TFP to Exhibit New Developments at JEC Forum DACH 2021

The first ever JEC Forum DACH will be opening its doors on 23rd November in Frankfurt and Technical Fibre Products will exhibiting their advanced nonwovens on booth C6 at the event. On display will be materials from their Optiveil® and Tecnofire® ranges which offer a range of solutions for composites including surface finish, adding functionality […]


Cristex Exhibit for the 10th year at The Advanced Engineering Show 2021

Cristex exhibited at the Advanced Engineering Show for the 10th consecutive year. The show is the UK’s leading annual advanced manufacturing and supply chain event. The show took place on the 3rd and 4th November 2021 at the NEC in Birmingham. Cristex featured a comprehensive range of products and applications from suppliers and customers, suitable […]


Scott Bader Invests in New Northamptonshire Facility

Scott Bader, the Wollaston based global chemical company, is continuing to invest in the region with a new facility at Earls Barton. The additional unit, based only a short distance from its Wollaston headquarters, is due for completion in November. It has been introduced to improve the existing production provision and is part of the […]


Enter JEC World’s Innovation Awards

Every year, through its Innovation Awards, JEC Group rewards the best cutting-edge and ingenious projects using composites to their full potential. Created in 1998, the goals of this top-level innovation program are to: Identify, promote, and reward the most innovative composite solutions worldwide Encourage companies that are involved in composite innovation along with their partners […]


JEC World 2022 Launches Start-Up Booster Competition

The JEC Composites Startup Booster is the leading startup competition in the world of Composites and Advanced Materials. Launched in 2017, Startup Booster has been organized in three different regions (Europe, USA and Asia) and has already fostered the emergence of 500+ innovative projects from 50+ countries, 80 finalists and 30 winners, including Arevo, Continuous […]


Meet the 2021 Composites UK Industry Award Winners

At its Industry Awards Dinner last night (3rd November), Composites UK, the Trade Association for the UK composites industry announced the winners of its 2021 awards. The event made a spectacular return to the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, coinciding with the Advanced Engineering Show, after a year away due to the pandemic. The 300 […]


New Opportunities to Support Sustainability in UK Manufacturing Thanks to Made Smarter Innovation

The Made Smarter Innovation programme, delivered by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has launched a new collaborative research and development competition focusing on sustainable smart factories. This funding call presents a huge opportunity to launch a wide range of projects that bring a significant benefit to our planet, helping to achieve net zero. Consortiums of […]



Composites Evolution to Showcase High-Performance Prepregs and new Thermoplastic Unidirectional Tapes at Advanced Engineering

Composites Evolution will be exhibiting at the Advanced Engineering 2021 show on 3rd – 4th November highlighting its range of prepreg and introducing a new thermoplastic tape manufacturing capability. Composites Evolution is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of prepregs for the production of lightweight structures from composite materials. A flexible approach allows Composites Evolution to […]


SHD Support Sustainability Initiatives with Two New Product Launches

SHD Group is proud to announce the launch of two new epoxy prepreg systems, both offering significant bio-derived raw material content, as well as additive sustainability features. These novel materials have been specifically developed to assist SHD’s global customer base with their ever-increasing focus on sustainability and carbon reduction. Adding to established bio-based systems in […]