in the UK, recognise the significant opportunities in India and is committed to bringing industry leading composite and adhesive technology to its Indian customers for wind energy, electric vehicle battery technologies and light weighting in transport such as rail and infrastructure projects. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, […]
KUKA initiated a tiered system partner programme to establish strategic partnerships intended to bring in-depth knowledge of automated applications, and specialist industry skills to the benefit of customers across all UK manufacturing sectors. CNC Robotics has become an integral member of the KUKA programme, and a thought leader within the partner framework that is now […]
The Composites Leadership Forum (CLF), working with organisations across the composite materials supply chain, developed a combined industry response to the recent BEIS call for evidence on advanced materials. The main points provided in the response can be read here. Key points highlighted in the response: Net Zero Composites are an essential part of the […]
PRF Composite Materials is excited to launch its new, innovative prepreg tooling system Q.tool. Designed, developed and manufactured by PRF, Q.tool significantly reduces the time and costs of tool manufacture, with its uniquely designed surface and 1020 bulk plies. Using its class-leading RP800 epoxy tooling system, the combination of Q.tool’s new surface and 1020g/m2 bulk […]
The Fluency Business Group (Fluency) is pleased to announce the return of the highly anticipated SpaceAM, the premier conference, and exhibition celebrating and promoting the use of advanced materials in space technology. In partnership with the Science and Technology Facilities Council, the two-day event will take place at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in […]